Boys Cross Country: Pioneer wins SEC Red race; Skyline’s Kessler first overall

The Pioneer boys’ cross country team took four of the top eight spots and ran away with the SEC Red Division Championship on Saturday at Indian Creek Park. The Pioneers finished with 34 points, a good half mile ahead of Saline (63), Skyline (70), Huron (77), Monroe (134) and Bedford (135).

Skyline senior Hobbs Kessler ran first overall with a time of 15:30.0

Two juniors finished atop the Pioneer lineup – Owen Johnson was second (15:50.2) and Henry MonteSano was third (16:11.2). Senior Max Klarman was seventh (16:25.8) and junior Fred Wallace ran eighth (16:28.3). Senior Ben Jakabcsin was 14^th (16:50.3), junior Matt Rudd was 24^th (17:19.5) and sophomore Roman Cortina was 37^th (17:59.3).

The Eagles had four runners in the top 17. After Kessler’s win, junior Sanjay Rao was 11^th (16:42.0), senior Ian Steele was 16^th (16:51.6) and sophomore Nicolas Fry was 17^th (16:54.5). Freshman Luke Suliman was 25^th (17:21.4), junior Alex Ball was 31^st (17:35.8) and senior Alex lekel-Johnson was 36^th (17:57.7).

The River Rats had three senior atop their lineup card. Michael Hill-Carruthers was 9th (16:29.3), Peter Stenger was 10^th (16:36.2) and Donovan Smith was 13^th (16:48.6). Sophomore Adam Bigelow ran 19^th (17:05.9), freshman Lucas Weintraub was 26^th (17:26.5), senior Evan Ridenour was 27^th (17:27.0) and senior Calvin Shaw was 29^th (17:30.4).

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