Lily Keepes became the first Mt. Carmel Cross Country runner to earn all conference honors in the Little Illini Conference. The Aces competed Tuesday in their first ever LIC conference meet at Lawrenceville. Keepes ran the three mile course in a time of 21:27 for a 9th place finish and all conference honors.
Also running for the Lady Aces were Hallie Courter 33rd (24:54), Kali Walker 42nd (27:09), and Molly Haggerty 45th (28:15).
The Aces boys squad raced to a 5th place finish in the eight team conference field. Anthony Bleyer 19th (18:57) and Jason Miller 21st (19:09) led the Aces. They were followed by Caleb Carwile 35th (20:55), Eric Leffler 37th (21:16), Caleb Woollard 48th (23:32), and Jacob Wall 53rd (30:18).
The Aces next meet is the Robinson Regional on October 23rd.
