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Don Baese Carson City Invitational
September 30, 2006
Varsity highlights
Two years ago, the last time Pioneer ran at the Don Baese Carson City Invitational, the day was a “beautiful crisp, clear fall day” and Pioneer captured the Division 1 championship by beating runner-up Rockford by 30 points. This year was not to be a repeat of 2004. The Varsity ran in a downpour of rain, yet the course was fast, and Pioneer had some stellar performances (6 PRs!). Although Pioneer had the fastest average time of any team in the Silver Race (16:46.5), the quirks of point-scoring left them just short of repeating their victory. This time it was Rockford who took home the victory by five slim points.
Sophomore Dan Culbertson had a tremendous race, staying with the top five runners and ultimately putting considerable distance between himself and the next runner, placing 2nd in a new PR of 16:15. Junior Charlie Cavell was also impressive, moving steadily up to finish in 11th place with a PR of 16:37. Seniors Paul Versluis (16:48) and Mike Weisbuch 16:52), running solidly, set PRs as well and finished 18th and 20.th. Senior Jamie Fogel (17:20) also smashed his PR and took 47th place. Rounding out the varsity were Senior Austin Taylor (17:28) with another PR and a 59th place finish and Junior Eric Hubbard (17:35), coming in at 66th.
After this disappointing second place finish, the varsity is certain to come out even stronger for Jamboree #2 at Adrian on Tuesday. Watch out Bedford, Saline, and Adrian! Pioneer intends to win big!
Varsity team results
Team Points
1. Rockford 93
2. Ann Arbor Pioneer 98
3. Petoskey 131
4. Caledonia 142
5. Grand Ledge 220
Pioneer varsity runners
Place Runner Time
2nd Dan Culbertson 16:15.5 PR (-16)
11th Charlie Cavell 16:37 PR (-20)
18th Paul Versluis 16:48 PR (-16)
20th Mike Weisbuch 16:52 PR (-33)
47th Jamie Fogel 17:20 PR (-22)
59th Austin Taylor 17:28 PR (-17)
66th Eric Hubbard 17:35
The Carson City meet was unusual, in that it split the freshmen into a separate race from the rest of the JV. Pioneer runners won both races, another mark of just how strong the team will be in years to come. Individual places and team scores may not seem to add up correctly, because some other teams ran fewer than 5 men, which means that their places are disregarded for team-scoring purposes.
Junior Varsity highlights
The rain started as their race ended, but the Pioneers dominated the JV event at this meet. Junior Erik Levinsohn literally ran away with this race, taking first place with a new PR of 16:59, dipping under the 17 minute mark for the first time while chopping 54 seconds from his previous PR. His closest competition was our own David Cogswell, who finished second and registered his own PR of 17:26, 16 seconds below his previous PR. Jon Henrichs finished 6th, in a time of 17:50, knocking 21 seconds off his previous PR. Kinshuk Rajan finished right behind, finishing 7th with a time of 17:53, 39 seconds faster than his previous PR. Hayden Spitzley dropped 55 seconds from his old PR to earn 27th place in a time of 18:27. David Wallington dropped 46 seconds on his way to a 39th place finish time of 18:43. Neil Keicher was close behind him in 41st, with a time of 18:46. Congratulations to the many JV runners who set new PRs at this race (see the list below). Now we know what you are capable of achieving!
Junior Varsity team results
Team Points
1. Ann Arbor Pioneer 40
2. Grand Rapids Christian 75
3. Forest Hills Eastern 99
4. Rockford 110
5. Caledonia 125
Pioneer JV runners Finish places were not available for all runners in this race.
Place Runner Time
1st Erik Levinsohn 16:59 PR (-56)
2nd David Cogswell 17:26 PR (-16)
6th Jon Henrichs 17:50 PR (-21)
7th Kinshuk Rajan 17:53 PR (-39)
27Th Hayden Spitzley 18:27 PR (-55)
39th David Wallington 18:43 PR (-46)
41st Neil Keicher 18:46
98th Sean Beck 19:31 PR (-23)
104th Max King 19:34
105th Jon Voiles 19:34
--- Andrew Copp 19:56
--- Jacob Whiten 20:00 PR (-21)
--- Chris Fortson 20:19 PR (-20)
--- Brian Diehr 22:10 PR (-38)
--- Chris Cain 22:52
--- John Everett 24:05 (first race)
--- Matt Lerner 27:45 PR (-45)
Freshmen Race highlights
In cool, damp weather, our Pioneer freshmen started off the day for us by winning the freshman-only race. Nick Kern claimed 2nd place with a new PR of 17:30, and 15 seconds later Nate Karr claimed 4th in 17:45(PR). Andy Sanz-Guerrero’s 9th place finish and Adam Kern’s 10th place finish gave us 4 runners in the top ten! Other runners under the twenty-minute mark were Brendan Pauley(18:44), Shohei Azuma(19:14), Kevin Chaperon(19:16), Kosta Roumanis(19:20), Kiowa Jones(19:20). Caleb Fogel ran well in his first high school race, with a time of 19:29 – welcome Caleb! Be sure to look at those new PRs listed below - many of our freshmen knocked a minute or more off their previous best times. Congratulations, freshmen – and keep those new lower times coming!
Freshmen team results
Team Points
1. Ann Arbor Pioneer 35
2. Potterville 115
3. Cedar Springs 137
4. Rockford 152
5 Alma 162
Pioneer Freshmen runners
Place Runner Time
2nd Nick Kern 17:30 PR (-50)
4th Nathan Karr 17:45 PR (-36)
9th Andy Sanz-Guerrero 18:06 PR (-1:09)
10th Adam Kern 18:10 PR (-38)
17th Brendan Pauley 18:44 PR (-1:53)
27th Shohei Azuma 19:14 PR (-33)
29th Kevin Chaperon 19:16 PR (-1:04)
32nd Kosta Roumanis 19:20 PR (-1:57)
33rd Kiowa Jones 19:20 PR (-1:58)
35th Caleb Fogel 19:29 (first race)
52nd Aaron Trierweiler 20:00 PR (-50)
66th Jonathan Diep 20:23 PR (-1:21)
89th Ben Aukerman 20:55 PR (-1:39)
117th George Lucero 22:03 PR (-44)
141st Nick LeVeque 23:19 PR (-4)
--- Nick Theros 23:19 (first race)
Individual places and team scores may not seem to add up correctly because some other teams ran fewer than 5 men, which means that their places are disregarded for team-scoring purposes.
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