By Fred Kroner
St. Joseph-Ogden junior Savanna Franzen finished 42nd in the girls’ Class 1A IHSA cross-country state meet on Saturday (Nov. 4) at Detweiller Park, in Peoria.
Franzen covered the 3-mile course in 18 minutes, 40.79 seconds. There were 258 finishers in the race.
One Spartan teammate joined her at state. Senior Chloe Burkhalter took 88th in 19:25.79.
The team champion for the third year in a row was Tolono Unity (109 points) followed by Anna-Jonesboro (157 points), Peoria Notre Dame (224 points) and Eureka (231 points).
There were 30 full teams at state.
