Whipkey, Huffman lead Comets at Boyne City Relays
BOYNE CITY – The Mackinaw City cross country team saw a fourth-place finisher at the Boyne City Co-Ed Relays on Tuesday.
Medaling for the Comets was the team of Cooper Whipkey, Noah Valot and Larissa Huffman, who clocked a 40:46 time to finish fourth overall. The Comets (30 points) also finished third as a team in the meet.
In the relays, held at Boyne Mountain, runners ran two mile-and-a-half legs for a total of three miles.
Kyle Valot (10:22) took fourth in the middle school boys race.
Bunker, McMullen team paces Inland Lakes XC
For Inland Lakes (32), which finished fourth, the team of Luci Bunker and Logan McMullen took 28th with a 43:43 time, while Lannah Engler and Quintin Sprecker were 29th at 44:12. Other I-L teams included Hannah Hinman and a Mackinaw City runner (49th, 49:34), Lauren Fenstermaker and Remi Bollinger (39th, 50:16), Emma Milbourne and a Mackinaw City runner (45th, 52:03), and Ashley Murray and a Mackinaw City runner (48th, 54:24).
The Harbor Springs team of Cal Benjamin and Grace Thorpe earned first with a 36:30 time. North Trails (six points) won the meet as a team.
“We were pleased with this event,” said Inland Lakes coach Sarah Furman. “It was a 1.5-mile loop that each relay member ran twice, for a total distance of six miles. Our top three teams scored and because we had extra girls and Mackinaw City had extra boys, we put our extras together. In a strange way, we were part of the third-place team score as well as our own fourth-place team score. I guess this is the beauty that is high school cross country.
“It was also nice to give our kids a chance to get a great interval workout in.”
Bulldogs running in the middle school race included Elizabeth Furman (sixth, 10:20), Zander Robinson (15th, 10:52), Josephine Furman (20th, 11:01), Maggie Newman (25th, 11:23), Lance Biesel (31st, 11:57), Miley O’Boyle (62nd, 14:31) and Jackson Fayssoux (64th, 14:34).
Inland Lakes will host the Bulldog Invitational on Monday, Sept. 19, at 4 p.m.
This article originally appeared on Cheboygan Daily Tribune: Whipkey, Huffman lead Comets at Boyne City Relays
