Edwardsburg thinclads 14th, Lady Eddies 16th

Published 3:25 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2009

ST. JOSEPH – The Edwardsburg boys and girls cross country teams competed in the St. Joseph Invitational on Wednesday at Riverview Park.

Edwardsburg placed 14th in the boys’ portion of the event and 16th in the girls’ race.
Edwardsburg’s Brandon Parsons and Josh Eagleson were 22nd and 29th respectively in the freshmen-sophomore race.

In the junior-senior race, Zak Eggleston finished 26th and Evan Zimmerman 33rd.

For the Lady Eddies in the freshmen-sophomore race, Taylor Kanaby was 25th and Jessica Buzalski 27th.

In the junior-senior race, Lindsay Ward placed 31st and Kaitlyn Buzalski 32nd.

St. Joseph Invitational
At Riverview Park
Boys’ team scores

Vicksburg 13, St. Joseph 29, Otsego 39, East Kentwood 42, Mattawan 44, Portage Northern 58, Sturgis 58, Portage Central 59, Loy Norrix 65, Grand Rapids South Christian 68, Hackett Catholic Central 70, Lakeshore 102, Battle Creek Lakeview 106, Edwardsburg 110, Dowagiac 111, Niles 1029, Kalamazoo Christian 1060, Benton Harbor 1068

Individual results
9-10 race Top 10

1. Thomas Meeker  (Ma) 10 17:16, 2. 609 Danny Hughes (V) 10 17:21, 3. Connor Manion (EK) 17:50, 4. Sam Vandenheede (N) 10 18:03, 5. Bryan Harvey (O) 18:13, 6. John Stokes (V) 18:21, 7. Joseph Beemer (SJ) 18:24, 8. Max Mizikar (PN)18:27, 9. Joey Fici (V) 18:27, 10. Kevin Bechtel (LN) 18:28

11-12 race Top 10
1. Mark Beams (V) 16:07, 2. Alex Standiford (M) 16:25, 3. Sam Felton (SJ) 16:26, 4. Mark Calhoun (N) 16:45, 5. Ryan Bowman (V) 16:48, 6. Joe Billian (LN) 16:58, 7. Collin Ludwig (SJ) 16:58, 8. Zach Warner (PC) 17:01, 9. Kam Mills (S) 17:01, 10. Isaac Cox (EK) 17:08

Girls’ team scores
Otsego 26, East Kentwood 30, Sturgis 31, Battle Creek Lakeview 40, Mattawan 51, Portage Northern 57, St. Joseph 57, Lakeshore 68, Loy Norrix 68, Niles 71, Grand Rapids South Christian 77, Portage Central 77, Vicksburg 90, Hackett Catholic Central 95, Kalamazoo Christian 106, Edwardsburg 115, Dowagiac 138, Benton Harbor 1067

Individual results
9-10 race Top 10

1. Kayla David (O) 20:31, 2. Lindsay MacMillan (M) 20:39, 3. Kelsey Keyser (S) 20:50, 4. Paige Koshar (O) 21:10, 5. Sydney Shewmaker (L) 21:10, 6. Rachael Bendewald (SJ) 21:19, 7. Danielle Melgar (PN) 21:21, 8. Jessie Glessner (O) 21:48, 9. Casey Westveer (EK) 21:58, 10. Emma Bykerk (GRSC) 21:59

11-12 race Top 10
1. Alissa Williams (EK) 19:11, 2. Taylor Smith (O) 19:16, 3. Krista Parks (EK) 19:24, 4. Ann Marie Arseneau (S) 19:43, 5. Madie Rodts (N) 19:46, 6. Elly Hinkle (M) 19:52, 7. Leah Shepherd (EK) 20:08, 8. Julia Slesinski (PC) 20:13, 9. Alex Keyser (S) 20:16, 10. Courtney Volstromer (BCL) 20:48