EDWARDSVILLE – On a team of many good runners, Edwardsville junior Abby Schrobligen has been turning in very strong performances for the Tigers thus far this girls cross-country season.
Schrobligen finished third in the recent Edwardsville Invitational girls varsity race, behind only Waterloo's Jenna Schwartz and teammate Abby Korak in a time of 19:18.45 for the three-mile SIU-Edwardsville Mud Mountain course, helping the Tigers to the varsity team championship for the day.
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“It was good,” Schrobligen said. “It was pretty hot, but nothing we can't handle; I didn't mind it though – I thought it was pretty good out there.”
Being a part of the Tigers means much to Schrobligen. “It's really great,” Schrobligen said. “We're all super-close and it's really nice; there's a lot of chemistry there. We're really excited for the rest of the season.”
The Tigers are still working on some team strategy tactics unique to cross-country running. “That's one of our things; we're trying to pack up more so we can push each other and trying to keep that pack as much as possible,” Schrobligen said. “It definitely has helped us a lot because if you get pushed back too much in the first mile of a race, then you have a lot to catch up (on), but if we're together, you can move up together.
“Although you're running as your own, you're also running for your team.”
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Feeney, 56, is a native of Granite City and graduated from Granite City South in 1978. He was a part-time writer for the old Granite City Journal from 1979-84 before attending Eastern Illinois University in Charleston,
from which he earned his BA in journalism in 1988. He has worked for newspapers in Sikeston, Mo., Rocky Mount, N.C., Seneca, S.C. and in Charleston-Mattoon. He also worked for the old St. Clair County Suburban
Journals.
