Franzen finishes 31st at race in Terre Haute

By Fred Kroner

St. Joseph-Ogden’s Savanna Franzen placed 31^st on Saturday in a 293-runner girls’ cross-country race at Terre Haute, Ind.

Franzen ran the 5,000-meter course in 18 minutes, 48.2 seconds.

The other SJ-O athlete in the varsity race was Chloe Burkhalter (178^th in 21:14.2).

The Spartans didn’t have enough runners to be scored as a team in the varsity or junior varsity races.

The three SJ-O runners in the 246-person JV race were Kaytlyn Baker (60^th in 23:08.6), Hannah Mock (67^th in 23:16.0) and Sydney Steinbach (69^th in 23:21.8).

In the boys’ varsity division, the top five SJ-O runners in the 37-school field finished within 30 seconds of one another.

Isaih Mock was 219^th in 17:29.0 for the 5,000-meter layout. Teammates trailing close behind were Lance Retz (220th in 17:29.1), Mason Guido (244^th in 17:39.0), Jack Fisher (253^rd in 17:41.0) and Ethan Blackburn (263^rd in 17:49.9).

Rounding out the Spartans’ varsity lineup were Holden Jones (290^th in 18:16.8) and Joe Griebat (319^th in 19:09.8).

SJ-O wound up in 36^th place with a composite score of 1,012.

In the 363-runner JV race, three Spartans participated.

Cyrus Zadeh was 268^th in 21:40.7, E.J. Beckett was 292^nd in 22:13.2 and Logan Xiao was 310^th in 22:48.7.

SJ-O will return to action on Tuesday (Oct. 4) in the Illini Prairie Conference Meet at St. Thomas More.