By Fred Kroner
The top four runners on the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ cross-country team finished within 27 seconds of one another on Saturday (Oct. 2) in Indiana at the Nike XC Town Twilight Meet.
In a field of 239 runners, SJ-O senior Luke Stegall was 83rd (17 minutes, 22.7 seconds for 5,000 meters), senior Charlie Mabry was 106th (17:42.3), senior Elijah Mock was 110th (17:45.0) and junior Peyton Wendell was 114th (17:49.8).
Rounding out the lineup for the Spartans, ranked first in Class 1A in Illinois according to milesplit.com, was junior Ethan Blackburn (145th in 18:23.6.)
Columbus North (93 points) edged Center Grove (95 points) for team supremacy in the 28-school meet. SJ-O placed 17th with 495 points.
In a junior varsity race, SJ-O had one entry. Freshman Mason Guido finished 86th in a field of 174 runners with a time of 20:08.1.
The Spartans return to action on Tuesday (Oct. 5) in the Illini Prairie Conference meet at Stanford Olympia.
