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Cross Country Indians finish strong in LIC meet

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 2:07 PM

By Steve Anderson

The Lawrenceville-Red Hill cross country Indians competed Tuesday, October 13th in the annual Little Illini Conference (LIC) boys and girls meet run at Robinson and did well.

Three members of the girls' squad finished in the top 20 over the close to 3-mile course. Freshman Addison Thacker finished 8th in a time of 20:52.3, sophomore Lexi Brooke was 12th in 21:59.8 and senior Laurel Buchanan was 20th in 24:04.9 The team title was won by Marshall with Newton second and Olney (Richland County) third. The individual champion was Madeleine Fox of Marshall in a time of 18:58.8.

The boys' 3-mile race was won by Olney (Richland County) with Paris finishing second and host Robinson third. The individual champion was Quaid Berger of Olney with a time of 14:59.0. For the Tribe, sophomore Isaiah Fuller finished 32nd in 20:03.1 and freshman Dexter Eagleson was 45th at 21:52.0.

Next up is the multi-team Charleston Invitational on Saturday, October 17th.