STURGIS — The Niles girls and boys cross country teams finished 12th and 15th at the SMAC Cross Country Championships hosted by Sturgis Saturday.

Gull Lake won the girls team championship. St. Joseph was second.

Becca Schott of Coldwater was the overall winner with a time of 19:11.

St. Joseph won the boys title with host Sturgis finishing second.

The Bears David Berry was the individual champion with a time of 16:18.

 

SMAC Cross Country Championships

at Sturgis

Boys team scores

St. Joseph 37, Sturgis 66, Gull Lake 87, Portage Northern 108, Portage Central 115, Battle Creek Lakeview 164, Mattawan 186, Kalamazoo Central 221, Marshall 265, Lakeshore 283, Battle Creek Harper Creek 285, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 357, Coldwater 361, Battle Creek Central 378, Niles 452

 

Overall winner

David Berry (SJ) 16:18

 

Niles finishers

74. Gaberial Trujillo 19:05; 84. Charles Leonard 19:40; 97. Noah Hall 20:42; 98. Nicholas Zimmerman 20:48; 99. Sean Morgan 20:55; 100. Daniel Sierra 21:03; 103. Evan Long 21:38

Girls team scores

Gull Lake 47, St. Joseph 82, Marshall 105, Portage Northern 109, Portage Central 112, Battle Creek Lakeview 173, Kalamazoo Loy Norris 203, Mattawan 205, Sturgis 259, Battle Creek Harper Creek 262, Kalamazoo Central 312, Niles 318, Lakeshore 333

 

Overall winner

Becca Schott (C) 19:11

 

Niles finishers

47. Meygan Rudlaff 22:09; 57. Abigail Gaines 22:42; 64. Bridgett Carpenter 23:18; 74. Libby Hein 24:15; 76. Taylor Hess 24:29; 84. Natalie Swailes 26:20; 87. Kylee Myer 26:50