The Illinois Valley Community College cross country program kicked off the fall 2025 season on Aug. 30 at the Joan Jepngetich Memorial Invite hosted by Carl Sandburg College. The women’s team is off to a strong start, taking second in the women’s 3KM race just behind the Sandburg women.
Three of the Eagles women earned Top 10 finisher recognition with Meghann Ostler (14:08) taking fourth overall. She was closely followed by freshman Addyson Miller (14:18) in fifth with Tatiana Serna (15:45) taking eighth place. Kailey Goetsch (16:41), Sophia Woods (17:33), and Claire Durdan (20:09) rounded out the women’s results.
“This is a really exciting start of the season for us,” IVCC head coach Matt Baker said. “We knew our women had been working hard to get ready for this point, but we just didn’t know what the competition would look like. If we can keep building on what we’ve been doing so far, our hopes are high for the end of the season.”
In the men’s 6KM race, the relatively young squad finished four runners with first-year runner Nolan Sutherland out on injury. Oliver Ruvalcaba was the first Eagle across the line with a time of 29:11. He was followed by Ayden Barajas (31:43) Kevin Rynke (31:46), and Vance Redlich (36:38).
The remainder of the Eagles schedule is:
- Sat-9/13 Ken Weidt Classic – Mequon, WI
- Sat-9/20 Hoffman Invite – Whitewater, WI
- Thur-9/25 Heartland Invite – Normal, IL
- Sat-10/4 SVCC Skyhawk Invite – Dixon, IL
- Sat-10/11 Conference Meet – IVCC
- Sat-10/25 Region IV Meet – Geneva, IL