Chelsea Swope St. Ignace The Saints’ Sarah Cullip, a freshman, won the girls division of the Straits Area Conference cross country meet and the Rudyard Bulldogs boys team finished first Tuesday, September 8.

Cheboygan won the girls class with 59 points, followed by Sault Ste. Marie with 80, Rudyard 110, Rogers City 127, St. Ignace 134, Newberry 145, Pickford 181, and Cedarville 198.

St. Ignace Saints: Sarah Cullip, 1st in 20:54; Chelsea Swope, 10th in 23:34; Kristen Olsen, 15th in 25:03; Samantha Radecki, 53rd in 29:50, and Heather Beaudoin, 55th in 30:12.

Rudyard Bulldogs: Leah Jarvie, 5th in 22:23; Rebecca Malaski, 8th in 23:34; Crystal Brownlee, 18th in 25:22; Emily Hoolsema, 39th in 27:37; Megan Berkompas, 40th in 27:45; Carrie Berkompas, 56th in 30:46; Catherine Robertson, 58th in 31:26; Marlee Rogers, 60th in 31:58, and Megan Sprague, 67th in 33:39.

Ben Paul St. Ignace Pickford Panthers: Brandi Kopitz, 3rd in 22:16; Victoria Cusick, 19th in 25:33; Ariel Nizink, 24th in 26:12, and Stacey Beard, 61st in 32:24.

Cedarville Trojans: Erin Curry, 11th in 24:45; Tara Smith, 28th in 26:40; Keely Gough, 42nd in 28:42; Mary Eberts, 53rd in 29:59, and Kirsten Straka, 62nd in 32:54.

In the boys division, Rudyard placed four runners in the top eight to total 39 points for first place, followed by Sault Ste. Marie with 54, Cedarville 124, Newberry 139, St. Ignace 154, Cheboygan 171, Rogers City 204, Pickford 285, and DeTour 310.

Rudyard Bulldogs: Drew Otten, 1st in 17:59; David Jarvie, 3rd in 18:29; T.J. Rice, 6th in 19:01; Jacob McDonhoff, 8th in 19:09; James Hoffman, 21st in 20:33; Jacob Mitchell, 36th in 22:19; Adam Graber, 37th in 22:20; Charlie Schwesinger, 44th in 22:38; Jacob Harrison, 46th in 22:47; Lucas Meehan, 47th in 23:02; Luke Wood, 50th in 23:17; Trevor Wallace, 51st in 23:27; Trenton Erner, 23:42; Spencer Dugan, 64th in 25:12; Josh Nainen, 70th in 26:09; Paul Warner, 79th in 28:10; Brandon Kenney, 83rd in 32:58, and Adam Sexton, 84th in 34:29.

Cedarville Trojans: Matt Schlosser, 12th in 19:28; Josh Hester, 16th in 20:07; Isaiah Murray, 23rd in 21:05; Tyler Kanitz, 33rd in 21:51; Brent Heerspink, 40th in 22:28, and Jeremy Sherlund, 48th in 23:11.

St. Ignace Saints: Ben Paul, 11th in 19:21; Patrick Sweeney, 28th in 21:37; Xan Belonga, 31st in 21:50; Kasey Bunker, 35th in 21:53; Kevin Guillard, 49th in 23:15; Joe Snowaert, 55th in 23:42, and Eric Lenoir, 61st in 24:32.

Pickford Panthers: Paul Morrison, 9th in 19:11; Illya Afanasyen, 56th in 23:49; Dennis Wondergem, 66th in 25:51; Brandon Christensen, 68th in 26:00.

DeTour Raiders: Chase Lingston, 30th in 21:37; Shane Viilo, 62nd in 24:39; Rick Haquerick, 69th in 26:05; Bright Thailand, 71st in 26:11; Gerald Fulsom, 78th in 27:10; Devin Livingston, 81st in 31:31.

Saints at Superior Central

The Saints cross country team competed at the Superior Central Invitational Saturday, September 12.

Sarah Cullip led the girls team with a second place finish in 21:17. Chelsea Swope finished 12th in 24:47, Kristen Olsen 17th in 26:41, Samantha Radecki 28th in 29:13, and Heather Beaudoin 29th in 30:15.

Ben Paul finished 8th in 19:53 to lead the boys, followed by Patrick Sweeney 9th in 20:02, Kasey Bunker 21st in 23:01, Kevin Guillard 22nd in 23:28, Eric Lenoir 25th in 24:27, Devan Harju 30th in 32:19, and Trenton Erskine 31st in 34:17.

The St. Ignace boys finished third overall and the girls fifth in the meet at Eben Junction.

Junior High Results

at Newberry

Girls team results: Sault Ste. Marie with 51 points, followed by St. Ignace with 93, Rogers City 99, Cheboygan 127; Newberry 161, Pickford 169, Rudyard 187, and Cedarville 191.

St. Ignace Saints: Rachel Hetherington, 2nd in 14:32; Drew Graham, 11th in 16:33; Rebecca LaLonde, 21st in 17:13; Savannah Seccia, 27th in 17:37; Katie O'Rourke, 30th in 17:43; Erin Bunker, 35th in 18:01; Tayla Lounsberry, 42nd in 18:44.

Pickford Panthers: Alyssa McCord, 7th in 15:51; Krysta Wondergem, 14th in 16:40; Ali Miller, 39th in 18:21; Alicia Portice, 40th in 18:27.

Rudyard Bulldogs: Becky Schwesinger, 4th in 15:06; Monica Malaski, 23rd in 17:15; Kaylee Hoolsema, 34th in 17:59, and Brianna Allen, 56th in 20:55.

Cedarville Trojans: Alexis Barr, 17th in 17:07; Paige Kanitz, 19th in 17:08; Kelley Wright, 36th in 18:04, and Cara Hakola, 48th in 19:04.

Boys team results: Sault Ste. Marie won with 27 points, followed by St. Ignace with 48, Cheboygan 147, Rogers City 169, Rudyard 171, and Cedarville 191.

St. Ignace Saints: Dylan Marshall, 4th in 13:29; Andrew Sjogren, 5th in 13:30; Jacob Sjogren, 10th in 14:28; Gage Kreski, 12th in 14:39; Brian Harju, 17th in 14:59; Bradley Gustafson, 22nd in 15:50; Robin Chargo, 24th in 16:16, and Martin Donajkowski, 37th in 18:09.

Rudyard Bulldogs: Alex Warner, 20th in 15:40; Owen Mills, 33rd in 17:50; Andrew Meehan, 35th in 17:56; David English, 36th in 18:06, and Ryan Nicolas, 47th in 33:55.

Pickford Panthers: Blake Mastau, 6th in 13:41; Justin Portice 11th in 14:35; Camden Ledy, 16th in 14:58; Conner Smith, 27th in 16:29, and Jacob Andrzejak, 28th in 16:32.

Saints Junior High Times

at Superior Central

Rachel Hetherington led the girls team with a time of 11:16, followed by Erin Bunker in 12:41, Katie O'Rourke 13:08, Rebecca LaLonde 13:44, Savannah Seccia 13:47, Drew Graham 14:25, and Tayla Lounsberry 16:10.

Andrew Sjogren, with a time of 10:44, led the boys, followed by Dylan Marshall in 10:49, Gage Kreski 11:08, Jacob Sjogren 11:41, Brian Harju 12:06, Robin Chargo 12:47, and Martin Donajkowski 15:50.