Gull Lake, St. Joe take D2 crowns
Published 7:39 pm Monday, October 27, 2003
By Staff
Gull Lake and St. Joseph took home the Division 2 Cross Country Regional crowns Saturday at Southwestern Michigan College in Dowagiac.
Gull Lake won the boys' title with a team score of 83 and the St. Joseph girls won their race with a score of 52.
Vicksburg's Daniel Roberts was the overall winner in the boys' race with a time of 16:05. Jenna Matthews of Otsego wone the girls' race with her time of 19:17. Matthews' time broke the old course record of 19:20.
The Niles boys' cross country team finished ninth with a team score of 209 and the Niles girls finished 13th with 344.
Team results: Richland-Gull Lake 83; Mattawan 95; Coldwater 123; St. Joseph 140; Otsego 157; Stevensville-Lakeshore 178; Sturgis 183; South Haven 200; Niles 209; Vicksburg 221; Allegan 227; Three Rivers 242; Plainwell 347; Paw Paw 352; Dowagiac 431.
Top 25 individuals: 1. Daniel Roberts, Vicksburg, 16:05.0; 2. Andrew Lawrick, Stevensville-Lakeshore, 16:31.0; 3. Jameson Bilsborrow, Coldwater, 16:37.0; 4. Tim Nance, Richland-Gull Lake, 16:44.0; 5. Mike Pete, Allegan, 16:47.0; 6. Peter Wilson, Richland-Gull Lake, 16:50.0; 7. Chris Baker, Mattawan, 16:51.0; 8. Adam Jeffrey, Mattawan, 17:00.0; 9. Shaun Bonnell, Otsego, 17:03.0; 10. Brandon Combs, Coldwater, 17:17.0; 11. Duane Norwood, Plainwell, 17:18.0; 12. Skyler Waaso, South Haven, 17:27.0; 13. Heath Meyer, Hamilton, 17:31.0; 14. Max Burch, St. Joseph, 17:32.0; 15T. Ryan Ellpsermann, St. Joseph, 17:32.7; 15T. Brian Hemker, Coldwater, 17:32.7; 17. Patrick Hall, Sturgis, 17:33.4; 18. Nick Schwerin, Richland-Gull Lake, 17:35.1; 19. Alex Code, Vicksburg, 17:35.9; 20. Brendan Smith, Mattawan, 17:36.0; 21. Tim Murray, Sturgis, 17:39.0; 22. Zach Smith, Mattawan, 17:42.0; 23. Ben Wales, Otsego, 17:44.0; 24. Mike West, Allegan, 17:46.0; 25. Kevin Ritz, Allegan, 17:54.0
Girls
Team results: St. Joseph 52; Richland-Gull Lake 64; Vicksburg 121; Plainwell 123; Coldwater 153; Paw Paw 169; Otsego 185; Mattawan 201; Stevensville-Lakeshore 213; Allegan 215; Three Rivers 256; Sturgis 263; Niles 344.
Top 25 individuals: 1. Jenna Matthews, Otsego, 19:17.0; 2. Sarah Zebell, St. Joseph, 19:50.0; 3. Rachel Fechik, Mattawan, 19:55.0; 4. Sarah Moore, Coldwater, 19:59.0; 5. Samantha Draney, Allegan, 20:01.0; 6. Anna Burch, St. Joseph, 20:02.0; 7. Hannah Steiner, Richland-Gull Lake, 20:12.0; 8. Laura Portis, Richland-Gull Lake, 20:16.0; 9. Kaitlin DeBruin, Vicksburg, 20:21.0; 10. Erica Wines, Richland-Gull Lake, 20:45.0; 11. Desirae Allen, Allegan, 20:58.0; 12. Kelly Sylvester, Paw Paw, 21:00.0; 13. Hannah Darnton, St. Joseph, 21:01.0; 14. Lisa Weichhand, Vicksburg, 21:02.0; 15. Jocelyn Frey, St. Joseph, 21:03.0; 16. Becky Schmidt, St. Joseph, 21:11.0; 17. Dale Burnham, Plainwell, 21:12.0; 18. Lisa Meints, Three Rivers, 21:14.0; 19. Rhiannon Magin, Richland-Gull Lake, 21:15.0; 20. Chelsea Hickok, Richland-Gull Lake, 21:20.0; 21. Allica Peterson, Mattawan, 21:32.0; 22. Lisa Multer, Plainwell, 21:33.0; 23. Kristin Bevins, Plainwell, 21:38.0; 24. Mary Cline, Otsego, 21:42.0; 25. Bailey Waterhouse, Vicksburg, 21:44.0