St. Joseph Cross Country finishes regular season at Monticello Invitational

By Fred Kroner

St. Joseph’s middle school girls’ cross-country team placed sixth on Saturday (Oct. 1) in the varsity division of the Monticello Invitational at Lodge Park.

The Panthers’ leaders in the 2-mile race were Ava Overstreet (21^st in 13:31.4), Averie Dietiker (24^th in 13:39.6), Tessa Walker (27^th in 13:41.4), Mia Miller (30^th in 13:50.9), Ava Gallo (47^th in 14:11.3), Faith Jackson (50^th in 14:14.9) and Hadley McDonald (66^th in 14:40.4).

The school’s top six runners finished within 43.5 seconds of one another.

There were 134 runners in the race.

In the girls’ open division, St. Joseph captured fifth place.

The team’s top runners were Tabby Brown (fifth in 13:56.6), Kennedi Dean (22^nd in 14:49.3), Marissa Smith (38^th in 15:38.8), Ellie Miller (54^th in 15:54.4), Claire Dirksmeyer (56^th in 15:55.1), Leah Stephenson (58^th in 15:56.6) and Kinsley Oleynichak (61^st in 16:02.3).

There were 198 runners in the race.

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In the boys’ varsity division of the Monticello Invitational, St. Joseph took 13^th place.

Setting the pace for the Panthers in the 2-mile race were Colin Burnett (26^th in 12:24.8), Patrick Clark (37^th in 12:38.6), Sam Zadeh (75^th in 13:17.9), Zach Benoit (90^th in 13:34.7), Brady Johnson (95^th in 13:44.5) and Camden Fisher (99^th in 13:49.3).

There were 158 participants in the race.

In the boys’ open race, St. Joseph came in ninth.

The team leaders were Henry McCamon (48^th in 14:23.6), Kelton Pruemer (58^th in 14:40.8), Nathan Hinkel (70^th in 14:49.4), Kru McDonald (76^th in 15:04.6), Holden Hausle (80^th in 15:15.2), Eli Bronowski (99^th in 15:40.0) and Luke Dunn (118^th in 16:21.3).

St. Joseph will return to action on Saturday (Oct. 8) when it hosts a 17-school Class 2A IESA sectional meet.