Varsity highlights

Pioneer ran well at the SEC Jamboree #3. The top three runners ran 16:51 or faster, a fine accomplishment. Even the #7 runner came in at 17:23, which shows outstanding team depth.

Unfortunately, we did lose to Saline. Saline ran extremely well. In the final standings, Bedford was first, followed by Pioneer and Saline in a tie for 2nd place.

As usual, James Naughton led the way with a time of 16:10. Joe Anderson finished next with a PR (personal record) time of 16:50. Andy Harvey was just behind Joe with a season-best time of 16:51. This is the first time this season that Pioneer had 3 runners under 17:00.

Soren Berg (17:11) and Jeff Hubbard (17:19) wrapped up the scoring for Pioneer. With five runners at 17:19 or better, Pioneer is well ahead of the performance of the 2000 team (which finished #17 in the state meet). Things are looking good as we head to the regional meet.

We don't want to forget senior Mike Roth. Mike ran 17:23, a PR of 21 seconds. Way to go Mike.

Varsity team results

Team       Points
1. Bedford   34
2. Saline    37
3. Pioneer   54
4. Adrian   100

Pioneer varsity runners

Name                 Place    Time
James Naughton         2     16:10
Joe Anderson          10     16:50  PR!  (-1)
Andy Harvey           11     16:51
Soren Berg            14     17:11
Jeff Hubbard          17     17:19  PR!  (-3)
Takashi Gould         18     17:21
Mike Roth             20     17:23  PR!  (-21)
Weather: 55, sunny, windy

Junior varsity highlights

Mortie led the way for the JV squad. Mortie ran 17:36, a PR by 15 seconds. Great work Mortie.

Ten other JV runners turned in PR's. The largest improvements were recorded by the Hospadarak brothers. Luke improved his PR by 50 seconds while Max improved by 45 seconds. Nick Wilkenson, Stuart Remick, Nick Wickstrom and Alex Urbank improved their PR's by 20 or more seconds.

Name                     Place  Time
M. Stensones-Fornaess     6     17:36  PR!  (-15)
Marty Everin             11     17:58
Kevin Goehring           15     18:13
Nick Wilkenson           25     18:33  PR!  (-20)
Alan Antonuk             27     18:33
Phil Dokas               30     18:46  PR!  (-6)
Walker Rutter-Bowman     31     18:46
Dan Moyer                35     18:54
Sam Milgrom              44     19:05
Carl Duke                --     19:08
Dave Ross                55     19:24
Josh Salvner             --     19:26  PR!  (-7)
Alex Reynolds            --     19:33  PR!  (-11)
Parry Garff              --     20:02
Jeff Nao                 --     20:18
Stuart Remick            81     20:21  PR!  (-29)
Erron Morton             --     20:22
Nick Wickstrom           98     21:07  PR!  (-30)
Tom Bergman              --     21:13  PR!  (-2)
Luke Hospadarak          --     21:42  PR!  (-50)
Dale White               --     21:52
Alex Urbanik             --     21:55  PR!  (-26)
Max Hospadarak           --     22:00  PR!  (-45)

Final notes

Next up is the regional meet!

PR! - new personal record, refers to all-time PR, not just the best time of the season

Go Pioneers!