St. Joseph cross country competes at Monticello Invitational

By Fred Kroner

St. Joseph placed eighth in the 19-team Monticello girls’ junior high cross-country invitational on Saturday (Oct. 2) at Lodge Park.

The Panthers’ top five runners completed the 2-mile course within 57.6 seconds of one another.

Averie Dietiker was 32^nd (14:12.8), Ava Overstreet was 34^th (14:16.9), Ava Gallo was 38^th (14:27.4), Hannah Mock was 44^th (14:35.6) and Sydney Steinbach was 65^th (15:09.4).

Rounding out the St. Joseph lineup were Faith King (66^th in 15:12.7) and Mia Miller (69^th in 15:18).

Team honors were won by Mahomet-Seymour with 55 points. Runner-up Tolono Unity had 68 points. St. Joseph was eighth with 206 points.

The Panthers will return to action on Saturday (Oct. 9) at a Class 2A IESA sectional it will host in St. Joseph.

St. Joseph Junior High Boys’ Cross-Country

Eighth-grader Lance Retz placed fifth on Saturday (Oct. 2) in a 162-runner boys’ junior high cross-country meet at Monticello’s Lodge Park.

Retz finished the 2-mile course in 11 minutes, 25.3 seconds.

Six teammates joined him on the course.

Patrick Clark was 42^nd (12:57.2), Colton Overstreet was 47^th (13:11.9), Quinn Stahl was 69^th (13:48.2), Ramsay Arnold was 70^th (13:48.6), Cyrus Zadeh was 75^th (13:53.6) and Landon Smith was 119^th (15:33.8).

St. Joseph finished sixth in the team standings with a composite score of 233. Meet champion Mahomet-Seymour had 54 points, followed by Tolono Unity (94).

The Panthers will return to action on Saturday (Oct. 9) at a Class 2A IESA sectional it will host in St. Joseph.