Cross Country Final Conference Meet

Oct. 13, 2004

<--1st Team All Conference: For the Varsity Boys overall Conference Team The No.1 runner in the Conference was Josh Groenwald. Great job, Josh! Also on the 1st team was Nick Swisher and Ryan Brown in his first year of running,

The final conference meet of the season for the BL/OHS/MCC was held at WSCC. It was a in a great evening for running: about 50 degrees, partly cloudy and no wind.

The Varsity girls ended up finishing 2nd against MCE tonight again as MCE had 29 points BL/OHS/MCC had 49 and Pentwater 3rd with 71 points For the 3 conference meets overall MCE was 1st and BL/OHS/MCC 2nd and Pentwater 3rd

For the Varsity boys all 9th through 12th graders ran and they finished 1st tonight with 26 points, 2nd MCE 31 points and 3rd Brethrenwith 82. The BL/OHS Varsity boys took home the 1st place Trophy in the WMD conference by beating out MCE and the BL/OHS boys are still rated No.1 in the state in division 4

In the Middle School XC the BL/OHS boys and girls took home the 1st place conference trophy by beating out MCE over the 3 conference meets. Tonight they beat them by BL/OHS having 26 points and MCE with 29 points and Walkerville with 83 points The middle school ended their season on a great note by being Conference Champions. Great job, Middle School, and congratulation on a terrific season. Also congratulations to the coaches Ms Kelly Schultz and Dal Townsend plus all the parents, grandparents and friends that came out to supported these young runners.

Varsity girls:
  • 5th was Jackie Bladzik 23:28,
  • 6th Ashley Zupin 24:45,
  • 7th Ronnie Maidens 24:48,
  • 11th Carmen Hayes 27:01
  • 21st Cali Schoedel 34:01.

For the Varsity girls Overall Conference team , Senior Ashley Zupin made 1st Team All Conference for the 4th straight year, Senior Jackie Bladzik 1st Team All Conference for the 3 years that she has run with our Co-op. Ronnie Maidens made 1st Team All Conference in her first year of running and Carmen Hayes made 2nd Team All Conference in her first year. They all received a medal and also to Cali Schoedel for a great effort during the season. Congratulation girls on a great Conference season, especially Seniors Ashley Zupin and Jackie Bladzik whom have run their last conference race and to Ms. Kelly Schultz in her 1st year as coach of the girls. The girls aren't going to Shepherd this weekend. Their next meet will be Tuesday 10/19/04 at the MCE Invitational.

Congratulation guys on a great season along with all the other BL/OHS runners. Also to our Seniors whom ran there last conference race: Luke Allen, Jordan Wilson, Mike Coryell and Josh Vertalka, and to Dal Townsend for a great job with the boys.

Varsity Boys

  • 1st was Josh Groenwald 17:38,
  • 2nd Nick Swisher 18:03,
  • 6th Ryan Brown18:25
  • 8th Nate Milarch 18:30
  • 9th Luke Allen 18:33
  • 10th Jordon Maxey 18:44,
  • 11th Nick Sidor 19:23
  • 12th Eric Maddox 19:35,
  • 14th Andy Desmarais 19:47
  • 18thJordan Wilson 20:25
  • 19th Donovan Alkire 20:30
  • 22nd Nick Bradford 21:05,
  • 27th Justin Zupin 22:41
  • 28th Mike Coryell 23:54
  • 32ndJosh Vertalka 27:45
  • 33rd Nick Schmoke 28:14
  • 34th Matt Fredricks 31:01

Middle School Girls Team

Receiving Medals for the Middle School for there overall conference performance for the girls was Shelby Sidor, Courtney Swisher, Anna Veverica, Mallory Mattson and Katilyn Matesich. For the boys Shawn Gonyon, Jaron Llewellyn, Chad Mallory, John Evans, Dannny Brown and Curtis Edwards. Great Job Middle School.

2nd Team All Conference

Named to the 2nd Team All Conference was Jordan Maxey, Nate Milarch, Senior Luke Allen who has had a foot injury this season, Nick Sidor.

Honorable Mention

Named to the Honorable Mention Team was Eric Maddox, Andy Desmarais, Senior Jordan Wilson, and Donovan Alkire. They all received a medal plus the conference 1st place Trophy.

Middle School Conference Champs

Here are their overall finishes (the boys and girls ran together)

  • 2nd Shawn Gonyon 11:42,
  • 3rd Jaron Llewellyn 11:52,
  • 5th John Evans 12:22,
  • 6th Chad Mallory 12:24,
  • 12th Danny Brown 13:49,
  • 13th Shelby Sidor 14:00,
  • 15th Courtney Swisher 14:17,
  • 16th Mallory Matterson 14:32,
  • 18th John Tribley 14:48,
  • 19th Anna Veverica 14:59,
  • 21st Katilyn Matesich 16:51
  • 22nd Molly Yaple 19:59.

Sometime a little ice at the end of the race helps!

<--A trophy works wonders, too!

Main Cross Country Page

Reporter/photographer: Dennis Zupin

Main Onekama School Page: http://www.onekama.k12.mi.us