ST. JOSEPH – The host St. Joseph cross country teams swept the Big 16 West Division Jamboree Thursday afternoon at Riverview Park.

Niles finished fifth in the girls race and seventh in the boys race.

The top finishers for the Vikings were Ellie Burck, who was 16th with a time of 21:41 and Charles Leonard, who was 40th with a time of 19:36.

 

SMAC West Jamboree

at St. Joseph

Girls team results

St. Joseph 41, Portage Central 49, Portage Northern 52, Mattawan 116, Niles 138, Lakeshore 150, Kalamazoo Central 198

Top 10

1. Jessica Armstrong (SJ) 19:42; 2. Alexa Vaderhoff (PN) 20:05; 3.Vanessa Veersma (SJ) 20:42; 4. KaylaGercak (PN) 20:44; 5. Megan Kordupel (PC) 20:45; 6. Aubrey Hemstreet (PC) 20:56; 7. Natalie Hepburn (SJ) 20:50; 8. Alaina Smith (M) 21:03; 9. Lindsay Ebeling (L), 21:15; 10. Sarah Corbe (SJ) 21:17

Niles results

16. Ellie Burck 21:41, 18. Abigail Gaines 22:04, 31. Chelsea Best 23:12, 36. Meygan Rudlaff 24:11, 37. Kylee Meyer 24:35, 39. Hannah Walker 25:05, 40. Hannah Jackowiak 25:06

 

Boys team results

St. Joseph 34, Mattawan 49, Portage Central 61, Portage Northern 71, Kalamazoo Central 151, Lakeshore 155, Niles 217

Top 10

1. Connor Wuori (PC) 16:17; 2. Charlie Felton (SJ) 16:46; 3. Benny Richardson (M) 16:50; 4. Stephen Pfahler (SJ) 16:53; 5. Evan Williams (PN) 16:54; 6. Tanner Rydleski (SJ) 16:59; 7. Joe Houle (M) 17:02; 8. Alex Kulpa (PN) 17:11; 9. Nick Jewell (SJ) 17:20; 10. Jacob Ford (M) 17:29

Niles results

40. Charles Leonard 19:36, 42. Samuel Burch 20:26, 43. Gaige Nichols 20:42, 45, Noah Hall 20:44, 47. Brenden Hall 21:33, 48. Chris Ahlgrim 21:36; 49. Lane Wells 22:38