The Saint Joseph Academy cross country team will be well-represented at the State Meet next Saturday at National Trail Raceway when freshman Maggie Wagner and senior Alesha Vovk line up against the best state. Both runners qualified to the state meet by finishing in the top 16 at last Saturday's regional meet at Boardman High School. The entire team came close to qualifying as a group with their 6th place team finish. The top 4 teams earn a qualifying spot to Columbus.
Wagner finished a very impressive third place overall with a new personal best time of 19:10 on the cold and blustery day. Her time moves her to 4th fastest in SJA history. Maggie will be joined by Alesha, an individual qualifier to regionals last year, who ran a huge personal best this year by 43 seconds and moved to 15th all time on the SJA list with her 19:34. Both girls attended Lakewood Catholic Academy.
Not to be outdone was another inspired personal best by senior Rachel McGuire who ran 19:50 and finished 23rd overall. Rachel's time gives her sole possession of 20th on the SJA all-time list. Lauren Marconi ('15) and Mary Hyland ('17) rounded out the team scorers which helped secure the team's 6th place finish.
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