Niles girls fourth at Harvest Festival Invitational

Published 10:10 pm Wednesday, August 31, 2016

PAW PAW — Otsego swept the top five spots in the girls race to win the Paw Paw Harvest Festival Invitational Tuesday.

The Bulldogs scored 15 points to easily outdistance runner-up Lakeshore, which finished with 86 points.

Niles finished fourth with 130 points. Dowagiac was 11th with 300 points.

Megan Alberts of Otsego was the top finisher with a time of 19:11.

The Vikings’ Taylor Altergott was eighth overall with a time of 21:50.

Dowagiac was led by Emily Dodd’s 33rd place finish and time of 24:57.

Otsego also won the boys portion of the invitational as it finished with 86 points.

Niles was eighth with 185 points and Dowagiac 11th with 239 points.

Alex Comerford of Otsego was the top boys finisher with a time of 16:42.

The Vikings’ Devon Tomlison finished ninth with a time of 18:41.

Dowagiac’s Kaleb Detwiler finished 13th with a time of 19:31.

 

HARVEST FESTIVAL INVITATIONAL

At Paw Paw

Girls team scores

Otsego 15, Lakeshore 86, Delton-Kellogg 119, Niles 130, Kalamazoo Christian 155, Kalamazoo Central 158, Mattawan 171, Kalamazoo Home School 173, Allegan 213, Paw Paw 254, Dowagiac 300.

 

Top 10 Individuals

1. Megan Alberts (O) 19:11, Sophia Hirzel (O) 19:35, 3. Sydney Kubiak (O) 20:03, 4. Maddie Marciniak (O) 20:39, 5. Grace Verhage (O) 21:04; 6. Molly Thompson (PP) 21:27, 7. Molly Farrell (O) 21:45, 8. Taylor Altergott (N) 21:50. 9. Maranda Donahue (DK) 21:56, 10. Marian Poley (DK) 22:33.

 

Additional Niles finishers

26. Erica Lovett 24:24, 30. Kaylee Thompson 24:40, 31. Kailey Skarbek 24:42, 35. Madeline Stanton 25:11, 39. Erin Thomas 25:39, 52. Ally Crites 26:56.

 

Dowagiac finishers

33. Emily Dodd 24:57, 59. Hayden First 27:56, 68. Isabel Thorne 31:44, 69. Sofia Rosales 32:40, 71. Allison Henry 40:13, 72. Madison Stout 41:25.

Boys team scores

Otsego 32, Kalamazoo Central 100, Paw Paw 107, Mattawan 119, Allegan 146, Delton-Kellogg 155, Lakeshore 173, Niles 185, Kalamazoo Home School 207, Kalamazoo Christian 217, Dowagiac 239, Bloomindale 264.

 

Top 10 individuals

1. Alex Comerford (O) 16:42, 2. Lewis Tate (PP) 17:06, 3. Will Finch (O) 17:43, 4. Nate Passorelli (A) 17:59, 5. Hunter Zartman (O) 18:07, 6. Cian Johnson (KC) 18:25, 7. Sammy Moran (O) 18:27, 8. Wyatt Owsiany (PP) 18:29, 9. DevinTomlison (N) 18:41, 10. Austin Langlinais (M) 19:06.

 

Additional Niles finishers

32. Weston Egar 20:43, 33. Kendall Jeremiah 20:49, 51. Jacob Gaines 22:06, 60. Hunter Greeman 23:35, 68. Da’Quan McClean 27:03.

 

Dowagiac finishers

13. Kaleb Detwiler 19:31, 15. Shawn Little 19:35, 69. Teddy Bjork 29:09, 70. William Leonard 29:09, 72. Ryan Kiggins 34:46.