ELLSWORTH -- Wolverine senior Jeremy Egas and Maddie Buntin of Harbor Springs were individual medalists Friday in the Division 4 cross country meet at Sports Park in Ellsworth.
Battling wet, muddy conditions that made the course slow, Egas crossed the line in 17:57 to qualify for the state meet for the fifth straight time and Buntin won the girls' title in 20:40.
The Harbor Springs' boys and girls teams both earned the regional championship trophy. In the boys' race, Harbor Springs' top seven runners finished in the top 12. Harbor Springs (30), Onaway (84) and Central Lake (89) advanced to the state meet.
Michael Sydow (18:46) and Ben Kloss (18:52) were fourth and fifth for the Rams followed by Connor Buntin (19:10, seventh), Nick Cooper (19:18, ninth), Nate Schiefer (10th, 19:20), Patrick Frank (19:21, 11th) and Michael Sutton (19:25, 12th).
Onaway's Lane Viehl (18:24) came in second with Jordan Becker of Central Lake (18:28.7) in third. Zach Hausler (19:06, sixth) and Steve Hart (19:15, eighth) of Boyne Falls were individual state qualifiers along with Heath Welch of Mackinaw City (19:31, 14th) and Pat Makarewicz of Gaylord St. Mary (19:32, 15th) also qualified and earned all-regional honors.
The three qualifying teams in the girls' race were Harbor Springs (22), Boyne Falls (66) and Wolverine (109).
Coming in behind Buntin for Harbor Springs were Rhi Cullip (21:12, third), Kendal McCarthy (21:45, sixth), Jessica Hall (21:54, seventh), Grace Carbeck (22:00, eighth), Kaitlyn Alessi (22:15, 11th) and Katie Hoffman (22:27, 17th).
Boyne Falls' freshmen Kaylee Wilson (21:00) was second and Erica Westbrook (21:19) was fourth and eighth-grader Kathryn Miller (22:30) was 15th. Bobbee Papi (22:20, 12th) paced Wolverine.
Other all-regional qualifiers were Emily Kwekel of Bellaire (21:37, fifth), Hannah Passino of Inland Lakes (22:06, ninth), Olivia Certa of Ellsworth (22:09, 10th), Meridith DeLuca of Johannesburg-Lewiston (22:21, 13th) and Greta Grambau of Rogers City (22:29, 14th).
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