The Lions finished fourth of fourteen teams yesterday at the Gabriel Richard Invitational at Hudson Mills Metropark. 

 

The Lions were again shorthanded due to a non-Covid illness that has hampered the team for the past month.  Despite the absence of Alex Jowett and Avian Valencia-Moore, the varsity Lions came prepared to race on the Hudson Mills course, a team favorite.

 

Steven Bosworth was the top finisher for the Lions, running 17:13, close to his personal best 17:11. The Boz went out fast, crossing the mile mark at 5:20.

 

Reiner Kandt finished second for the Lions, setting a new personal best for himself with his 17:24 finish.

 

Miles Albert, recently back from his bout with the flu, ran his second race of the season in the 17's, setting a new personal record of 17:53.

 

The Jeep wrangled a new personal best for himself with his 18:07 finish.  JP finished fourth for the Lions.

 

Gavin Howell ran his second race of the year Saturday.  His time of 18:30 was 1:37 faster than his homecoming time last Thursday. He is fast approaching his PR of 18:03.

 

Alex Mueller 18:38 and Nico Sobczak 18:46 rounded out the Lion varsity runners. 

 

Chelsea, Manchester, and AA Gabriel Richard finished ahead of the Lions in the varsity race.  South Lyon scored 142 points to finish fourth in the fourteen team field.  South Lyon East scored 171 points to finish fifth. 

 

Pinckney only ran three boys in the varsity race and did not earn a team score.  Pinckney ran an additional eight boys in the JV race. Two of these boys won the JV race.

 

The JV race was exciting to watch because Lions Luke Heisel and Ethan Showek led the pack for most of the first two miles with a boy from Greenhills.  By the end of the race, Luke and Etah remained strong and beat the Greenhills boy who finished ten second behind them.

 

However, two Pinckney boys who were lurking behind the frontrunners most of the race ended up winning the race with times of 18:09 and 18:23.

 

Luke finished third overall and first for the Lions in the JV race with his time of 18:29. Heisel set a new personal best by 03 and a new course best by 3:08. Ethan Showek finished fourth overall and second for the Lions in the JV race with his time of 18:32, a new season best by 1:21.

 

After Luke and Ethan, three Gabriel Richard boys finished in fifth, sixth, and seventh place to make a strong showing.

 

However, the Lions then took the next three places to round out the Lion top five scorers.  Logan Duncan 18:50, Antonio Sobczak 18:51, and Logan Edwards 18:52 in eighth, ninth, and tenth place overall and 3-4-5 for the Lions.

 

The Lions won the JV standings with a team score of 34.  Gabriel Richard was second with 42, and Pinckney was third with 63.  South Lyon East earned 178 points to finish seventh.  Twelve teams earned a JV team score and seven more teams ran but did not have enough runners for a team score.

 

Here are the Lions finishers ranked by time:

SB=season best   CB=course best   PR=All time personal best

Bosworth   1713   CB 37

R. Kandt    17:24  New PR :01  CB 04

Albert        1753   PR 04   SB 06 

Mavel        1807   PR 22    CB 1:28

Heisel       1829   PR 03     CB 308

Howell       1830   SB 137   CB 13

Showek     1832   SB 121

A. Mueller  1838 

N Sobczak 1846  

Edwards    1850  PR 04   CB 30

A Sobczak 1851  First race in the 18's!  Pr 14

Duncan      1852  First race in the 18's  PR 16

S. Jowett    1907  SB 38

Wasmund   1912  PR 42     Varsity Letter!

A Kandt      1921  PR 129   Varsity Letter!

Wallis         1950  PR 05  SB 54   CB  22

Maltarich     1950  PR 117

Vince M.     1956  SB 32

Hain            2013  SB 18

Stec           2020 

Zischke      2038

Foley         2044  

T. Lykins    2045   PR 36

Brower        2046

Nielson       2050  PR 17   CB 58

McIntosh    2057

Fletcher     2108  

Duke M     2110  

Gridley       2119   PR 13   SB 42  CB 13

Lewis         2144   SB 204

Scheels      2229   PR 59

Bransch      2239  

J. Lykins     2247  

C Mueller     2341

Robins        2505