By Fred Kroner
Three of the state’s top six-ranked Class 1A cross-country teams competed in the Saturday (Sept. 25) Spartan Classic at St. Joseph, with team honors going to third-ranked Unity (56 points), ahead of No. 2 Monticello (66 points) and the sixth-ranked SJ-O squad (87 points).
Nineteen schools entered full teams.
In a field of 147 competitors, the Spartans had two of the first four finishers.
Freshman Savanna Franzen placed third, running the 3-mile course in 17 minutes, 57.82 seconds. Senior Ava Knap was next, closing in fourth place (18:02.03).
SJ-O’s other participants were: Kailyn Ingram (16th in 19:00.26), Taryn Sexton (31st in 19:51.22), Chloe Burkhalter (38th in 20:24.32) and Addie Allen (44th in 20:37.90).
The state rankings are compiled by milesplit.com.
SJ-O returns to action on Tuesday (Oct. 5) in the Illini Prairie Conference meet at Stanford Olympia.
