Welcome to the 19th annual Gabriel Richard Cross Country Invitational
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We wish to thank all those who helped to make this year's Gabriel Richard Invitational a great success! We had over 740 varisty runners compete this year from 117 teams representing 64 schools with 17 teams ranked in their divisions.
The race was held at the beautiful Hudson Mills Metropark. The park is located along the Huron River and features ample parking and easy access from US-23 and North Territorial.

Saturday's weather was absolutely spectacular for the spectators but a bit on the warm side for the runners. Conditions were ideal for the Division II races with early morning temperatures near 60 degrees. As the day progressed, temperatures rose quickly to the mid 70's under bright sunny skies and only a light-cooling breeze.

The premier race of the day was the Division III women featuring the top 3 ranked schools in the state. Defending champion Hillsdale, placing 6 runners in the top 20, edged Goodrich 40-41 with Grand Rapids West Catholic taking 3rd place. Goodrich's Kayla O'Mara claimed first in 19:06. Defending D4 state champion Greenhills, minus 2 top runners, stepped up a division and placed a strong 4th with Katie Olson having a breakthrough race finishing 3rd in 19:24. In the men's race first time participant, Grand Rapids West Catholic placed all 7 runners in the top 16 to win the division. Hillsdale used a 1-2 finish to take 2nd with Josh Perrin smoking the course in 15:47, nearly 1 minute ahead of teammate R.P. White.

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Map of the course
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For the second straight year, D2 Dexter stepped up a division to compete against the 'big boys' in Division I and claimed the championship. Saline and Milford, resting some of their 'big guns', placed 2nd and 3rd. Dexter looks poised to win a 2nd state championship. Saline's Dustin Voss used a 2nd half surge to pull away from Milford's Dan Derusha to win with the day's fastest time of 15:31. His strong performance bodes well for Dustin as the winner of this race each of the past two years has gone on to win the state championship. In the women's race Davison's Lisa Senakiewich repeated as champion. Lisa charged out to an early lead and never looked back. Saline won handily over Churchill, Milford and Clarkston with all resting many of their top athletes.

In D4 look out for Southfield Christian who captured both races. Megan Carter of Southfield Christian won the women's race and her team showed great depth by placing 4 in the Top 10. Vandercook Lake's Adam Sprangel repeated as men's champion. The Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard women took second place without one of their top runners who was out with an injury.

Kelsey Devereaux of Jackson Northwest posted the fastest women's time of the day in winning the Division II race in 19:00. The Milan program has made great improvement under Coach Steve Porter and nosed out Dexter and Chelsea to win the women's team title. In a very tight men's team race, Chelsea edged first time participant Crestwood, Marshall, Orchard Lake St. Mary's and Lincoln to win. Crestwood's Jon Hans was the individual champion.

The complete varisty race results for all races are as follows:

Division I Men

Division I Women

Division II Men

Division II Women

Division III Men

Division III Women

Division IV Men

Division IV Women

Race Statistics

Number of Runners
Div Boys Girls Total
I 139 102 241
II 124 112 236
III 62 59 121
IV 76 67 143
Total 401 340 741

Number of Teams
Div Boys Girls Total
I 20 16 36
II 18 17 35
III 10 11 21
IV 13 12 25
Total 61 56 117
 

Again thanks to all the teams who helped make this year successful. We hope that you can all make it back again for next year's Invitational.

Rick Griffin
Gabriel Richard H. S. Booster Club
2845 Lakehurst Lane
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-1293

Phone (day): (313) 322-0760
Mobile: (313) 220-2527
Evening: (734) 663-0795

FAX: (734) 663-0795 or (313) 323-0559

E-Mail:rgriffin@comcast.net or rgriffi2@ford.com

Please note that I serve as Meet Director in a voluntary capacity and the postal and E-Mail addresses and phone/FAX numbers listed above are my personal home or work numbers. Please address all correspondence to me using them. You may also send mail directly to the school's Athletic Director, Mr. Ed Maloney at:
Fr. Gabriel Richard High School
530 Elizabeth St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104.