Stoney Creek captures D1 pre-regional
The 2020 MHSAA cross country postseason has gotten underway this week with pre-regional events.
A number of teams around Oakland County have already qualified for next week’s regional events.
Here’s a look at some of the boys results frommeets that have taken place.
DIVISION 1
• Stoney Creek rolls on: The Stoney Creek boys cross country team won the Division 1 preregional at Bloomer Park on Wednesday, scoring a total of 28 points.
Utica placed second with 44, while Rochester was thirdwith 94 and Troy was fourth with 98. All four teams will advance to next week’s regional.
Senior Tristan Brandenburg led the Cougars by placing second in a time of 15:50.8. SeniorKurtKehren placed third (16:29.6), senior Colin Hanson was fifth (16:44.1), junior Brendan Washburn was eighth (17:21.6) and senior Luke Stemmerich was 10th (17:26.3).
Scoring for Rochester was senior Evan Weglarz in 12th (17:35.4), sophomore Nicholas Teknos in 16th (17:48.5), senior Primo Motyka in 17th (17:49.0), junior Martin DeVaux in 21st (18:10.5), and juniorMartin Goleski in 28th (18:23.0).
Troy senior Mike McGowan led the Colts by placing fourth ( 16:43.4). Senior Lucas Van Houten was sixth (17:09.5), freshman Vishvaa Ravishankar was 19th (18:07.2), sophomore Theodore Shi was 31st (18:33.0) and sophomore Nicholas Von Eper was 38th (19:12.8).
• Royal Oak advances: The Royal Oak boys cross country team advanced to the Division 1 regionals on Wednesday when they placed second in the pre-regional at Metro Beach Metropark.
The Ravens scored a total of 61 for second while Grosse Pointe South was first with 46. Warren De La Salle placed third with 62.
Leading the Ravens was junior Connor Myatt, who placed seventh (16:59.4). Junior Weston Schroeder finished 11th (17:13.1), senior Ruark Wicka was 13th (17:25.2), junior Julio Jaime was 15th (17:27.2) and freshman