CC Regional Meet at Benzie School
October 29, 05
It was a very cold morning for the Regional Finals at Benzie but the sun was shining brightly to take some of the chill out of the air. Still there was still white frost on the ground as the gun sounded at 10:00 a.m. to start the Div.4 Regional. They were many BL/OHS fans on site to cheer for the boys and girls: parents, grandparents, friends, girl basketball players, classmates, staff members and many other fans. But the cold frost or bright sun didn't slow down the BL/OHS boys cross country team. They were off and running to a 1st place REGIONAL finish. All 7 of BL/OHS runners were in the top 22 runners to cross the finish line out of 73 runners.
  1. BL/OHS was 1st with 50 points
  2. 2nd MCE 100 points
  3. 3rd Brethren 107 points. All three of these teams qualified for state finals next weekend. All three are from the WMD conference,
  4. 4th place Traverse City St. Francis with 117 points
  5. 5th Suttons Bay 123 points.

For the BL/OHS boys runners Nick Swisher had another great run with a 1st place Regional finish and was followed very close but teammate Josh Groenwald as they were the one, two punch for BL/OHS today again. Their individual results:

  • 1st Nick Swisher 16:42 Medal for being in top 15
  • 2nd Josh Groenwald 16:54 Medal for being in top 15
  • 11th Nate Milarch 17:24 Medal for being in top 15
  • 19th Ryan Brown 17:55
  • 20th John Evans 17:56
  • 21st Shawn Gonyon 17:57
  • 22nd Jordan Maxey 18:03

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 All 7 of these runners received a medal for the team finishing in 1st place along with the Regional Trophy and will compete at the State Finals next Saturday at Brooklyn International Speedway starting at 10:00 a.m for Division 4 Boys schools. Congratulation Coach Dal Townsend and BL/OHS runners on a great season and Being REGIONAL CHAMPIONS and Good Luck in the State Finals

The BL/OHS Girls ran at 11:30 a.m. today. The sun was shining brightly on Freshman Shelby Sidor as she ran a Super race and finished 14th overall and qualified for State next weekend. Overall the BL/OHS girls had a 8th place finish today. Finishing 1st was Traverse City St. Francis 43 points, 2nd MCE 79 points, 3rd Glen Lake 80 points and 4th Buckley 86 points. For the girls today they finished as follows,

  • 14th Shelby Sidor 21:15 Medal and her Personal Best race of the season
  • 39th Ronnie Maidens 23:35
  • 44th Calai Schoedel 23:56
  • 58th Courtney Swisher 25:29
  • 61st Anna Veverica 26:01
  • 65th Carmen Hayes 26:24

Congratulations to Coach Kelly Schultz and the girls on a good season. Good Luck to Shelby Sidor at State next weekend. Division 4 girls will run at 11:00 a.m.

Jordan Maxey and family

Ronnie Maidens with Mom
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