York boys cross country team wins the Richard Spring Invitational

The York boys cross country team sent two teams to Peoria on Saturday to compete in the Richard Spring Invitational and came home with a third and a first place trophy.  The Richard Spring invitational is one of the largest cross country meets in the state and attracts many of the top teams from Illinois as well as surrounding states to compete on the state meet coarse at Detweiller Park in Peoria.  This years meet had 70+ schools in attendance and in the boys varsity race there were over 60 schools competing. 

The York varsity team, the #1 ranked team in 3A in Illinois, placed first in their race with a score of 93.  The second place team was the Illinois 3A #2 team, O'Fallon with 172 points and third went to the Illinois 2A #2 team, Belvidere North with 184 points.  York was paced by the top ten finishes of Kyle Mattes (6th), Alex Mimlitz (7th) and Chris May (8th).

In the Freshman/Sophomore race, York placed third behind O'Fallon with 68 points and Carl Sandburg with 82 points. 

Individual finishes by York runners were as follows:

York Varsity

Kyle Mattes - 6th
Alex Mimlitz - 7th
Chris May - 8th
Scott Milling - 32nd
Matt Plowman - 40th
Zach Herrera - 46th
Jack Libert - 62nd

York Frosh/Soph

John May - 14th
Matt Hogan - 15th
Nathan Dale - 17th
Matt DeJesus - 25th
Alex Sepanski - 56th
Miles Schacht - 157th
Tom Deverorx - 181st