ST. JOSEPH — Seventeen teams traversed the course at Riverview Park for the St. Joseph Invitational on Wednesday.

The host Bears won the boys’ portion of the cross country meet, while Otsego captured the girls’ title and also grabbed the overall championship.

The Bulldogs finished with a combined 66 points to defeat St. Joseph, which finished with 74 points. Mattawan was third with 76 points and Portage Northern fourth with 87. East Kentwood rounded out the top five with 90 points.

Niles finished 14th in the boys’ race and 10th in the girls’ race for a combined finish of 12th.

Sturgis’ Ann Marie Arseneau was the winner of the girls’ junior-senior race with a time of 19:07.

Kayla David of Otsego won the girls’ freshmen-sophomore race with a time of 19:48.

Maureen Craig was the top finisher for the Vikings in the junior-senior race as she placed 65th with a time of 24:23. Ava McKeel was 90th with a time of 25:21, while Joselyn Dlouhy was 131st with a time of 28:12.

Bridgette Carpenter finished 17th in the freshmen-sophomore race with a time of 22:19.

Abigail Gaines was 36th with a 23:55, Libby Hein was 53rd with a 25:00 and Taylor Hess was 78th with a 27:46.

Alex Standiford of Mattawan captured the boys’ junior-senior race with a clocking of 15:58.

Niles’ Sam VandenHeede finished 19th with a time of 17:43, while Matthew McLaughlin and Taylor Campbell were 52nd and 65th with times of 19:26 and 19:59 respectively.

Robbie Legus finished 117th (23:27) and Donte Stevens 119th (23:36).

St. Joseph’s Ryan Leahy won the freshmen-sophomore race after completing the course in 17:07.

Niles’ Tate Brawley was 58th with a time of 21:19, Michael Geiger 78th with a time of 22:28, Daniel Sierra 88th with a time of 23:00, Nicholas Borkowski 101st with a time of 24:13, Stuart Nielsen 106th with a time of 25:05 and Evan Long 111th with a time of 26:23.

“It was a good race,” Niles boys’ coach Mike Vota said. “Most runners had a personal best for us.”

St. Joseph Invitational

Boys’ team scores

St. Joseph 22, Vicksburg 27, Mattawan 31, Portage Central 37, Kalamazoo Hackett 43, Otsego 43, Portage Northern 55, East Kentwood 57, Battle Creek Lakeview 59, Sturgis 70, Lakeshore 84, Grand Rapids South Christian 92, Hartford 92, Niles 103, Kalamazoo Christian 120, Edwardsburg 121

Girls’ team scores

Otsego 23, Portage Northern 32, Battle Creek Lakeview 33, East Kentwood 33, Grand Rapids South Christian 40, Mattawan 45, St. Joseph 52, Portage Central 60, Vicksburg 80, Niles 87, Lakeshore 91, Kalamazoo Christian 97, Hartford 98, Edwardsburg 118, Sturgis N/A, Kalamazoo Hackett N/A, Benton Harbor N/A

Combined team scores

Otsego 66, St. Joseph 74, Mattawan 76, Portage Northern 87, East Kentwood 90, Battle Creek Lakeview 92, Portage Central 97, Vicksburg 107, Grand Rapids South Christian 132, Lakeshore 175, Hartford 190, Niles 190, Kalamazoo Christian 217, Edwardsburg 239, Sturgis N/A, Kalamazoo Hackett N/A, Benton Harbor N/A

Individual Top 10s

Girls (11th and 12th grade)

1, Ann Marie Arseneau (Sturgis) 19:07; 2, Alissa Williams (E. Kentwood) 19:37; 3, Taylor Smith (Otsego) 19:45; 4, Kelsey Keyser (Sturgis) 19:57; 5, Lindsay MacMillan (Mattawan) 20:02; 6, Courtney Volstromer (Lakeview) 20:36; 7, Leah Shepherd (E. Kentwood) 20:40; 8, Jordan Johnson (Lakeview) 20:45; 9, Danielle Melgar (Portage Northern) 20:59; Seara Wilson (Lakeview) 21:09.

Girls (9th and 10th grade)

1, Kayla David (Otsego) 19:48; 2, Paige Koshar (Otsego) 19:55; 3, Isabelle Leon (E. Kentwood) 20:45; 4, Katie Sorensen (Portage Northern) 20:49; 5, Megan Schwartz (GR S. Christian) 20:57; 6, Rachael Bendewald (St. Joseph) 21:10; 7, Jarecea Tate (Lakeview) 21:21; 8, Carly Drobny (Otsego) 21:22; 9, Savina Malinverno (Portage Northern) 21:27; 10, Summer Lannartz (St. Joseph) 21:27.

Boys (11th and 12th grade)

1, Alex Standiford (Mattawan) 15:58; 2, Ryan Bowman (Vicksburg) 16:37; 3, Herzog Peter (Hackett) 16:46; 4, Danny Hughes (Vicksburg) 16:48; 5, Alex Waldvogel (Portage Central) 16:52; 6, Thomas Meeker (Mattawan) 16:53; 7, Chris Pfahler (St. Joseph) 17:00; 8, Zach Warner (Portage Central) 17:11; 9, Bryan Harvey (Otsego) 17:12; 10, Grant Webber (Otsego) 17:14.

Boys (9th and 10th grade)

1, Ryan Leahy (St. Joseph) 17:07; 2, Joey Fici (Vicksburg) 17:15; 3, David Berry (St. Joseph) 17:28; 4, Charlie Felton (St. Joseph) 17:30; 5, Benny Richardson (Mattawan) 17:30; 6, Adam Cichon (E. Kentwood) 17:36; 7, Myers Michael (Hackett) 17:40; 8, Ben Greaves (Portage Central) 17:41; 9, Alec Sullivan (Portage Northern) 17:41; 10, Blake Wilson (Lakeview) 17:50.