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MIDLAND - Alpena High School junior Xander Allen continued his strong season Saturday, winning the boys' race at the Dow Chargers Cross Country Invitational at Northwood University with a time of 15:47.5.
The Wildcats' boys finished tied for third with Traverse City West at 104 points in a seven-team field. Troy won the team title with 31 points, followed by host Midland Dow (69). Mount Pleasant was fifth (110), Midland sixth (132) and Bay City Western seventh (153).
Allen's victory was his fifth first-place finish of the season. He also has two seconds and a fourth. Junior Logan Szumila was the second Wildcat finisher in 16:31.8. Other Alpena boys times included Jude Krey (17:59.3), Harrison McKay (17:59.9), Milo Dahleen (18:15.0), Joel Kaiser (19:12.6), Damion Moore (19:18.0), Matthew Kowalski (19:48.9), Bradyn Hiza (21:03.7) and Tyler Suszek (22:39.7). The race covered 5,000 meters.
On the girls' side, freshman Hailey Schultz led Alpena with a personal-best 21:11.3 and a top 20 finish. The Wildcats placed eighth of eight teams with 183 points. Midland Dow won the team title with 46 points, followed by Marian of Bloomfield Hills (56) and Troy (93).
Other Alpena girls' times included Gracelyn Heath (21:57.2), Ava Karsten (22:50.8), Madison Srebnik (23:53.2), Lexi Gembel (24:53.6) and Clara Belle Orban (25:36.2). The girls' race was also 5,000 meters.