Railsplitters earn Cross Country
CS8 All-Conference honors
[October 20, 2026]
Five LCHS boys and girls Railsplitter Cross Country runners
have earned some impressive Central State Eight honors this season.
Taylor Short led the girls team with a third place finish at the
Central State Eight Conference meet on Friday, October 16, 2026,
earning All-Conference honors with a time of 18:06.8.
Short is a sensational sophomore and she finished in the conference
behind two seniors from Chatham Glenwood. The two Titans, Ali
Londrigan and Sophie Rentmeister, finished with times of 17:44.5 and
18:04.8 respectively.
On the boys side, the entire Railsplitters team was impressive at
the conference meet and they earned second place as a team behind
Normal University High.
Five Railsplitters finished in the top twenty.
Four Railsplitters received All-Conference honors: Preston Short,
Pierce King, Henry Stoltzenburg and Owen Cyrulik.
Preston Short led Lincoln with a second place finish and a time of
15:27.8.
Pierce King finished in fifth place with a time of 15:41.8.
Henry Stoltzenburg placed eighth with a time of 15:57.7.
Owen Cyrulik came in at 15th place with a time of 16:19.6.
Colin Crombie rounded out the top 20 with a time of 16:49.6.
Short, Crombie and Cyrulik are all seniors.
King and Stoltzenburg are juniors.
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The top runners of the Central State Eight Conference who braved the
cold at Fairview Park in Normal. Photo courtesy of Kim King
Other notable finishes:
Kayden Bone (20:17.3), Jackson Ahart (22:25.5) and Max Miller
(22:26.5) completed the team’s success at the meet.
Bone and Ahart and freshmen and Miller is a junior running cross
country for the first time. Miller hit a PR at the conference meet.
Saturday, October 24, 2026 the boys and girls will both run at
Donovan Park in Peoria in the IHSA Class 2A Cross Country regionals.
The girls will run at 10:00 a.m. and the boys will run at 11:00 a.m.
[Teena Lowery]
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