Chelsea Girl’s Cross Country Huron Invitational at Willow Metropark Sept. 8, 2018, cloudy very humid, slow course,78 degrees Girl’s Team Results Division 2-3-4 1 Chelsea 32 2 Tecumseh 35 3 Allen Park Cabrini 116 4 New Boston Huron 118 5 Adrian 144 17 teams Varsity 4 Allison Hughes 21:06 5 Natalie Davies 21:15 6 Riley Thorburn 21:21 7 Allison Hause 21:26 10 Morgan Kurth 21:42 15 Jacqueline Taylor 21:51 17 Natalie Gofton 21:57 18 Emily Chizek 21:58 24 Kate Gaiser 22:36 25 Thea Higgins 22:44 86 total runners JV 4 Myranda Montoye 23:18 21 Sydney Barnes 24:50 22 Kayla Sweeny 24:52 23 Haley Holm 25:10 27 Emily Strzyzewski 25:27 28 Sarah Kennings 25:31 37 Cedar Hughes 25:57 40 Katherine Eckland 26:09 48 Ella Ashe 26:31 55 Lillian Maynard 27:11 65 Kelsey Weinreich 27:34 72 Gretchen Kuras 27:57 147 TOTAL RUNNERS Coaches Comments( Pat Clarke ): “ We had a decent team effort today. We still need to get a better effort from our front-runners. We have to be tougher mentally to be a more competitive team. Senior Captains: Allison Hause, Allison Hughes, Natalie Gofton, and Jacqueline Taylor all had solid races. Sophomore Natalie Davies had another great race to place fifth.  We ran as a team and improved. In all, 10 runners that ran for us today on varsity won medals. We continue to improve, and we are getting stronger with each meet. We must get mentally tougher if we want to get better as the season progresses."

Chelsea Girl’s Cross Country Bath Invitational Sept. 8, 2018, cloudy cool, fast dry course,55 degrees ???????Team Results Division 2 1 Frankenmuth 88 2 Marshall 99 3 GR Forest Hills Eastern 120 4 Chelsea 122 5 St Louis 155 6 Goodrich 161 7 Linden 178 8 Fowlerville 182 9 AA Gabriel Richard 199 10 Armada 281 11 Olivet 283 12 Haslett 286 13 Lake Fenton 321 14 Williamston 369 15 Owosso 374 16 Lake Odessa Lakewood 462 17 Lansing Eastern Dnff 18 Lansing Sexton Dnff   Varsity 11 Riley Thorburn 20:20 19 Allison Hause 20:42 22 Allison Hughes 20:46 30 Natalie Davies 21:06 40 Natalie Gofton 21:29 45 Jacqueline Taylor 21:38 51 Emily Chizek 21:50 76 Kate Gaiser   22:30 78 Thea Higgins 22:37 83 Myranda Montoye 22:55   145 total runners                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Coaches Comments( Pat Clarke ): “ We had a great team effort in a very strong field at Bath. Seven of the teams in the field were at last year’s division 2 or division 3 state meets.”  Senior Captains: Allison Hause, Allison Hughes, Natalie Gofton, and Jacqueline Taylor all had outstanding races with each running season-best times. Sophomore Riley Thorburn had another great race to place 11th in leading our pack. Sophomore Natalie Davies, Junior Thea Higgins, Junior Emily Chizek, Junior Myranda Montoye, and Freshman Kate Gaiser all recorded season best times to complete a fine day for the Bulldogs.          “We ran as a team and improved our times. We ran with tired legs since we had a big SEC meet on Thursday. All of the 10 runners that ran for us today had PRs or were very close to a season best. The girls really showed their toughness today. I was very proud of their efforts. We continue to improve, and we are getting stronger with each meet. Hopefully, this trend will continue as the season progresses."  

Girls Cross-Country 1st SEC Jamboree, All-Division Girls   At Willow Metropark, New Boston 5000 meters, Sept. 6, 2018 Partly Sunny, fair course, 75 degrees                                                                                                   Team results 1 AA Pioneer 29 2            Saline 54 3 Pinckney 83 4 Ypsi Lincoln 159 5 AA Skyline 164 6           Chelsea 184 7 Tecumseh 204 8            Bedford   208 9           Jackson 208 10            Dexter 261 11           AA Huron 274 12            Monroe  322 13            Adrian 375 14           Ypsilanti 447     20 Riley Thorburn 20:18 32 Allison Hause 21:06 43 Natalie Davies 21:29 46 Allison Hughes 21:31 57 Natalie Gofton 21:51 60 Emily Chizek 21:55 61 Jacqueline Taylor 21:57 79 Kate Gaiser 22:51 81 Miranda Montoye 23:10   119 total runners                                                                                                JV 5 Morgan Kurth 21:54 16 Sarah Kennings 22:53 38 Sydney Barnes 24:09 51 Haley Holm 24:42 53 Kayla Sweeny 24:45 54 Katherine Eckland 24:53 56 Emily Strzyzewski 25:01 64 Alayna Seaberg 25:26 92 Ella Ashe 26:25 93 Cedar Hughes 26:25 94 Lilian Maynard 26:28 99 Kelsey Weinreich 26:50 142 Caitlin Dusenbury 29:49 143 Gretchen Kuras 29:50   173 total runners                     Coaches Comments (Pat Clarke): “We made some great progress toward our goals. We improved our team performances. Sophomore Riley Thorburn ran a great race to place 20th in a season-best time of 20:18. This was over a minute better than her previous time. The girls are working hard and getting better!”

Chelsea Girl’s Cross Country   Corunna Earlybird Invitational Aug 28, 2018, slow hilly course, muggy 89 degrees                                                                At Shiawassee Fairgrounds   Girl’s Team Results / Large Division 1 Flint Powers 52 2 Goodrich 70 3 Chelsea 74 4 Corunna 81 5 Clio 147 6 Lake Fenton 163 7 Almont 185 8 Alma 210 9 North Branch 217 10 Caro 276 Varsity 9 Riley Thorburn 21:35 11 Allison Hause 21:53 13 Natalie Davies 21:58 15 Emily Chizek 22:26 27 Thea Higgins 23:45 28 Myranda Montoye 23:48 31 Mallery Bee 23:59 32 Jacqueline Taylor 24:05 49 Kate Gaiser 25:08 55 Katherine Eckland 25:55 58 Natalie Gofton 26:02 59 Haley Holm 26:15 60 Kayla Sweeny   26:26 61 Alayna Seaberg 26:27 83 Ella Ashe 29:26 91 Kelsey Weinreich 30:54    93 Gretchen Kuras 31:02   109 runners in race     Coaches Comments( Pat Clarke ): “This was a good start for us. We had a number of girls who needed a meet to find out some things about racing on the varsity. I think they learned a lot about what it takes to run on the varsity. We have a lot of work to do if we want to be a competitive team.       Sophomore Riley Thorburn led the way for us placing 9th with a time of 21:35. Senior Captain Allison Hause ran a strong race to place eleventh at 21:53. Sophomore Natalie Davies ran a strong race to place 13th at 21:58. Finally, juniors Emily Chizek and Thea Higgins ran strong races to win their first varsity medals ever.       Five of our top seven were running their first varsity race ever. We were happy to perform as well as we did. We learned a lot about where we are and what we need to do. It was a good learning experience for the team. We will improve as the season progresses and hopefully get stronger for our next meet.”, Clarke concluded.

Girls’ Cross Country Michigan Center Relay-Aug  17, 2018 9 teams At Ella Sharp Park, Jackson 3100m grass hay bale relays 2nd Place Emily Chizek 13:24 Jacqueline Taylor 13:21 Allison Hause 12:25 Natalie Gofton 13:32 5th Place Riley Thorburn 12:49 Myranda Montoye 14:16 Natalie Davies 13:06 Thea Higgins 14:41 no place race halted Sarah Kennings 14:07 Haley Holm 14:32 Mallery Bee 13:59 Kayla Sweeny dnf   Coaches Comments (Pat Clarke): “We ran a good race for so early in the season. All of our varsity relay teams ran well. The race was halted before all the runners finished due to a thunderstorm. Senior Captain Allison Hause led the way for us with a fine time of 12:25. Sophomore Riley Thorburn had a fine time of 12:49. It was a very humid day, so times ran slowly for us. It was a great way to start the season.  We have been working very hard in practice this week. I was amazed that they ran as well as they did after that week of practice. We still have a long way to go to become the team we want to be.