Runners ready for regionals

by Angie Asam, Staff Writer

The Rogers City cross country wrapped up the regular season with a meet at Gaylord Tuesday and will be running in regional competition this Friday beginning at 4 p.m. in Ellsworth. ?I am thinking by the way we have been running lately the girls? team has a good shot to qualify for the state finals as a team. The girls are at their peak and we should run well Friday,? said coach Rob Kortman.

On the individual level senior Greta Grambau who has been leading her tea

m all season will look to do it again and qualify for the finals. Sophomore Sierra Centala has been a strong number two runner for the Hurons all season and with a good race could also qualify as an individual to run at the state meet in Brooklyn and Michigan International Speedway next Saturday, November 7.

?The region is tough for both teams but is extremely tough on the boys side,? said coach Kortman whose team has been steadily improving throughout the year. ?If Joe Sobeck and Paul Wilbert run the races of their lives they could make it to the finals, but it will be no easy task,? said coach Kortman.

Teams at the regional meet are Alba, Bellaire, Boyne Falls, Central Lake, Ellsworth Community, Fairview, Gaylord St. Mary, Harbor Springs, Indian River, Johannesburg-Lewiston, Pellston, Mancelona, Onaway, Rogers City and Wolverine. TUESDAY AT GAYLORD for a 13-team invitational, the girls? team placed sixth while the boys were eighth. Grambau took seventh with a time of 21:37 followed by Centala in 29th at 23:42. Other finishers for the girls were Bailey Andrzejewski 38th (24:33), Jami Horn 43rd (25:08) and Leilani Kortman 60th (26:54). Sobeck led the boys? team in 22nd at 19:07 followed by Wilbert in 23rd at 19:11. Vinny Szczerowski 53rd (21:31), Andy Derry 63rd (22:20) and Vincent Kuznicki 75th (24:57) rounded out the finishers for the Hurons.