Milford edges Novi to win 2020 Oakland County title
The Milford boys cross country team claimed its first Oakland County championship since 2012 on Friday, besting a competitive field at Kensington Metropark.
Milford posted a final score of 88, which edged second-place Novi. The Wildcats scored 94, while Stoney Creek came in third with 116.
Due to safety precautions, the race was broken up into four different segments this year, with no more than 10 teams competing at once. Results were then all tabulated together to determine scores.
“We embraced the challenge of competing in such a quality field. The format reinforced the lesson of control what you can control, and don’t worry about what you can’t control,” Milford coach Brian Salyers said. “Our boys stuck together as a team and were tough down the stretch.”
The Mavericks had two of the top 10 and three in the top 15 lead the way. Senior Kazuma Bowring finished second overall with a time of 15:44.4. Senior Jack Lobodzinski finished 10th with a time of 16:25.3.
Also placing for Milford was junior Ryan O’Rourke in 15th (16:32.7), junior Easton Williams in 22nd (16:46.9) and junior Tyler Ristau in 39th (17:11.2).
Novi was led by senior Miles Brown, who finished seventh ( 16:16.9). Junior Mihir Gupta placed 12th (16:28.1), senior Matt Gustitus was 13th (16:28.4), sophomore Griffin Conway was 27th ( 16: 56.1), and sophomore Ben Gnatek was 35th (17:06.7).
Farmington’s Peter Baracco was medalist of the race with a time of 15:43.1. He edged Bowring by a second. Stoney Creek’s Tristan Brandenburg was a close third with a time of 15:46.4.
2020 Oakland County Boys Cross Country Championship
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FRIDAY, OCT. 9, 2020 KENSINGTON METROPARK
Team Results: 1. Milford 88, 2. Novi 94, 3. Stoney Creek 116, 4. Lake Orion 166, 5. Farmington 178, 6. Rochester Adams 189, 7. Detroit Catholic Central 240,
8. Walled Lake Central 247,
9. Royal Oak 253, 10. Walled Lake Northern 282, 11. Oxford 300, 12. Birmingham Seaholm 304, 13. Clarkston 321, 14. Birmingham-Brother Rice 389, 15. South Lyon471,
16. Troy 479, 17. Bloomfield Hills 506, 18. Detroit Country Day521, 19. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 541, 20. Rochester 558, 21. South Lyon East 626, 22. North Farmington 658, 23. Walled Lake Western 675, 24. Birmingham Groves 683, 25. Auburn Hills Avondale 697, 26. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 718,
27. Waterford Mott 760, 28. Troy Athens 806, 29. Oak Park 820, 30. Berkley 866, 31. Birmingham Roeper 882, 32. Madison Heights Lamphere 889,33. South field Christian 928.
Top 30 Individuals: 1. Peter Baracco (Farmington) 15:43.1, 2. Kazuma Bowring (Milford) 15:44.4, 3. Tristan Brandenburg (Stoney Creek) 15:46.4, 4. Kurt Kehren (Stoney Creek) 16:02.6, 5. Andrew Sesti (Clarkston) 16:05.4, 6. William Thomas ( WL Northern) 16:13.9, 7. Miles Brown (Novi) 16:19.6,
8. Nicholas Laurent (Lake Orion) 16:21.5, 9. Brett Leidal (Catholic Central) 16:21.7, 10. Jack Lobodzinski (Milford) 16:25.3, 11. Nicholas Negru (WL Central) 16:27.3, 12. Mihir Gupta (Novi) 16:28.1, 13. Matt Gustitus (Novi) 16:28.4,
14. Zach Patterson (Oxford) 16:29.8, 15. Ryan O’Rourke ( Milford) 16:32.7, 16. Jack Seel (Seaholm) 16:32.9, 17. Matthew Atkinson (Catholic Central) 16:40.3, 18. Mike McGown ( Troy) 16:41.5,
19. Colin Hanson (Stoney Creek) 16:43.3, 20. Eddie King (Farmington) 16:43.7,
21. Mathav Vignesh (Adams) 16:45.2, 22. Easton Williams (Milford) 16:46.9, 23. Wade Robinson (ND Prep) 16:48.8,
24. Joe Shaya (Brother Rice) 16:52.0, 25. Camerie Cooper (Oak Park) 16:52.1, 26. Connor Callard ( WL Central) 16:54.5, 27. Griffin Conway ( Novi) 16:56.1, 28. Connor Myatt (Royal Oak) 16:59.7,
29. Zach Mazzuchi (Adams) 17:00.6, 30. Joey Taverna (Clarkston) 17:00.7.