St. Francis’ Elena Mamminga wins Class 2A state cross country title: Saturday’s Suburban Life sports roundup

Girls Cross CountryClass 2A state meet: St. Francis senior Elena Mamminga won the Class 2A state championship with a time of 17 minutes, 5.8 seconds in the three-mile course on Saturday at Peoria’s Detweiller Park.Mamminga led three area girls finishing in the top four. St. Francis teammate and senior Erin Hinsdale was third in 17:08.0, and Timothy Christian sophomore Lyla Plaisier was fourth in 17:10.5.St. Francis’ Abby Yarusso was 10th in 17:40.1 and Nazareth’s Kathleen Hardy 11th in 17:41.5.In the team standings, St. Francis (190) was fourth and Nazareth (225) fifth behind champion Prairie Ridge (132).Class 3A state meet: Defending champion Karlin Janowski of York’s bid for a repeat state championship came up one place short, as she finished second at the Class 3A state meet in 16:01.4. That time was nearly nine seconds faster than the school record time she ran to win state last year, but was well short of St. Charles North’s Kara Glenn, who ran a state record time of 15:13.0.Downe