Benzonia — From the Manistee
News Advocate The Bear Lake High School boys’ and girls’ cross
country teams qualified for the state finals courtesy of strong showings
in the regional meet at Benzie Central on Saturday.
The Laker boys barely missed taking first place in the Division 4
regional and ended up in second place with 50 points, just two behind
first place Traverse City St. Francis. The Bear Lake girls finished in
third place with 83 points, behind first-place Manton (24) and runner-up
Traverse City St. Francis (72).
Both Bear Lake teams, which co-op with Onekama, will run in the state
finals at the Michigan International Speedway on Nov. 1
The Manistee High School cross country team, which competed in the
Division 3 regional race at Benzie, had its season ended. The Chippewa
girls’ team took seventh with 181 points, while the boys finished 10th
with 276 points. Benzie took first place in both races.
Bear Lake’s Chuck Schoedel (third, 17:11.2) and Jaron Llewellyn (fourth,
17:15), were the top finishers for the Laker boys, while Jaylee Brown
took second overall in 20:02.3 to lead the Laker girls. |
Bear Lake boys
3. Schoedel, 17:11.2; 4. Llewellyn, 17:15; 13. Ryan Pienta, 17:58.7; 16.
Tyler Groenwald, 18:08.3; 17. Cody Graf, 18:13.7; 18. Josh Goins,
18:20.7; 23. John Evans, 18:45.
Bear Lake girls
2. Brown, 20:02.3; 16. Tobi Schoedel, 21:35.8; 20. Anna Veverica,
21:45.5; 31. Elizabeth Schoedel, 22:41.3; 34. Shelby Sidor, 22:45.7; 44.
Brenna Miller, 23:12.6; 46. Danielle Ward, 23:16.5.
Manistee girls
26. Schubert, 21:17.4; 29. Savela, 21:27.2; 35. Ashley Tiefenthal,
21:37.9; 49. Katie Bramble, 22:40.4; 52. Nathalie Kenny, 23:02.1; 60.
Allie Mallison, 23:32.8; 62. Hannah Davis, 23:39.2
Manistee boys
27. Krusniak, 17:53.8; 48. Josh Janowiak, 19:11.1; 59. Seth Schneider,
19:55.2; 70. Corey Ernst, 20:29.7; 72. Dan Digna, 20:43.8; 74. Tyler
Sievert, 20:46.1; 75. Michael Lindgren, 21:03.7. |
