Cross Country: Hobbs wins boys Pre-Regional; Huron’s Hastie third in girls race

While Skyline’s Hobbs Kessler ran away with the individual title and Salem took off in the team race, the run for second and third was a close one between Dexter, Skyline and Plymouth at the MHSAA Pre-Regional on Saturday at Hudson Mills in Dexter.

Salem landed three runners in the top seven and took first place with 44 points.

Dexter reached the finish line in second with 74 points while Skyline finished third with 86 and Plymouth fourth with 89. AA Huron was fifth (96 points), followed by Canton (122), Wayne Memorial (191) and Westland John Glenn (256).

Three Dexter seniors crossed among the top 10. Conor Kolka was fourth (16:15.1), Nathan Gariepy was sixth (16:21.8) and Sam Melvin ninth (16:43.4). Dexter freshman Brandon Anderson ran 27^th (17:21.4), junior Josh Lamb was 28^th (17:25.8), junior Zachary Sawin was 30^th (17:36.7) and sophomore Owen Ackerman was 35^th (17:47.9).

Kessler took first overall in 15:24.9 to lead Skyline. Junior Sanjay Rao was 15^th (16:57.1), sophomore Nicolas Fry ran 18^th (17:01.9), senior Ian Steele was 20^th (17:08.0), freshman Luke Suliman was 32^nd (17:41.1), junior Alex Ball was 37^th (17:53.9) and senior Forest Hadley was 42^nd (18:15.6).

The River Rats were led by seniors Michael Hill-Carruthers (11^th, 16:52.1), Peter Stenger (14^th, 16:55.7) and Donovan Smith (17:02.5). Sophomore Adam Bigelow ran 21^st (17:10.0), senior Evan Ridenour was 31^st (17:37.5), freshman Lucas Weintraub was 33^rd (17:42.4) and senior Calvin Shaw was 45^th (18:59.0).

Girls

The local teams had a tough go of it at the competitive MHSAA Pre-Regional on Saturday at Hudson Mills in Dexter. Plymouth took first with 42 points followed by Canton (57) and Salem (66).

Skyline was fourth with 85 points followed by Huron (111), Dexter (134) and Wayne Memorial (216).

Two sophomores led the Eagles with Lydia Cocciolone 13^th in 20:32.8 and Natalie Kessler 14^th in 20:43.5. Senior Laura O’Brien was 16^th (20:45.1) and senior Catrin Koselka was 20^th (20:51.0). A pair of freshman followed with Allison Mayer (22^nd, 20:52.7) and Audrey Wells (33^rd, 21:50.5). Senior Sierra Lubetkin ran 37^th in 22:10.0.

Dexter junior Amanda McGill ran 19:37.3 to take fifth overall. Sophomore Chloe Sprague was 26^th in 21:15.2, sophomore Quinn Hilla was 31^st in 21:34.3, junior Hannah McComas was 34^th in 21:59.6, junior Annisa Sisson ran 38^th in 22:11.8, senior Faith Jones was 39^th in 22:28.5 and senior Abigail Fox was 41^st in 23:09.4.

Huron senior Sam Hastie ran third overall with a time of 19:11.1. Sophomore Rachel Overgaard was 19^th in 20:50.1, freshman Emiko Sano was 23^rd in 20:54.2, sophomore Mia Solomon was 30^th in 21:31.2, freshman Sonya Shelgikar ran 36^th in 22:03.1, senior Rose Basch was 40^th in 22:37.1 and senior Rita Seidl was 44^th in 24:30.8.