Brazelton leads Panthers at unofficial state meet

By FRED KRONER

fred@mahometnews.com

Five athletes from St. Joseph Middle School participated in an unofficial boys’ cross-country state meet, sponsored by ShaZam Racing, on Sunday at Chillicothe.

Since the IESA season had officially ended, they went under the moniker of SJPXC and were not under the direction of any of their school coaches.

Led by eighth-grader Holden Brazelton, who placed 46^th in a field of 161 runners, SJPXC placed 16^th in an invitational meet with 18 full teams.

Brazelton’s 2-mile time was 12 minutes, 4.41 seconds.

The other SJPXC competitors were eighth-graders Jack Fisher (82^nd in 12:25.95), seventh-grader Lance Retz (103^rd in 12:38.53), eighth-grader Mason Guido (112^th in 12:51.29) and eighth-grader Carson Sarnecki (129^th in 13:15.93).

The split between the top five runners was 1:11.

The meet was the final one of the year for the cross-country runners.