Thursday, October 22, 2009

Rocket’s Sweep Conference Invite


By: Jessica Meinen

At the Central Lakeshore Conference Cross Country meet on Thursday October 15th, the Cedar Grove-Belgium Rockets boys and girls did extremely well. In the girls race, Marina Paul placed 1st with a time of 15:35, and Kiera Depies was close behind in 2nd with a time of 15:51. Both Marina and Kiera were All Conference, along with Erika Meinen who placed 6th. Jessica Meinen, Kelly Del Ponte, Taylor Ansay and Tammi Del Ponte finished the race soon after. All of the girls’ runners, including the JV, ran very well at the meet. Sheboygan Lutheran placed second to the Rockets and Oostburg placed third.

The boys placed first with only 19 points, setting a new CG-B school record for the Conference 1st place score. On the boys’ team, Josh Mulloy finished in first place with a time of 16:36. Joel Merrit placed 2nd with a time of 17:05 and TJ Du Mez finished in 3rd with a time of 17:10. Richard Beabout, Alex Holle, Brandon Krauska and Al Murphy all finished in the top 15 runners. Joe Schueller, who ran on the JV team, was the first boy JV runner to finish overall. The rest of the boys JV team followed with great races for each one of them. Sheboygan Lutheran followed the boys in second place and Elkhart Lake placed third. On Saturday, October 24th, the Sectional Cross Country meet will be held at the Sheboygan Lutheran High School course.

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