Niles cross country teams third at Rock N Run

Published 8:31 am Friday, October 9, 2015

Runners head into the trails during the Rock N Run Thursday. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)

Runners head into the trails during the Rock N Run Thursday. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)

Niles finished third in both the boys and girls races at the annual Rock N Run hosted by Dowagiac Thursday.

Berrien Springs won the boys team championship with 50 points, while Three Rivers was second with 76 and Niles third with 102.

Dowagiac was ninth with 206.

The Shamrocks’ Jorge Sierra Hermida was the individual champion with a time of 17:11.

Dowagiac’s Caleb Detwiler finished 10th with a time of 18:35.

Three Rivers won the girls title with 44 points. Delton-Kellogg was second with 59 and Niles third with 63.

Buchanan finished fifth, Cassopolis eighth and Dowagiac ninth.

Carissa Kelley of Three Rivers was the top finisher with a time of 21:00.

Niles’ Taylor Altergott was second with a 21:28, while Cassopolis’ Amy Adams was eighth with a time of 22:46.

 

ROCK N RUN

At Dowagiac

Boys Team Scores

1. Berrien Springs 50; 2. Three Rivers 76; 3. Niles 102; 4. Kalamazoo Christian 110; 5. Delton-Kellogg 133; 6. Lawrence 146; 7. Coloma 160; 8. Fennville 198; 9. Dowagiac 206; 10. New Buffalo 231; 11. White Pigeon 255

 

Individual Top 10

1. Jorge Sierra Hermida (BS) 17:11; 2. Brad Wurzel (BS) 17;22; 3. Parker DePalma (NB) 17:28; 4. Jon Scare (TR) 17:55; 5. Sean Valentine (BS) 18:03; 6. Andrew Johnson (TR) 18:11; 7. John Cramer (KC) 18:12; 8. Israel Robles (L) 18:26; 9. Cliff Morse (F) 18:28; 10. Kaleb Detwiler (D) 18:35

 

 

Girls Team Scores

1. Three Rivers 44; 2. Delton-Kellogg 59; 3. Niles 63; 4. New Buffalo 141; 5. Buchanan 151; 6. Lawrence 165; 7. Berrien Springs 168; 8. Cassopolis 196; 9. Dowagiac 210

 

Individual Top 10

1. Carissa Kelley (TR) 21:00; 2. Taylor Altergott (N) 21:28; 3. Jessie Rieth (RV) 21:45; 4. Maranda Donahue (DK) 21:49; 5. Megan Grimes (DK) 22:09; 6. Carolyn Kirchner (TR) 22:16; 7. Kaitlin Ritchie (TR) 22:35; 8. Amy Adams (C) 22:46; 9. Emily Riley (B) 23:02; 10. Sucanne Borovcova (N) 23:03