Ludington girls capture Division 2 regional cross country title; Fremont’s Sean Pettis wins boys’ race

REMUS – The Ludington girls cross country team ran away from the field on Friday and captured the Division 2 regional championship at Remus-Chippewa Hills.

 

The Orioles, fueled by second- and third-place finishes from Annabelle Lowman and Summer Brower, finished with 51 points. Runner-up Petoskey had 119 and Cadillac was third with 122.

 

Other area teams included Fremont in eighth place with 195, Whitehall in ninth at 2-0, Newaygo 11th at 238 and Oakridge was 13th with 285.

 

In the boys’ race, Gladwin finished on top with 61, followed by Petoskey with 77 and Sparta with 93. Fremont, which had the individual winner in Sean Pettis, finished fourth with 112. Ludington was sixth with 153, Whitehall was eighth at 177 and Oakridge came in 10th with 285.

 

The top three teams qualify for next weekend’s state championship at Michigan International Speedway.

Ludington: 2, Annabella Lowman, 19:08.73; 3, Summer Brower 19:12.11; 12, Nadia Grierson 20:51.24; 14, Christina Theis 20:56.74; 20, Autumn Brower 21:21.57.

Fremont: 6, Linnea Paige 19:51.50; 25, Joelle Patton 21:43.37; 48, Racquel Richards 23:10.79; 57, Elise Pfeiffer 23:36.97; 59, Kira Manchip 23:53.17.

Whitehall: 8, Cami Kraai 20:14.38; 24, Adalyn Britton 21:42.12; 36, Corina Miteer 22:31.42; 68, Samantha Mead 24:37.94; 73, Lily Britton 25:08.86.

Newaygo: 11, Remington Arney 20:50.31; 34, Laura Castrejon 22:26.95; 47, Thalia Pineda 23;10.23; 71, Joseline Sanchez Magana 24:56.96; 75, Zoey Walerczyk 25:10.01.

Oakridge: 10, Merceydez Patton 20:49.95; 22, Raegan Ruel 21:29.62; 80, Mila Hanks 25:34.94; 82, Chasity Nuell 25:38.28; 93, Fynnlay Hanks 29:21.33.

Orchard View: 81, Paige Davis 25:37.48.

 

Fremont: 1, Sean Pettis 16:16.04; 10, Carter Sherman 16:47.60; 22, Isaac Romero 17:36.02; 33, Cole Lowery 18:03.10; 46, Blake Taylor 18:31.29.

Ludington: 24, Noah Lowman 17:37.35; 28, Jose Flores 17:58.57; 30, David Reisterer 17:59.97; 35, Nevin Slater 18:11.06; 36, Trey Keson 18:11.62.

Whitehall: 9, Stewart Waters 16:43.89; 16, Hunter Parsons 17:17.61; 42, Tyler Van Antwerp 18:18.89; 47, Andrew Boeringa 18:32.66; 64, Andrew Owens 19:20.79.

Oakridge: 21, Peyton Ruel 17:33.88; 54, Bryce Falbe 18:51.83; 55, Lawson Miller 18;57.55; 77, Blake Armstrong 20:55.73; 84, Anthony Simmerman 22:31.46.

Newaygo: 62, David Castrejon 19:16.89; 76, Brayden Carlson 20:35.24; 79, Zachary Spaulding 21:08.32; 88, Tristan Jordan 23:24.61.