NORMAL - Alton Middle School’s River Wrischnik qualified for Saturday’s state cross county championship after finishing sectionals with a time of 11:58.

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River has been running in the Read, Write and Run program since he was in kindergarten and has been a member of the CC team since sixth grade. River has also been a member of the AMS Track team, where he runs the 1600 and 800-meter events. He also competes in several local 5k events around the Riverbend Area, including the annual Thanksgiving Great River Road Run.

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Wrischnik was able to cut some time off his sectional resulting finish with a time of 11:55.

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