Armstrong, Jones and Blacburn compete at Richard Spring Invitational

By Fred Kroner

St. Joseph-Ogden’s four entries in the varsity division of the Richard Spring boys’ cross-country invitational on Saturday (Sept. 17) entered the finish chute within 29 seconds of one another.

The Spartans did not have enough runners to be scored as a team.

The SJ-O pacesetters in the 3-mile race were Aden Armstrong (228^th in 17 minutes, 7.1 seconds), Holden Jones (261^st in 17:23.7), Ethan Blackburn (265^th in 17:26.0) and Isiah Mock (290^th in 17:36.0).

There were 474 finishers.

In the race for freshmen-sophomore runners, SJ-O captured 23^rd in the 52-school field with 682 points. Meet champion Elmhurst York had 128 points.

Jack Fisher was the Spartans’ leader, ending in 24^th place in a 365-runner field with a 3-mile time of 16:45.2.

Other SJ-O participants were Lance Retz (59^th in 17:33.1), Mason Guido (101^st in 17:59.9), Joe Griebat (200^th in 19:14.4), E.J. Beckett (326^th in 21:51.8), Logan Xiao (344^th in 23:04.1) and Fabian Lopez (362^nd in 25:49.8).

SJ-O returns to action on Saturday (Sept. 24) in its own Spartan Classic.