Varsity highlights

Weather: 60, cloudy

Pioneer ran two teams in the varsity race at the Gabriel Richard Invitational. The A team results are presented here. The B team results are included in the JV section below.

The Pioneers ran a solid race at the Gabriel Richard Invitational, placing 5th of 16 teams. Once again Pioneer had three runners under 17:00. These three runners also placed in the top 25.

The Pioneers were led by Matt Johnson (11th, 16:38). Andy Harvey also ran well and showed that his Portage time was not a fluke. Andy ran 16:52 and took 22nd place. Eric Ford-Holevinski also broke 17:00 for the second consecutive week (24th, 16:58).

Pioneer's 5th and 6th men recorded excellent times. Nick Piotrowski ran a PR time of 17:27. Mike Roth, the 6th man, bettered his PR by 23 seconds. Mike took 68th place in a time of 18:09. Mike is now close to breaking 18:00 for the first time. Way to go, Nick and Mike.

On a negative note, James Naughton attempted to return from injury at this meet. Unfortunately, James was unable to finish the race. At this point, it's not certain that James will return for the regional meet in two weeks. This is not good news.

Varsity team results

Team                      Points
1.  Novi                    51
2.  Saline A                54
3.  Grand Blanc            110
4.  Livonia Churchill      141
5.  Pioneer A              144
6.  Brother Rice           152
7.  Livonia Stevenson      173
8.  Saline B               194
9.  North Farmington       254
10. South Lyon             276
11. Livonia Franklin       283
12. Plymouth Canton        299
13. Berkley                339 
14. Detroit Cath Central B 392 
15. Pioneer B              433 
16. Westland John Glenn    461 

Pioneer varsity A runners

Name                 Place    Time
Matt Johnson          11      16:38
Andy Harvey           20      16:52
Eric Ford-Holevinski  24      16:58
Joe Anderson          40      17:26
Nick Piotrowski       44      17:27  PR!  (-13)
Mike Roth             68      18:09  PR!  (-23)
James Naughton did not finish

Junior varsity highlights

The top JV runners ran as the Pioneer B team in the varsity race. The Pioneer B team took 15th place. It was a good effort, but of course it was difficult competing against varsity teams. Dan Wucherer continues to run well. Dan was the top B team finisher. Kevin Goehring was just behind in a PR time of 18:41.

In the JV race, the star was Kellan Winbourne. Kellan crushed his PR by 2:22. Josh Salvner and Chad Schoch also ran PR's.

Kevin Goehring was the top sophmore on Saturday, with Soren Berg about 20 seconds behind. The top freshman was Sam Milgrom, with Stephen Sepaniak only 9 seconds back. These are still close battles.

  Varsity Team B
Name                 Place    Time
Dan Wucherer          79     18:40
Kevin Goehring        80     18:41  PR!  (-7)
Soren Berg            88     19:04
Kota Takahashi        89     19:07
Matt MacVey           92     19:13
Pat Fay               96     19:23
Sam Milgrom           99     19:36

  Junior Varsity Race
Name                  Time
Nick Wilkensen       19:42
Stephen Sepaniak     19:45
Josh Salvner         19:52  PR!  (-16)
Parry Garff          20:00
Carl Duke            20:05
Kellan Winbourne     20:11  PR!  (-2:22)
Chad Schoch          20:11  PR!  (-29)
Dean Dohadwala       20:36
Cedric York          21:40
Kevin Mulholland     22:10

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