The girls and boys cross-country teams from St. John’s Lutheran School in Lombard excelled at the Lutheran Sports Association of Illinois State Meet, which took place Oct. 17 at Trinity Lutheran School in Bloomington.
The Eagles of St. John’s girls team won the championship at the meet with their 66-point total. Zion Lutheran of Marengo finished second in the 12-team girls competition with its total of 99 points.
Savanna Wukasch of St. John’s won the individual title in the 2-mile middle school girls race, which she completed in 12 minutes, 24.9 seconds. She crossed the finish line more than nine seconds ahead of the runner-up.
Lily Romano (13:04.7) ran to an eighth-place finish in St. John’s championship effort. Sawyer Payne (13:37) contributed a 17th-place finish for the Eagles, while Olivia Devivo (13:45) placed 19th in the race, which included 133 finishers. Callie Devivo (14:15.6) landed in 31st place. Lexi Nilles (14:36.6; 43rd), Paige Becker (14:38.9; 46th), Cassie Madl (15:04.4; 55th) and Averly Payne (15:46.7) completed the St. John’s lineup at the state meet.
The Eagles earned a second-place finish in the state meet’s 18-team boys competition. Trinity Lutheran of Bloomington won the team title with its score of 41 points. St. John’s claimed second with its 59-point total.
Conrad Walsh provided the Eagles’ best individual finish in the 2-mile middle school boys race with his third-place time of 11 minutes, 35.7 seconds. Austin Sosin (11:53.6) delivered a sixth-place finish for St. John’s, while Oliver Hart (12:02.3) placed eighth for the Eagles. James Madl (12:31) and Sullivan Russavage (12:36) finished 20th and 22nd, respectively, for St. John’s in the boys race, which featured 153 finishers. Ezekiel Rosin (13:11.16; 34th), Jack Romano (14:34.3; 80th) and Ian Sinnott (15:32.6; 113th) completed the Eagles’ boys lineup in Bloomington.
One week after competing at the state meet, the St. John’s girls and boys teams participated in the National Lutheran Cross-Country Championships at Concordia University in Mequon, Wisconsin. Savanna Wukasch of the Eagles sailed to a fourth-place finish in the 2-mile girls race, which she completed in 12 minutes, 36.71 seconds. Lily Romano (12:54.37) of St. John’s ran to a 15th-place finish in the event, which included 164 finishers.
The Eagles’ girls team earned a third-place finish at the Oct. 24 meet in Wisconsin. St. John’s boys team turned in a fourth-place finish. Conrad Walsh led the Eagles’ boys team with his 20th-place finish. He completed the 2-mile race in 11 minutes, 49.89 seconds. Oliver Hart (11:59.15) placed 33rd for the Eagles.
