- The Lely boys warming up.
The home team was well represented at the MIA Rays Invitational cross-country meet, on a muggy Saturday morning at Mackle Park. The MIA boys team finished third, behind Dunbar and Naples in the nine-team boys’ field.
Lely finished seventh in the boys’ competition. MIA’s Kevin Barry finished fourth overall with a time of 17:56. The overall winner was Dunbar’s Ogler Bartolon with a time of 17.16. MIA’s Johnny Watt finished ninth overall with a time of 18:18. Jose Sanchez-Sanchez was Lely’s top finisher at 14 with a time of 18:31.
- Photos by Scott H. Shook | MIA’s Kevin Barry finished fourth in the boys’ field.
- MIA’s Johnny Watt is slightly behind Naples’ Hector Toro at this point, but ended up ninth overall, two places ahead of Toro.
On the girls’ side, Lely finished third in the six-team field, behind Naples and Donahue Academy. MIA had three individual female finishers.
Lily Burke of Donahue Academy was the overall winner at 21:04. Wendy Saynes Ruiz was MIA’s top finisher, with an 11th place finish at 22:44. MIA’s Kathryn Barry finished 22nd at 23:56 and Yessenia Martinez finished 29th at 25:15.
- Lely’s Sophia Friedhoff.
- MIA’s Yessenia Martinez.
For Lely, Celina Alber finished 12th overall at 22:52. Lely’s Cayley McCloskey finished 16th at 23:14 and Maria DeClercq finished 17th at 23:36. Alexandra Ditheridge finished 19th at 23:43. Sophia Friedhoff finished 27th at 24:48, Eileen Poling finished 35th at 25:57 and Janneczka Hernandez finished 37th at 26:07.
Other MIA boys’ finishers were Tony Castillo, 15th at 18:34, John Boxma, 41st at 20:33, Gabriel Tschida, 51st at 21:29, Shamus Coyle 52nd at 21:32 and Kaleb Chamerlin 54th at 21:37.
- Lely’s Maria Declercq and Alexandra Ditheridge.
- Lely’s Celina Alber finished 12th overall.
- MIA’s John Boxma.
Additional boy finishers for Lely were Antonio Zavala, 32nd at 19:54, Armando Najera, 35th at 20:05, Brandon Diaz-Diaz, 44th at 20:56, Benjamin Stamas-Sanzera, 45th at 21:21, Darwin Mancera, 46th 21:22, Giovanny Villasenor, 48th at 21:24, Gregory Joseph, 57th at 21:53, Michael Distel 61st at 22:18 and Samuel Nemeth 70th at 24:03.
Both the boys and girls ran 5,000 meters.
- MIA’s Kaleb Chamberlin and Lely’s Giovanny Villasenor in the MIA Rays Invitational.
- MIA’s Kathryn Barry and Village School’s Mylee Vandewouw.
- MIA’s Tony Castillo finished 15th overall.
- MIA’s Wendy Saynes Ruiz finished 11th overall.
Leave a Reply