2021 XC Regional at Chip Hills

Very wet/mist and muddy – some wind.  Cool temps.

Taava Johnson (sr) qualifies for the State Finals.  Taava ran her best race and time of year despite the tough conditions.  She knew where she had to be to give herself a shot at making it to finals, and she put herself there and stayed there.  She finished 16^th, she was seeded 28^th or so.  Elise Pfieffer (so), Shyann Callison (fr), Rachel Maddox (fr), and Amy Perret (sr) all ran solid races while Carol Portelinha (sr) and Marcella De Aquino turned in PR’s despite the conditions.  The girls placed 13^th of 17 with 361 points.

After a 4^th and 2 second places Conor Somers (sr) was finally able to claim a regional title.  He led the team to a 2^nd place with 77 points.  The boys ran a solid race, but couldn’t quite hang with Petoskey who scored 63.  Brennan Schuler (sr) joined Conor on the All-Region team with his 14^th place finish.  Gavin Schuler (sr) placed 17^th, with our “pack of 4” Carter Sherman (fr), Cole Lowery (fr), Sean Pettis (so), and Johnny Christensen (so) placing 22, 23, 24, and 26.  I think those young guys ran really well and gain a lot of experience in their first regional meet.  None of that group were seeded in the top 30.

All-Region

Conor Somers – Regional Champion

Brennan Schuler

State Qualifiers

Boys Team

Taava Johnson

The stat qualifiers will run next Saturday afternoon and the Michigan International Speedway.

Full results can be found here - https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/193138/results