Novi Men's Cross Country Defeats Milford
Closest match of the season won by a tie-breaker!
10/20/2005 by Scott Olson


At Cass Benton Park in Northville, Novi's home course, the Wildcats edged out the Defending State Champion Milford Mavericks 28-28 by winning the tie-breaker in one of the most exciting meets in recent memory.

In Michigan High School Cross Country, the sixth man is the tie-breaker. For Novi, that was sophomore Josh Lumley coming across the finish line just 2 seconds ahead of Milford's next man.

Junior Mike Wheat was first across the finish line for Novi with a time of 16:43. That places him tied for 7th (with Eric Walle) as Junior in Novi's history at Cass Benton, and that's 3 seconds faster what Amol Huprikar ran as a junior two years ago.

Junior Alex Prasad was the second Wildcat with a very respectable 17:05 - his personal best at Cass Benton. Lumley and Scott Wagner were next, coming across at 17:15 and 17:17 - also personal bests.

Freshman Luke Barnes was fifth for Novi time of 17:38, a personal best which puts him fifth on the All-Time List for Freshmen. That also means he's ahead of Novi running legends Chris Toloff, Mark Avenius, Eric Walle, and Brian Molloy!

Monday, the Wildcats head to Hudson Mills (South Lyon) for the League Meet.

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Editor's Note: Sports reporter Alex Prasad is Captain of the Men's Cross Country Team. As such, he will be contributing to their coverage, but Coach Smith and Scott Olson will be writing the meet reports.