Niles’ Devin Tomlison finished 11th at the Viking Stampede Friday. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)

St. Joseph and Bridgman captured the girls and boys team championships at the Niles Stampede at the Dowagiac Middle School Friday.

Niles’ Taylor Altergott also finished 11th in the season-opening race. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK

Host Niles finished fifth in both races, while Dowagiac was ninth in the girls race and eighth in the boys race.

Plainwell’s May Veen captured the individual girls championship with a time of 20:26.

Niles’ Taylor Altergott was 11th overall with a time of 23:08.

Dowagiac’s top finisher was Laura Lynn-Lee, who was 91st with a time of 35:49.

Michigan City’s Bryon Berg was the boys individual winner with a time of 16:42.

Niles’ Devin Tomlinson was 11th with a time of 18:16.

Dowagiac’s top runner was DeYonte Sullivan, who was 26th with a time of 19:32.

Dowagiac’s DeYonte Sullivan was 26th to lead the Chieftains. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)

Niles Stampede

At Dowagiac Middle School

Girls Results

Team Scores

St. Joseph 23, Watervliet 78, Plainwell 84, Lakeshore 100, Niles 102, Bridgman 152, Bridgman 152, Michigan City 192, Dowagiac 260

Top 10 Individuals

1. May Veen (Plainwell) 20:26; 2. Kaitlin Newton (St. Joseph) 20:54; 3. Vanessa Veersma (St. Joseph) 21:50; 4. Ella Kaufman (Plainwell) 21:56; 5. Anna Fischer (St. Joseph) 22:20; 6. Megan Buckingham (St. Joseph) 22:34; 7. Maddy Estkowski (St. Joseph 22:38; 9. Abigail Tschetter (St. Joseph) 22:40.19; 10. Gabby Tavolacci (Watervliet) 22:40.82

Niles Results

11. Taylor Altergott 23:08; 18. Kailey Skarbeck 24:12; 19. Jessica Akey 24:22; 22. Chelsea Best 25:00; 49. Madeline Stanton 26:45; 62. Taylor Haboush 28:32; 73 April Anderson 29:31; 79. Abigail Stein 30:18; 82, Hayley Rudlaff 30:50; 87. Leah Wetmore 31:31

Dowagiac Results

91. Laura Lynn-Lee 35:49; 92. Katie Murphy 35:59; 94. Isabel Thorne 37:32; 98. Samantha Payne 39:05; 100. Olga Dickson-French 40:13

Boys Results

Team Scores

Bridgman 44, Michigan City 58, Plainwell 90, Watervliet 91, St. Joseph 103, Lakeshore 125, Niles 153, Dowagiac 226

Top 10 Individuals

1. Bryon Berg (Michigan City) 16:42; 2. Jacob Adams (Michigan City) 16:53; 3. Brian Njuguna (Bridgman) 17:09; 4. Elliott Hanke (Bridgman) 17:26; 5. Jobe Kerr (Watervliet) 17:46; 6. Jacob Walsworth (Michigan City) 17:47; 7. Tyler Leroy (Plainwell) 17:50; 8. Noah Scherf (Michigan City) 17:58; 9. Kole Hanke (Bridgman) 18:03; 10. Karl Hanke (Bridgman) 18:11

Niles Results

11. Devin Tomlinson 18:16; 35. Jeremiah Kendall 20:45; 36. Cade Stephenson 20:49; 37. Brenden Hall 20:51; 38, Keegan Murphy 20:52; 56. Hunter Greenman 21:43; 60. Samuel Burck 21:55; 68. Andrew Flick 22:35; 89: Darien Tomlinson 24:36; 91. Jacob Gaines 24:45; 98. Christopher Thompson 25:42

Dowagiac Results

26. DeYonte Sullivan 19:32; 49. Brandon Winchester-Jones 21:17; 70. William Phillips 22:44; 75. Jacob Peters 23:01; 97. Seth Fear 25:36