Boys Cross Country Posts Impressive Fifth Place Outing In Elite Race At Shepherd BlueJay Invitational

Boys Cross Country Posts Impressive Fifth Place Outing In Elite Race At Shepherd BlueJay Invitational

On Saturday, 9/30/23, the MSHS Boys and Girls Cross Country teams traveled downstate to compete in one of Michigan’s largest high school cross country meets, the Shepherd BlueJay Invitational.

Top 20 Team Scores – Elite Boys Varsity Race (44 Total Teams):

  1. Ada Forest Hills Eastern – 143
  2. East Grand Rapids – 189
  3. Traverse City Central – 230
  4. White Lake Lakeland – 243
  5. Marquette – 247
  6. Walled Lake Northern – 264
  7. Utica – 287
  8. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – 301
  9. Livonia Churchill – 307
  10. Traverse City West – 327
  11. Okemos – 330
  12. Petoskey – 338
  13. Detroit Catholic Central – 347
  14. Flint Powers Catholic – 372
  15. New Baltimore Anchor Bay – 384
  16. Midland – 440
  17. Grand Ledge – 503 
  18. St. Johns – 510
  19. Saginaw Heritage – 524
  20. Clio – 539

Top 15 Race Finishers – Elite Boys Varsity Race (258 Total Competitors):

  1. TJ Hansen – Freeland – 14:46.4
  2. Thomas Westphal – New Baltimore Anchor Bay – 15:16.2
  3. Ty Parker – Walled Lake Northern – 15:20.9
  4. Alex Thole – East Grand Rapids – 15:21.4
  5. Iain Forrest – Davison -15:27.8
  6. Collin Farmer – Pewamo-Westphalia – 15:29.4
  7. Robert Jazwinski III – Hart – 15:30.8
  8. Harper Wesley – Utica – 15:31.2
  9. Elliott Sirianni – Clio – 15:31.8
  10. Jonah Workman – East Grand Rapids – 15:33.8
  11. Noah Lambers – Holland – 15:36.8
  12. Owen Patton – Vestaburg – 15:37.0
  13. Ian Lewis – Livonia Churchill – 15:39.0
  14. Henry Dixon – Ada Forest Hills Eastern – 15:40.5
  15. Ryan Brinker – East Grand Rapids –  15:43.6

Boys Varsity Finishers From MSHS:

  • 33.  Seppi Camilli – 16:02.1
  • 40.  Evan Balko – 16:11.0
  • 54.  James Barch – 16:27.5
  • 64.  Chase Thomsen – 16:32.7
  • 71.  Cully Papin -16:39.2
  • 73.  Lucas Ballard – 16:41.4
  • 80.  Peter Argeropoulos – 16:48.5

Click here for race results from the 9/30/23 Shepherd BlueJay Invite.

Next Up:

  • The MSHS Cross Country teams will have some time to recover before returning to competition on Thursday, 10/12/23, when they travel to Gladstone to participate in the Great Northern Conference Championships.  Races are scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.