On Tuesday, Three Rivers hosted the St. Joseph County Cross Country Championships at Meyer Broadway Park, serving as a chance for both county supremacy and a final tune up before regional meets this weekend.
In the boys team score, the hosting Wildcats were the event champ with a score of 30. Constantine and Sturgis were both next at 60, then Centreville at 95 and White Pigeon at 116.
“Tonight our boys knew if they ran their race then they should have no problem taking home the win,” said TR boys coach Jason Muckel. “They ran better than anticipated. Our top five ran as well as we could have hoped for and more. This was a nice last tune up as we prepare for regionals on Saturday in Bangor.”
Photo courtesy Jason Muckel
Sturgis won the girls team score at 27, followed by Centreville (65), Colon (79), Three Rivers (86), White Pigeon (108), and Constantine (147).
The boys county champion was Centreville’s Logan Weis with a 17:32.2. Second was Constantine’s Ethan Glick (17:44.4), followed by TR’s Sulley Zietlow (17:45.0), Sturgis’ Nolan Park (18:27.8), and TR’s Johnathan Pant (18:34.1).
Earning the other top 15 all-county medals for the Wildcats were Isaac Perez (6th, 18:39.9), Zachary Gowan (7th, 18:43.1), and Lucan Hoercher (9th, 19:19.1). White Pigeon’s Jesse Fielis took eighth at 19:16.8.
Sturgis had Ethan Kent (10th, 19:21.8), Zachary Green (12th, 19:39.0), and Benjamin Morales (14th, 19:46.1) earn medals. For the Falcons, Robbie King (11th, 19:25.7) and Alessandro Avila (15th, 19:46.2) made the cut. Mendon‘s lone boys medalist was Ben Iobe (13th, 19:39.4) and just missing the cut from Colon was Dalton Williams (16th, 20:03.5).
The Trojans had the girls county champion in freshman Berkley Holtz with a time of 20:56.0. Rounding out the top five were TR’s Jennifer Hernandez (21:38.1), Sturgis’ Sydney Bir (22:30.8), Colon’s Lilli Stanzel (22:43.9) and Centreville’s Autumn Major (22:55.2).
Also earning all-county for the Trojans were Tessa Hatt (6th, 23:15.9), Paityn Modern (9th, 23:30.0), and Kenzie Eicher (10th, 23:57.1). The Bulldogs also had medals for Ellie Reed (7th, 23:20.7), and Emmy Pritchard (12th, 24:22.5).
Mendon’s Rowan Allen (8th, 23:27.5) and Sophia Stuart (24:45.4) grabbed all-county, as did TR’s Gabrielle Kilbourn (11th, 24:12.6). Colon’s Macey Burgess (13th, 24:35.4) and Reese Williams (14th, 24:38.1) also secured medals. WP’s top girl was Jamielynn Delarye (17th, 25:.09.2).
For full results from the meet, head here.
Up next for all of the St. Joseph County squads are regional meets this weekend. For Colon, Mendon, and White Pigeon, they’ll be at the Division 4 meet Friday afternoon at Portage West Middle School. The others compete Saturday morning at Bangor with Sturgis and Three Rivers in the Division 2 field and Centreville and Constantine in the Division 3 group.