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 Top Ten Again!
9th Place Finish at State Finals Gives Men's CC 8th
Straight Top Ten Finish
11/7/2005 by Scott Olson
DETAILS
For the eighth straight
year, the Novi Men's Cross Country Wildcats finished in the top
10 in the state. An amazing accomplishment, especially this year
- there were no seniors at the top of the pack. Amazingly, four
of the top ten teams were from Novi's own the Kensington Valley
Conference.
It was officially 48 degrees at
race time with calm winds and overcast skies at race time - a
bit cool for spectators, but not bad for a cross country run.
The top runners for Novi were Mike
Wheat (19th overall in team event at 16:04), Alex Prasad
55th, 16:39), Scott Wagner (60th,,16:40), Josh Lumley (96th,
16:59), Lukas Barnes (109th, 17:06), Kenny MacDonough (127th,
17:17) and Mike Place (163rd, 17:43).
Here's how the top ten teams
scored:
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1 |
Pinckney * |
146 |
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2 |
Ann Arbor Pioneer |
176 |
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3 |
Rockford |
223 |
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4 |
Walled Lake Central |
249 |
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5 |
Lake Orion |
268 |
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6 |
South Lyon * |
270 |
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7 |
Milford * |
287 |
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8 |
Portage Northern |
337 |
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9 |
Novi * |
339 |
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10 |
Rochester Adams |
356 |
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* KVC team |
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Coach Smith noted following the
meet, "I
am very, very happy with the
results! We were never ranked all season. To achieve Top 10
status again, for the 8th year in a row, was very satisfying.
The guys did a super job at the meet, and all season. I'm very
proud of them!"
With the way these underdog, underclass men ran this season,
that Top-10 is already looking good for next season too!
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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.
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