Varsity highlights

The Pioneer team continued their strong start in 2000. Pioneer placed 4th of 20 teams at the Holly Invitational. The meet featured cool weather, but also a muddy course which contained a few "monster" mudholes (see the JV highlights).

Once again, the Pioneers were led by the Johnson and Naughton duo. Matt grabbed 10th place with a time of 17:08. James followed 10 seconds later and took 14th place. The remaining runners also ran strong races. Joe Anderson finished 26th and was followed by Eric Ford-Holevinski (38), Andy Harvey (41) and Nick Piowtrowski (42). Seventh man Mike Roth ran his first varsity race and celebrated with a personal record time of 19:27. It was excellent work by the entire varsity team.

Varsity team results

Team                      Points
1.  Detroit Cath. Central   63
2.  Portage Northern        86
3.  Saline                  90
4.  Ann Arbor Pioneer      129
5.  Lake Orion             182
6.  Grand Blanc            186
7.  Davison                229
8.  Holland                234
9.  Rockford B             246
10. Troy                   264
11. Brighton               270
12. Rochester Adams        277
13. Port Huron Northern    363
14. Wayne Memorial         430
15. Kalamazoo Loy Norrix   453
16. Flint Central          458
17. West Bloomfield        470
18. Westland John Glenn    519
19. Saginaw Arthur Hill    608
20. Jackson                no score, 3 runners only

Pioneer varsity runners

Name                 Place    Time
Matt Johnson          10     17:08
James Naughton        14     17:18
Joe Anderson          26     17:39
Eric Ford-Holevinski  37     17:50
Andy Harvey           41     17:57
Nick Piotrowski       42     18:01
Mike Roth             86     19:27  PR!  (-16)

Junior varsity highlights

Pioneer's JV runners were led by Robby Young with a time of 18:30. Robby missed the Brother Rice meet due to injury, but turned in a very solid first effort. Looks like Robby will be back on the varsity team soon.

There is a heated battle going on to become the top sophmore. This week Harvey Acheson ran 19:30, an improvement of 1:21, to become the leading sophmore. But he's closely followed by Kevin Goering (19:31) and Soren Berg (19:52). Who will be on top next week?

There's also a good competition to become the top freshman. This week Parry Garff led the way with a time 20:38, a PR (personal record) by 53 seconds. Close behind was Carl Duke at 20:41, who PR'd by 46 seconds.

A number of other JV runners established PR's this week. The top improvement was made by Kevin Mulholland, who reduced his time by an amazing 3:03. Way to go Kevin. Major PR's were also turned in by Kellan Winbourne (-1:34), Cedric York (-56) and Kota Takahashi (-50). It was an outstanding effort by the entire team today.

Finally, we shouldn't forget the noteworthy crash of Gabe Sanders. Gabe provided a thrill to the entire team by faceplanting in a gigantic mudhole. A bit embarassing perhaps, but, hey, it was a moment Gabe will remember for the rest of his life. Gabe did get up and finish the race.

Name               Time
Robby Young       18:30
Harvey Acheson    19:30  PR!  (-1:21)
Kevin Goehring    19:31  PR!  (-  23)
Soren Berg        19:52
Kota Takahashi    20:05  PR!  (-  50)
Nick Wilkensen    20:25
Parry Garff       20:38  PR!  (-  53)
Carl Duke         20:41  PR!  (-  46) 
Josh Salvner      21:03  PR!  (-  10) 
Bill Weber        21:06
Stephen Sepaniak  21:27  PR!  (-  24) 
Kellan Winbourne  22:33  PR!  (-1:34)
Cedric York       22:46  PR!  (-  56)
Gabe Sanders      23:21
Kevin Mulholland  23:48  PR!  (-3:08)
Max Hospadaruk    23:55

PR! - new personal record

Go Pioneers!