BUCHANAN — Buchanan High School hosted the second annual RedBud Tri-State Cross Country Invitational this Saturday at the RedBud motocross track in Buchanan.

Teams from four different divisions made their way to Buchanan to run the roughly 3-mile route across the rolling hills of the property.

Teams from Divisions 3 and 4 got the event started early Saturday morning and it was senior, Matt Ring from Schoolcraft who was able to cross the finish line first with a time of 17:36.

It was Berrien Spring’s Brad Wurzel and Brandywine’s James Harrell who were right behind him with times of 17:47 and 17:50, respectively. While Buchanan did not have an individual runner finish in the top 25, it was still able to take fourth overall as a team with a combine time of 200 minutes between the five Buck runners.

The Division 3 and 4 girls race was dominated by Watervliet, which posted three of the top four times.

Buchanan had the best times of the local teams, with three runners finishing in the top 11. The Bucks Emily Riley (24:00) and Brooke Wesner (24:03) finished seventh and eighth place to lead Buchanan to fourth place overall with a combined time of 2:17:0.

After Divisions e and 4 JV and middle school teams were run, it was the Division 1 and 2 schools’ turn to hit the trail.

The girls got things started with Niles freshman Taylor Altergott posting the best time of the local schools (22:24) and finishing ninth overall. Right behind her was Edwardsburg freshman, Kara Shrider posting a time of 22:28. Dowagiac junior Emily Dodd finished with a time of 25:51.

Overall, it was Dearborn Divine Child taking home the team gold with Edwardsburg fishing fourth, Niles fifth and Dowagiac sixth.

The final heat of the day was the Division 1 and 2 boys.

The leaderboard was dominated by Zeeland East and Vicksburg, but Edwardsburg freshman Brock Eaves had a strong showing, placing fifth with a time of 18.23.

Niles’ top runner, Devin Tomlinson, finished in 11th with a time of 19:04 and Dowagiac’s Kaleb Detwiler (19:35) and DeYonte Sullivan (19:43) finished 16th and 17th respectively.

As a team, Niles finished fourth, Dowagiac fifth and Edwardsburg sixth.

 

REDBUD TRI-STATE INVITATIONAL

At Buchanan

Boys Results

Division 3-4 Race

Team Scores

1. Watervliet 29, 2. Schoolcraft 47, 3. Bronson 47, 4. Buchanan 120

 

Area Finishers

Brandywine

3. James Harrell 17:50

Buchanan

30. Garret Lollar 21:11.2, 31. Matt Mitchell 22:04.8, 37. Ben Poole 25:23.7, 38. Kevin Frost 25:25.4, 39. Louis Batmalle 25:58.8

 

Division 1-2 Race

Team Scores

1. Zeeland East 28, 2. Vicksburg 49, 3. Three Rivers 77, 4. Niles 100, 5. Dowagiac 117, 6. Edwardsburg 144

 

Area Finishers

Niles

11. Devin Tomlinson 19:04, 20. Samuel Burck 20:06, 21. Max Meyer 20:08.2, 23. Keegan Murphy 20:20.6, 25. Hunter Greenman 20:41.0

Dowagiac

16. Kaleb Detwiler 19:35.1, 17. DeYonte Sullivan 19:43.1, 27. William Phillips 20:51.0, 28. Jacob Peters 20:51.1, 29. Brandon Winchester-Jones 21:02.1

 

 

Girls Results

Division 3-4 Race

Team Scores

1. Watervliet 25, 2. Lawton 65, 3. Schoolcraft 71, 4. Buchanan 78, 5. Berrien Springs 115

 

Area Finishers

Buchanan

6. Emily Riley 24:00.0, 7. Brooke Wesner 24:03.7, 11. Sam Swartz 24:43.6, 30. Anna Krampert 30:59.1, 32. Sydney Bauer 33:23.8

Brandywine

20. Juelianina Zimmerman 26:36.1

 

Division 1-2 Race

Team Scores

1. Dearborn Divine Child 34, 2. Zeeland East 55, 3. Vicksburg 80, 4. Edwardsburg 103, 5. Niles 126, 6. Three Rivers 126, 7. Dowagiac 218

 

Area Finishers

Niles

9. Taylor Altergott 22:24.5, 23. Kailey Skarbeck 24:02.1, 30. Jessica Akey 24:26.1, 31. Chelsea Best 24:39.5, 33. Madeline Stanton 25:34.5

Dowagiac

36. Emily Dodd 25:51.9, 44. McKenzie Hassle 28:51.7, 45. Chalee Miston-Pye 29:34.6, 46. Jessica Robinson 29:34.3, 50. Isabel Thorne 33:03.9