PEORIA — The Byron High School varsity boys and girls cross country teams headed south to Detweiller Park for the IHSA 1A State Championship on Saturday, Nov. 9. The Tigers finished 25th out of 30 schools and the Lady Tigers finished 27th out of 30 schools in the state meet.
Tim Starwalt earned All-State honors for the Tigers, medaling in 14th place out of 258 runners with a time of 15:08.04 and becoming only the second male runner from Byron to medal at the state meet. Michael Muzzarelli finished 171st with a time of 16:48.09 and Conner Welt finished 187th with a time of 16:59.78. Braden Dietrich took 194th with a time of 17:05.06 and Micah Hilliker took 233rd with a time of 17:51.83 to round out the top five scoring runners for Byron.
Ashley Potter led the Lady Tigers in the state meet, finishing 97th out of 255 runners with a time of 19:22.70. Elinor McHale finished 157th with a time of 20;15.90 and Gabriella Northrup finished 167th with a time of 20:30.70. Grace Burnes and Emma Franchi took 177th and 178th with times of 20:40.70 and 20:44.00 to round out the top five scoring runners for Byron.
