The Sentinel: 04/28/24

This week in St. Joseph-Ogden athletics

Nolan Earley throws a pitch in the Spartans' road game at Westville last week. Earley surrendered nine runs and one run over five innings with no walks as the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball team improved to 22-2 on the season with the 10-3 victory on Wednesday.

Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

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Friendly faces from the Illinois Marathon

URBANA - Rebecca Larmer gives two thumbs up as she passes the water station near mile four of the Illinois Marathon's marathon and half marathon course. The Champaign resident finished 217th out of 305 runners in the female 20-24-year-old age group on Saturday. Larmer, who finished the half marathon 1,540th overall out of 2,156 runners, clocked in with a time of 2:27:44. Below is our collection of photos of athletes having a good time while running through the annual Champaign-Urbana race.

Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

Oswego runner Kelly Allen

Kelly Allen lets out a roar while running in the half marathon course on Washington Ave in Urbana. Allen, hailing from Oswego, NY, finished the course at 2:33:30, good for 46th out of 75 runners in the women's 45-49 age group on Saturday.

Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

With a little more than two miles to the finish line, Ian Schrader displays two thumbs down while running north on Race Street in Urbana. Shrader finished his half marathon run at 2:02:40. The Waterloo, IL, runner was 779th overall and was 161st in the men's 20-24 division.

Photos: Sentinel/Clark Brooks

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