St. Clair, Lutheran North take home Marysville cross-country titles – Sports – The Voice
St. Clair, Lutheran North take home Marysville cross-country titles

Published: Thursday, October 8, 2009
The St. Clair boys again won the Marysville Invitational cross-country meet Thursday while the Lutheran North girls edged out Marine City.

The meet, which for years was billed as the unofficial Blue Water Area championship, has expanded in recent years to include Macomb County teams. Lutheran North took care of that to take home the girls title, beating out Marine City by by six points, 84 to 90. The Mustangs’ Rachel Stathakis placed fifth overall as the Lutheran North put four runners in the top 21.

Marine City was led by Ericka Snydeer’s runner-up finish. Emily Ward placed fourth.

Among other local girls teams, St. Clair was fourth, Marysville placed fifth, Anchor Bay was seventh, Port Huron Northern took ninth, Pt. Huron was 11th and Algonac was 15th.

In the boys’ race, St. Clair repeated last year’s championship.

The Saints’ Derrick LaParl was fourth and freshman Brennan Shafer was sixth.

Anchor Bay placed fourth, led by Eddie Komph’s seventh place finish.

Among other local teams, Pt. Huron was sixth, Algonac was 7th, Marysville was 10th, Port Huron Northern was 11th, and Marine City was 13th.

Gaylord Herald Times – Sports – BNC teams compete in 2nd CC meet
BNC teams compete in 2nd CC meetPETOSKEY — The Gaylord cross country teams battled wet and windy conditions Tuesday at the second Big North Conference meet in Petoskey, with the Blue Devil boys taking second and the girls placing fourth.

Coach Jeff Kalember said the Blue Devil boys ran about as well as they did two weeks ago when they won their first-ever BNC meet, but Traverse City West improved mightily to win the meet.

For Gaylord, senior Jayden Hesselink finished sixth (17:30), junior Bryan Slocum was seventh (17:36), junior Joe Jones was 13th (17:55), freshman Charlend Howard was 14th (17:56), freshman Nate Fischer was 16th (18:11), sophomore Sean Hope was 25th (18:36) and sophomore Lucas Avenall was 28th (18:46).

West’s Seb Kucera won the race with a time of 17:14.

The Blue Devil girls welcomed back juniors Amanda Olds and Anna Kassuba, who missed the first race because of injury and sickness. Gaylord began to close the gap between Traverse City West and Alpena, who tied for second. Traverse City Central breezed to the victory.

Cross Country Battles Weather at Michigan Intercollegiates – CMUChippewas.com—Official Web Site of Central Michigan University Athletics
Cross Country Battles Weather at Michigan Intercollegiates
Courtesy: Katie Baker/CMU Athletics
Release: 10/09/2009

Matt Lutzke was the top runner for the Chippewas at the Michigan Intercollegiates.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Poor weather conditions dampered the Central Michigan cross country program but several individuals still were able to shine as they competed in the Michigan Intercollegiates on Friday, hosted by Calvin College.

The CMU women had improved times from several individuals, including Kylee Kubacki who set a new personal-best with a time of 18:48.6 (20th). Raeanne Lohner also showed well, finishing with a personal-best time of 19:00.5 (27th)

Gaylord Herald Times – Sports » Features – Blazing a Trail: Home-school North Trails cross country team races around Northern Michigan
Blazing a Trail: Home-school North Trails cross country team races around Northern Michigan

Cross country looks to solidify depth | Central Michigan Life
Cross country looks to solidify depth
By Aaron McMann || October 09, 2009

The men’s and women’s cross country teams look to solidify their rosters Friday at the Michigan Intercollegiates hosted by Calvin College in Grand Rapids.

In anticipation of Pre-Nationals on Oct. 17, many of the top runners on both sides are expected to rest this weekend, while younger runners will get an opportunity to show what they can do for the future.

“We never want to run our kids back-to-back weekends unless it’s absolutely necessary,” said cross country director Willie Randolph. “Right now, we’re really just trying to solidify the roster, by one spot if necessary.”