By Fred Kroner
The state-ranked St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ cross-country team didn’t have enough runners to be scored as a team on Saturday (Sept. 18) in the Richard Spring Invitational at Peoria’s Detweiller Park.
A total of 61 schools entered full teams and there were 457 runners in the varsity division.
Two seniors led the way for SJ-O.
Luke Stegall placed 109th in 16 minutes, 11.2 seconds for the 3-mile course.
Elijah Mock was 141st in 16:32.9.
The Spartans’ other varsity participants were Peyton Wendell (196th in 16:56.5) and Ethan Blackburn (256th in 17:32.5).
In the freshmen-sophomore race, out of 362 runners, SJ-O sophomore Carson Maroon ran third, finishing the course in 16:08.2.
SJ-O entered a full team and ended 13th in a 49-team field.
The Spartans’ other participants were: Aden Armstrong (57th in 17:38.6), Holden Jones (75th in 17:48.1), Mason Guido (137th in 18:36.9), Jack Fisher (203rd in 19:36.0), Joe Griebat (219th in 19:51.8) and E.J. Beckett (356th in 27:20.9).
The team champion was Oak Park-River Forest (71 points), followed by Naperville North (160). SJ-O was 13th with a team score of 429 points.
St. Joseph-Ogden, ranked fourth in the state in Class 1A by milesplit.com, returns to action on Saturday (Sept. 25) in the Spartan Classic.
