Retz places 10th at IESA Cross Country meet

By Fred Kroner

St. Joseph eighth-grader Lance Retz placed 10^th on Saturday (Oct. 16) in the IESA Class 2A boys’ cross-country state finals at Maxwell Park, in Normal.

There were 234 runners in his race.

Retz completed the 2-mile course in 11 minutes, 30.7 seconds.

A total of 27 teams competed in the 2A division.

St. Joseph finished in 19^th place with 460 points. The 2A champion, Chicago St. Benedict, had 54 points. Tolono Unity was second with 107 points.

The other St. Joseph participants were: sixth-grader Patrick Clark (113^th in 12:37.6), eighth-grader Quinn Stahl (133^rd in 12:50.2), eighth-grader Colton Overstreet (171^st in 13:14.1), seventh-grader Colin Burnett (200^th in 13:52.9), eighth-grader Cyrus Zadeh (211^th in 14:06.8) and sixth-grader Sam Zadeh (215^th in 14:09.8).

Among sixth-graders at the 2A state meet, Clark was ninth.

In the girls’ Class 2A IESA race, St. Joseph sixth-grade Ava Gallo placed in the top half of a 242-runner field.Gallo was 118^th with a time of 14:03.1. Among sixth-graders in the race, she was 20^th.