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 32nd (14:12.8), Ava Overstreet was 34th (14:16.9), Ava Gallo was 38th (14:27.4), Hannah Mock was 44th (14:35.6) and Sydney Steinbach was 65th (15:09.4).
Rounding out the St. Joseph lineup were Faith King (66th in 15:12.7) and Mia Miller (69th 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 42nd (12:57.2), Colton Overstreet was 47th (13:11.9), Quinn Stahl was 69th (13:48.2), Ramsay Arnold was 70th (13:48.6), Cyrus Zadeh was 75th (13:53.6) and Landon Smith was 119th (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.