By clinching 3rd place, the boys’ cross-country team solidified a chance to compete in the recent MHSAA Cross Country State Championship.
The team qualified for the event with 90 points, 53 points ahead of 4th place Bangor and 70 points behind Regional 22 Division 3 Champions Saugatuck. Buchanan High took 2nd with a total of 58 points.
Leading the Eagles with this accomplishment was freshman Reese DeVisser, finishing in 8th place with a total time of 17:00.34. Rounding out the boys’ team were senior Eli Martin in 13th with a time of 17:38.68, 14th place junior Colin Bauer at 17:44.89; senior Ace Drewyor came in 17th at 18:06.86. Sophomore Hunter Page 39th placed at 19:26.30 while sophomore Landon Evans got a 57th place finish at 20:20.42. Junior Alexander Boynton finished in 70th place with a time of 21:38.11.
The Schoolcraft girls were missing Olivia Bays and Alyda Leep; both were out with injuries sustained earlier in the season. None of the girls qualified to compete in the finals. The Eagles’ highest finisher for the girls was Avery McCrum at 26th place with a time of 23:00.36, followed closely by junior Abigail Mulder in 30th place with a time of 23:22.33. Junior Mallorie DenHartigh came in at 24:37.37 finishing 50th, and sophomore Dalyn Bogard was in 75th at 28:01.02.
