The Clarkston Wolves Junior Varsity Boys Cross Country placed second in the Lakeside Invitational on Oct. 30 in a very strong team performance to end the season.
The sunny, breezy, dry, warm autumn day made for an extraordinary season setting for this freshman and sophomore invitational.
The top finisher for the Wolves was Chris Bonzheim with 10th place overall and a time of 17:43.0. He was closely followed by Michael Inch with 11th place at 17:45.1 and Eric Nordquist with 13th place at 17:46.7.
Austin Yarger placed 35th, Josh Herrera 36th, Aaron Butora 55th, Ryan Brown 57th, Eric Shaw 71st, Devin Reuter 114th and Jeremy Kelly 156th to give the Wolves a sum total on places that moved them well up the rankings against competing teams.
Novi took the top team position with 58 points. Clarkston placed a strong second with 105 points and narrowly edged out third place Pinckney with 106 points and fourth placed Lake Orion with 108 points.
A total of 16 schools competed including Farmington, Milford, Plymouth Salem, Howell, White Lake Northern, West Bloomfield, Catholic Central, Bloomfield Hills Lahser, Livonia Franklin, and Birmingham Groves. Coach Mike Taylor was very pleased with the results and the achievements of several personal best times by individuals on the team.
BY KELLY IRWIN
Special to the Clarkston News