Regional Meet, Oct. 30, 1999

Highlights

Alas, Pioneer did not qualify for the state meet. Pioneer placed 6th of 17 teams. Furthermore, none of Pioneer's runners were able to qualify as individuals. The regional was very strong this year, probably the 2nd toughest regional in the state.

Pioneer was led by James Naughton, who ran 17:07 to claim 22nd place. James started very quickly, running the first mile in 4:59, but was still able to finish with a personal record time. Nick Piotrowski and Mike Kelly-Sell both set personal records while Andy Harvey equalled his season's best time. These were all excellent performances on an unusually warm late October day.

Some top performances were turned in by the junior varsity team. The JV team was led by Alan Antonuk with a fine 18:23 on a warm day. Personal records were set by Mike Roth, Pat Cullip, Nick Wilkenson, Dan Wucherer and Mike VanWambeke. Dan ran an amazing two minutes faster than his previous best.

The future is very bright! The varsity team was composed of four sophmores and three juniors.

Varsity Team Results

Team                       Points
1. Saline                     42
2. Novi                       74
3. Livonia-Churchill         112 
4. Livonia-Stevenson         128
5. North Farmington          159
6. Ann Arbor Pioneer         160
7. Plymouth Salem            180
8. Adrian                    200
9. Northville                222
10. Farmington               254
11. Livonia Franklin         282
12. Ann Arbor Huron          288
13. Plymouth Canton          331
14. Farm. Hills Harrison     420
15. Westland John Glenn      470
16. Ypsilanti                471
17. Jackson                  no team score, 3 runners only

Total of 17 teams

Pioneer Varsity Runners

Name                          Place    Time
James Naughton                  23    17:07  PR! (-13)
Matt Johnson                    28    17:20
Joe Anderson                    31    17:25
Andy Harvey                     34    17:29
Nick Piotrowski                 44    17:40  PR! (-4)
Mike Kelly-Sell                 59    18:04  PR! (-16)
Robby Young                     68    18:15

Junior varsity runners

Name                          Time
Alan Antonuk                 18:23
Tom Bagwell                  19:29
Mike Roth                    19:48  PR!  (-23)
Pat Cullip                   20:10  PR!  (-18)
Nick Wilkenson               20:11  PR!  (-6)
Loren Kimeldorf              20:41
Dan Wucherer                 20:56  PR!  (-2:03)
Bill Weber                   20:56
Alex Inwood                  21:00
Josh Salvner                 21:16
Andy Schaich                 22:02
Tom Giltrow                  22:02
Mike VanWambeke              22:28  PR!  (-1)

PR! - new personal record

The 1999 Honor Roll has been updated

Go Pioneers!