Fisher leads Spartans in Peoria

By Fred Kroner

Jack Fisher was the leading runner for St. Joseph-Ogden on Saturday (Sept. 10) in the Class 3A division of the First to Finish boys’ cross-country race at Detweiller Park, in Peoria.

Fisher ran the 3-mile course in 16 minutes, 54.3 seconds and wound up in 141^st place.

SJ-O placed 32^nd in the 37-school field with 890 points. Meet champion Plainfield South had 48 points.

Other Spartans in the varsity race were Aden Armstrong (181^st  in 17:18.0), Lance Retz (182^nd in 17:18.6), Joe Griebat (246^th in 18:12.5), Mason Guido (256^th in 18:29.1) and Holden Jones (257^th in 18:30.6).

In the junior varsity race, SJ-O’s Logan Xiao was 16^th in a field of 888 participants. His time was 16:35.5.

Other Spartans in the JV race were Cyrus Zadeh (504^th in 21:18.8) and E.J. Beckett (641^st in 22:39.9).

SJ-O returns to action on Tuesday (Sept. 13) in a meet at Monticello.