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Grosse Pointe South Girls Cross Country Wins Regional Crown

The Grosse Pointe North girls cross country team finished fourth at the regional meet at Metro Beach on Friday.

Posted Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 5:45 am ET|Updated Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 11:45 am ET

Grosse Pointe South hosted the Division 1 regional cross country meet at Metro Beach on Friday, and the Blue Devils claimed the team championship with 26 points.

Hannah Meier of Grosse Pointe South took first place with a time of 17 minutes, 16 seconds, and South's Kelsie Schwartz placed second.

Also in the top twelve for South were Haley Meier, Ersula Farrow, Mary Spencer and Megan Sklarski.

Grosse Pointe North's girls cross country team finished fourth at the meet.

Allison Francis was the top finisher for Grosse Pointe North. She was 14th with a time of 18:54.

Other runners for North were Katelyn Carney; Natalie Schaefer; Sarah Rustmann; Ashley Brown; Julia Rustmann; and Sydney Benson.

The Grosse Pointe South boys cross country team finished third at the meet behind Royal Oak and Troy. Grosse Pointe North placed sixth.

Daniel Ciaravino of Grosse Pointe North finished eighth overall with a time of 16:21.

Other runners for GPN were Tyler Sickmiller, Lucas Segovia, Alex Brady, Nate Limback, Eric Balle and Pearce Reickert.

Matt Geist and Zach Montgomery placed in the top 15 for Grosse Pointe South.

Other runners for GPS were Bradley Sanford, Charles Warren, Michael Gates, Nicholas Debrunner and Jacob Knuth.

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