Athletes of the Week: Run into first place

The Clarkston Boys and Girls Cross Country teams celebrate their win at the MHSAA Regional meet, Oct. 29. Photo provided
The Clarkston Boys and Girls Cross Country teams celebrate their win at the MHSAA Regional meet, Oct. 29. Photo provided

The Wolves changed Clarkston history on their visit to the MHSAA Cross Country Regional meet at Anchor Bay, Oct. 29.
They didn’t come home with one trophy but two as both the boys and girls teams won the regional crown for their respective meet.
The boys finished in first place with a total of 82 points as Lake Orion finished in second with 90 and Macomb Dakota took third place with 95 points, qualifying all three for states.
Gavin Eisert led the team finishing in eighth place, 16:30. Shawn Slater finished in 16th place, 16:45; Brendan Favazza, 17th, 16:46; Nate Sesti, 19th, 16:51; Mika Juuhl, 22nd, 16:52; Nickolas Favazza, 30th, 17:06; and Jacob Dolan, 49th, 17:39.
The Lady Wolves finished with a total of 52 points with Oxford, 88 points; and Romeo, 108 points.
Elizabeth Dalrymple led the pack at fourth place, 19:24. Her teammates finished closely behind with Mallory Ferguson, fifth place, 19:25; Emily Ferguson, seventh place, 19:41; and Mia Patria, ninth place, 19:45. Emily Gustafson finished in 27th place, 20:31; Hailey Catania, 47th, 21:37; and Grace Nolan, 59th, 22:01.
During the state finals at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday the girls finished in tenth place with 299 points. Mallory led with 31st place, 19:19.4; Emily, 37th; Patria, 38th; Gustafson, 67th; and Megan Ford, 126th.
The boys finished in 15th place with 360 points with Eisert finishing in 39th place, 16:37.8; Juuhl, 60th; Dolan, 72nd; Slater, 85th; and Nickolas, 104th.

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