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The Harper Creek boys had some
talented competition to chase at the
Kalamazoo Invitational Wednesday,
Aug. 28.
The Beavers were second behind
only the Kalamazoo Central varsity
boys’ cross country team, a squad
with a handful of guys back from
the team that placed fourth at the
MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1
Cross Country Finals in 2023.
The Maroon Giants finished the
afternoon with 42 points.

The Beavers were second with 78

points ahead of Hackett Catholic

Prep 88, Edwardsburg 98 and Berrien

Springs 102 among the top five teams

in a field of eight full boys’ squads.

One of the Beavers’ own return-

ing state qualifiers from a year ago,

senior Dominic Lowrie, beat out

the top two Kalamazoo Central run-

ners but was second overall behind

Hackett junior Marek Butkiewicz.

Butkiewicz won the race in 16 min-

utes 44.8 seconds. Lowrie was the

only other guy to break that 17-min-

ute mark with a final time of 16:44.8.

The Harper Creek boys’ team also

had junior Cooper Gardner tenth in

18:12.2 and sophomore Christian

Ayres 16th in 18:38.1. A pair of

seniors rounded out the team’s top

five. Owen Hunter hit the line 26th in

20:24.9 and Jordan Lindauer was fifth

in 20:30.2.

Hudsonville raced to victory in the

girls’ meet with 37 points ahead of

Sturgis 62, Hackett 77, Harper Creek

114 and Kalamazoo Central 117 in

the top five of their eight-team com-

petition.

The Beaver team had three juniors,

three sophomores and a freshman

among its scoring group of seven.

Junior Julia Faber led the way with a

ninth-place time of 21:45.7. Beaver

freshman Rylee Zumer placed 17th in

23:05.0 and was the fastest freshman

girl at the race.

The top five for Harper Creek also

included sophomore Layla Silkworth

19th in 23:19.9, sophomore Elizabeth

Antes 39th in 25:20.9 and junior Ellie

Feneley 46th in 26:06.4.

Sturgis junior Berkley Holtz was the

individual champion on the girls’ side

with a time of 19:30.3 which had her

nearly a minute ahead of Kalamazoo

Central senior Annie Alkema who

was the runner-up in 20:27.1.

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