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Galesburg-Augusta freshman

Ashton Dingee works his way

through the crowd during the first

loop of the Portage Invitational

course at Portage West Middle

School Saturday. (Shopper News photo by

Brett Bremer)

Galesburg-Augusta sophomore

Ellesa Callender races along the

final mile of the Division 3 girls' race

Saturday at the Portage Invitational.

(Shopper News photo by Brett Bremer)

G-A sophomore Nick Stevens closes

in on the finish line at the end of the

Division 3 boys' race Saturday at the

Portage Invitational. He placed 197th

in a field of 443 runners. (Shopper News

photo by Brett Bremer)

“At about five miles, I’m going

to switch some of the guys out

and they’re going to keep going

south on 40th Street by the Kellogg

Elementary and we’re going to

switch some people out there and

we’re going to have some alumni

that are going to run with us,” said

Thomas who planned the route to

keep them off of the M-89 highway.

“So, we’re going to pick up one

alumni person there and they’re

going to go along the south side

of Gull Lake over to 37th street

and there’s a Gull Lake Sewer and

Water, I think, and that’s about 12

miles and we’re going to stop and

switch some people out there.”

A Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s

Office school liaison officer Murphy

from Galesburg-August will be pro-

viding traffic control, she said.

“He’s going to help us get across

M-89 and then they’re going to go

37th Street South all the way to G

Avenue which is 15 miles,” she said.

After crossing G Avenue, they’ll

run the last two miles on 37th where

they will regroup at Ambling Avenue

at about 6:30 p.m.

“At 6:45, they’re going to run

the ball into the stadium,” she said.

“I’m thinking they’re going to hand

it off to the officials, I don’t know if

the team will be on the field yet. So,

that’s the exciting part.”

In all, five team members and three

alumni are participating in the run.

Also at the Saturday Portage

Invitational:

Central Montcalm junior Gage

Hoffman was the individual champi-

on in the race with a time of 15:41.1.

There were four guys who came

across the finish line in less than 16

minutes. Jonesville sophomore Caleb

Blonde was the runner-up in 15:51.2.

Lumen Christi was led to the team

title by senior Isaiah Dinverno who

was third in 15:51.5.

Western Michigan Christian

senior Matthias Morse was fourth in

15:59.1.

Jackson Lumen Christi won the

Division 3 boys' race Saturday

with 89 points. Traverse City

St. Francis was second with 104

points followed by Saugatuck 175,

Pewamo-Westphalia 192, Hanover-

Horton 208, Central Montcalm 211,

Covenant Christian 219, Jonesville

267, Buchanan 295 and Muskegon

Western Michigan Christian 302 in

the top 10.

There were 40 scoring teams in the

D-3 boys' race.

Central Montcalm senior Kyah

Hoffman won the D3 girls' race in

17:43.8. Betsy Skendzel, a senior

from Traverse City St. Francis was

second in 18:11.10.

Pewamo-Westphalia took the

girls' D3 title with 123 points

ahead of Benzie Central 141,

Central Montcalm 157, St. Francis

165, Lumen Christi 237, McBain

252, Hart 252, Western Michigan

Christian 272, Covenant Christian

296, Covenant Christian 296 and

Remus Chippewa Hills 340 in the

top ten. There were 38 girls' teams

that earned team scores

RAMS

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