Dowagiac's Chris Gantt took sixth place at Thursday's Rock-N-Run. (The Daily News/Scott Novak)

By SCOTT NOVAK

Dowagiac Daily News

Josh Clark of Edwardsburg and Morgan Stuut of Three Rivers are no strangers to the Rock-N-Run course at the Dowagiac Middle School.

The two of them made themselves at home by winning their respective races Thursday afternoon.

Clark ran a 16:01 to easily defeat runner-up Stuart Crowell of Parchment, who finished with a 16:18 in the boys’ race.

St. Joseph captured the team title with 41 points, while Bridgman was second with 57 and Lakeshore third with 108. Edwardsburg finished sixth with 163 points, Niles ninth with 243 points and Dowagiac 10th with 279 points.

Rounding out the top five finishers were Cameron and Conner Magro of Bridgman with times of 16:26 and 16:38 respectively and Ryan Leahy of St. Joseph with a time of 16:42.

Dowagiac’s Chris Gantt finished sixth overall with a time of 16:51, while Niles’ Sam VandenHeede was ninth with a time of 16:59.

Stuut was the class of the girls’ field as well, winning by nearly a full second over Bridgette Carpenter of Niles. Stuut completed the course in 19:20, while Carpenter finished with a 20:13.

Rounding out the top five were Alica Schitendort of Three Rivers (20:13), Kate Thayer of Parchment (20:13) and Marley Guy of Three Rivers (20:27).

The Wildcats took the team title with 50 points, while St. Joseph was second with 62 and Parchment third with 88.

Niles finished fifth with 152 points, Buchanan eight with 216 points, Edwardsburg 12th with 294 points and Dowagiac 13th with 339 points.

Rock-N-Run

At Dowagiac Middle School

Girls’ results

Team scores

Three Rivers 50, St. Joseph 62, Parchment 88, Niles 152, Kalamazoo Christian 177, Lake Michigan Catholic 192, Buchanan 216, Bridgman 227, Berrien Springs 241, Coloma 289, Edwardsburg 294, Dowagiac 339, River Valley 423

Top 10

1. Morgan Stuut (TR) 19:20, 2. Bridgette Carpenter (N) 20:10, 3. Alica Schmitendorf (TR) 20:13, 4. Kate Thayer (P) 20:13, 5. Marley Guy (TR) 20:27, 6. Jennifer Dowsett (SJ) 20:30, 7. Kate McLain (KC) 20:32, 8. Laura Norquist (P) 20:32, 9. Teri Laforest (SJ) 20:51, 10. Rachel Foster (KC) 21:02

Top 7 local team placers

Niles

2. Bridgette Carpenter 20:10, 28. Maureen Craig 22:38, 29, Abigail Gaines 22:43, 37. Libby Hein 23:03, 56. Ava McKeel 24:05, 57. Anne Tyler 24:05, 86. Joselyn Dlouhy 26:44

Edwardsburg results

40. Miranda Bronicki 23:26, 60. Kristine Handy 24:21, 61. Lauren Brady 24:21, 65. Hannah Baylor 24:34, 68. Amber Smith 24:45, 74. Nicole Brooks 25:10, 85. Jamie Richardson 26:11

Dowagiac results

49. Hannah MacDonald 23:50, 67. Holly Luth 24:41, 69. Amanda Hassle 24:47, 75. Kayla Yakim 25:15, 79. Kendra Wilson 25:36, 80. Kelsey Cleveland 25:36, 82. Kristina Bunn 25:45

Boys’ results

Team scores

St. Joseph 41, Bridgman 57, Lakeshore 108, Eau Claire 147, Lake Michigan Catholic 150, Edwardsburg 163, Three Rivers 169, Parchment 176, Niles 243, Dowagiac 279, Kalamazoo Christian 322, New Buffalo 329, Benton Harbor 345

Top 10

1. Josh Clark (E) 16:01, 2. Stuart Crowell (P) 16:18, 3. Cameron Magro (BR) 16:26, 4. Conner Magro (BR) 16:38, 5. Ryan Leahy (SJ) 16:42, 6. Chris Gantt (D) 16:51, 7. Charlie Felton (SJ) 16:57, 8. David Berry (SJ) 16:58, 9. Sam VandenHeede (N) 16:59, 10. Joseph Beemer (SJ) 17:04

Top 7 local team placers

Edwardsburg

1. Josh Clark 16:01, 24. Ben Getz 17:53, 39. Josh Eagleson 18:45, 49. Austin Horvath 19:04, 50. Alan Lopez 19:05, 64. Greg Hall 20:08, 65. Brandon Parsons 20:10

Niles

9. Sam VandenHeede 16:59, 54. Matthew McLaughlin 19:12, 58. Michael Geiger 19:24, 59. Taylor Campbell 19:25, 63. Tate Brawley 20:08, 72. Daniel Sierra 20:57, 74. Nicholas Borkowski 21:02

Dowagiac

6. Chris Gantt 16:51, 66. Chris Craft 20:20, 68. Jason Turner 20:27, 69. Tyler Cross 20:29, 70. Ryne Wilming 20:33, 79. Julian Marshall 22:09, 82. Austin Jackson 23:41