Cross country: Regional Finals recap

October 30, 2019 Lila Johnson Sports 0

The girls pose before they prepare for their run. Six girls from the Northview cross country team competed at Regional Finals. Photo courtesy of Sara Pitt.

The varsity cross country team competed at the Regional Finals meet at Benzie County Central High School near Traverse City on Saturday October 26. They ran a 5K course.

For the boys, freshman Ryan Kamp finished with the second best race time for the Cats, coming in at 18:28.06. Junior Connor Fitzgerald had the fastest time out of the Northview boys with 17:57.25. Sophomore CJ McElhemy, juniors Iain Pelton, Benjamin Birdsell, Ethan Skinner and senior Brian Burke also competed at the Regional Finals. 

In the girls division, junior Jocelyn Hendricks finished with a time of 19:00.86. She finished 12th out of 91 overall in the girls. Sophomores Isabel Toole and Lily Starr also competed alongside juniors Ally Shukis and Lizzie Hackett and senior Samantha Cone. 

Jocelyn Hendricks is the only Northview cross country team member to qualify for the State Finals that will take place November 2 at Michigan International Speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan.

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Senior Lila Johnson is in her second year on The Roar staff. She is the Sports Editor and spends the majority of her time not only watching sports but studying the chemistry and drama between the players and teams. Lila is secretary of the National Honor Society, Student Body Vice President, and is very active in her church. Most days you can usually catch her in the hallways trash-talking any team that isn’t Notre Dame.