Boys Cross Country: Skyline sprints past Saline at SEC Jamboree 2 (see WLAA photo gallery)
The Skyline boys’ cross country needed every step and sprint to edge Saline to the finish line in the SEC Jamboree 2 at Pioneer on Wednesday. The Eagles flew across the finish line with 41 points, just three points ahead of the Hornets. Pioneer was third with 76 points and Dexter finished fourth with 119 points. Huron crossed fifth with 131 points.
Skyline senior Nicolas Fry won a sprint to the finish line with a time of 16:02.9, just beating out Saline’s Samuel Jackson (16:03.2) and teammate Christopher Van Lent, who took third in 16:03.3. Juniors Luke Suliman (fifth, 16:09.6) and Mason Jett (seventh, 16:46.7) also cracked the top 10 for Skyline.
The rest of the Eagles:
26. 12 Aidan Hale 17:49.7
42. 12 Soren Nielsen 18:16.7
47. 9 Bruno Cifaldi 18:28.8
55. 12 Eric VonBargen 18:48.4
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Pioneer senior Thomas Kerber was ninth (16:59.8), junior Aaron Sterken was 11th (17:08.7) and senior Roman Cortina was 15th (17:16.3).
The rest of the Pioneers:
18. 11 Eric Overdier 17:25.3
24. 12 Andrew Grier 17:47.4
27. 12 Matt Dombrowski 17:50.0
28. 9 Beckett Crooks 17:51.9
30. 9 Quinn Davis 17:58.1
34. 9 Thomas DeJesus 18:06.8
38. 9 Theo Sacks-Thomas 18:12.0
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Dexter was led by senior Owen Ackerman who finished 10th in 17:07.7. Senior Alex Hoffman was 20th (17:35.7) and junior Sam Gibson was 22nd (17:41.9) for Dexter.
The rest of the Dreadnaughts:
37. 10 Caleb Snyder 18:11.6
41. 12 Rylan Teddy 18:15.9
51. 10 Scott Smith 18:38.8
52. 11 Charlie Munson 18:43.4
58. 12 Kaden Jensen 18:56.6
60. 9 Cole Doty 19:02.4
Huron had two runners cross among the top 15: senior Adam Bigelow was 12th (17:09.7) and junior Lucas Weintraub was 13th (17:11.3).
The rest of the River Rats:
25. 10 Jonah Kraft 17:48.1
46. 12 Aidan Behmer 18:28.6
49. 11 Liam Ridenour 18:34.3
50. 9 Thomas (TJ) Conley 18:37.0
53. 9 Jamal (Max) Samaha 18:44.7
62. 12 Devin Saxon 19:18.0
