The Niles boys cross country team finished fourth and the girls team fifth at the SMAC West jamboree hosted by the Vikings in Dowagiac Wednesday.

Portage Central won the boys race with 20 points, while the Vikings finished with 122 points.

Devonte Gaskill was the top finisher for Niles with a time of 18:09, which was good for 18th.

St. Joseph edged Portage Northern 35-36 to win the girls race.

Taylor Altergott finished 21st for the Vikings with a time of 21:40.

 

SMAC WEST JAMBOREE

At Dowagiac

Boys Team Scores

Portage Central 20, Portage Northern 41, St. Joseph 79, Niles 122, Lakeshore 131

 

Top 10 Individuals

1. Gannon Foley (PC) 16:29, 2. Jon Koning (PC) 16:34, 3. Will Kellam (PN) 16:39, 4. Nathan Mack (PC) 16:49, 5. Logan McDonald (PN) 16:54, 6. Jacob Hovda (PC) 17:11, 7. Samuel Weber (PC) 17:12, 8. Brady Rudesill (PC) 17:15, 9. Kurt Egelhaaf (SJ) 17:19, 10. Max Rathburn (PN) 17:20

 

Niles Top 7 Finishers

18. Devonte Gaskill 18:09, 20. Devin Tomplison 18:40, 27. May Meyer 19:19, 28. Keegan Murphy 19:26, 29. Hunter Greenman 19:26, 32. Cade Stephenson 20:16, 35. Samuel Burck 20:45

 

Girls Team Scores

St. Joseph 35, Portage Northern 36, Portage Central 49, Lakeshore 114, Niles 135

 

Top 10 Individuals

1. Peyton Witt (PN) 18;39, 2. Anna Fischer (SJ) 18:49, 3. Alexa Vanderhoff (PN) 19:09, 4. Kaitlin Newton (SJ) 19:23, 5. Alana Richmond (PC) 19:45, 6. Chelsea Whelham (PC) 20:03, 7. Emily Hamlin (PN) 20:30, 8. Abigail Tschetter (SJ) 20:39, 9. Aubrey Hemstreet (PC) 20:47, 10. Vanessa Veersma (SJ) 20:50

 

Niles Top 7 Finishers

21. Taylor Altergott 21:40, 25. Suzanne Borovcova 23:09, 26. Kailey Skarbeck 23:10, 30. Chelsea Best 23:36, 33. Taylor Haboush 25:40, 34. Hayley Rudlaff 26:50, 35. Leah Wetmore 27:43