Glen Lake hosted a Northwest Conference cross country meet on Tuesday as the Lakers celebrated seniors. Glen Lake seniors include Colebrook Sutherland for the boys and Emily Alaimo for the girls.
Sutherland dominated the field along with sophomore teammate Abraham Feeney, finishing first and second with times of 17:04 and 17:26.
“It was fun running for the home crowd. I wanted to try and go wire to wire, just lead the whole way. I probably went out way too fast doing that,” Sutherland said.
Glen Lake’s course was set up to be a hilly challenge for runners going up and down the topography leading to a longer race.
“I was trying to go with the race and just not push too hard. There are so many hills, and I tried to not go out so hard that I die at the end,” Feeney said. “I think it was a really good last home meet.”
All local runners will be working on speed over the last month before regionals on Saturday, Oct. 28.
Glen Lake junior Liam McCaw finished sixth, and Lincoln Bailey finished 11th with times of 17:55 and 18:52.
Leland’s Evan Keen finished 12th, followed by freshman Campbell Fedderman in 16th.
A slew of Lakers finished 20th, 21st, 23rd, and 24th, including sophomore Britton Wheeler, Dexter Martin, Dean McKellar, and Miles Wright.
Leland’s Carter Suttmann finished 25th with a time of 20:42.
For the girl’s, Benzie freshman Avery Kelly won the girls competition with a time of 19:38, followed by Glen Lake freshman Carmella Julian in second with a time of 20:43.
Glen Lake senior Emily Alaimo finished sixth (22:08), while Leland sophomore Natalie Burpee finished 10th with a time of 22:32.
Laker freshmen Alayna Ottenbacher and Lili Migazzi finished back-to-back in 13th and 14th. Glen Lake senior Jessie Pugh and Leland senior Alyssa Korson rounded out 26th and 28th.
Veterans Serving Veterans Invitational
Glen Lake’s Abraham Feeney put on a show Saturday at the Veterans Serving Veterans Invitational in Cadillac, where he finished third in a 150-runner field with a time of 16:53. Liam McCaw also showed out with a 17:24, finishing 11th.
The Lakers finished fifth, and Lake Leelanau St. Mary finished 14th out of the 16-team field.
Glen Lake’s Carmella Julian finished ninth in the 100-runner field with a time of 21:03. Lake Leelanau St. Mary’s Claire Couturier finished 27th with a time of 22:23.
Other finishers: 26. Lincoln Bailey 31. Cody Couturier 34. Daniel Chaney 60. Dean McKellar 61. Britton Wheeler 72. Garrick Collins 74. Dexter Martin 82. Cason Adams Girls results: 33. Alayna Ottenbacher 38. Lili Migazzi 54. Jacqueline Hearne 74. Muriel Korson 86. Jessica Grant 93. Robin Lane Glen Lake eighth-grader Spencer McNitt took home first in the two-mile middle school race with a time of 11:38, along with Christian Feeney and Max Wassa finishing third and 13th in the 200-runner event. Glen Lake finished third overall, behind TC West and TC East.
