Milford High School Cross Country

Ol' Bloomie ran well (16th overall - 21:08), but placed 10 seconds out of prize contention Saturday at the Kent County Parks & Rec 5K at Killens Pond State Park. Uncle Vern paced the Special Saucers with an 8th-place finish 19:47, good enough for a trophy. Special Sauce Insider congratulates Wesley CCer Matt Lindell on his fifth-place finish at 18:42 -- just behind CR's Jed Mountz (that's right, behind). MHS alum Ben Wynne (a little beat up from a backyard football game) finished a few spots behind Bloomie with a 22:14, while MHSCC mom Kim Short cruised to her career-best 27:45 with a little pace help from MHSCCer Mallory Littleton (28:14). Seventh-grader Ryan Christie donned his Buccaneer jacket with pride surging to a trophy finish with a 25:34. Maybe we'll see him donning the MHSCC threads in a couple years. Great work! Plenty of local runners made the run, including CC alum mom Kathy Kunkle, Milford rez Gifford King, and a group of CR and Lake runners. Race wins went to Leslie Wright (17:30) and Angie Brown (21:05).