Milford High School Cross Country

 Groce has followed up on an awesome rookie season with a similarly strong sophomore campaign. She raced to an All-Kent County finish Monday before earning a first-team All-Henlopen run of 20:17 (a Killens best for her) on Saturday, helping the girls team titles in each race.

 Johnson, in his rookie season with the cross country team, has made a smooth transition from sprints on the track. After making an immediate varsity impact this season, he scored a huge 2nd team all-Henlopen performance, running a career-best 18:03 as the team’s No. 5 man on Saturday.

Varsity girls
Milford  45, Sussex Tech 55, Caesar Rodney 86, Smyrna 100, Polytech 104, Cape Henlopen 108, Lake Forest 180, Seaford 253, Dover, Sussex Central, Indian River - incomplete.

3. Molly Bliss 20:03, 5. Alexis Groce 20:17, 8. Kelsey Cabrera 20:45, 13. Stef Clendaniel 21:37, 16. Shaimae Sefiane 22:02, 21. Amy Wilson 22:17, 48. Kari Elzey 25:20.

Junior varsity girls (Milford - 1st): 2. Tyesha Bowman 23:59, 3. Lydia Cole 24:00, 4. Maria Medlarz 24:21, 7. Taylor Hoey 24:39, 9. Sarah Holbruner 25:09, 10. Kristen Schulze 25:11, 11. Mia Fabres-Parker 25:18, 12. Morgan Fitzgerald-Lorah 25:45, 19. Shekinah Brown 27:34, 20. Shanice Butler 28:30, 21. Jessica Downes 28:44, 23. Bethany Mitzel 28:47, 24. Emily Marconi 29:01, 26. Katie Zang 29:27, 28. Amanda Cates 29:47, 29. Madeleiny Corporan 30:12, 31. Gretchen Vaughn 30:51, 33. Patricia Gonzales 31:31.

Varsity boys
Milford 30, Caear Rodney 52, Sussex Tech 81, Polytech 104, Dover 126, Cape Henlopen 152, Lake Forest 214, Smyrna 232, Indian River 234, Sussex Central 283, Seaford 322.

1. Carl Richardson 17:07, 3. Steve Eshelman 17:21, 6. Taiwan Savage 17:50, 7. Mike Doughty 17:54, 13. Josh Johnson 18:03, 22. Henry Phalen 18:37, 43. James Hagen 19:52.

Junior varsity boys (Milford - 1st): 3. Jeremy Harper 19:13, 8. Jeremy Morgan 19:25, 11. Andrew Eshelman 19:45, 15. Trevor Maloney 20:10, 20. Mike Dunn 20:27, 22. Ryan Thomas 20:46, 26. Jesse McCormick 20:50, 29. Rob Clendaniel 21:13, 32. Derek Munce 21:27, 34. Frank Clendening 21:41, 36. Cory Morris 21:53, 37. Chandler Benson-Reid 21:58, 41. Stanley Warrington 22:15, 42. Jacob Blunt 22:23, 47. Kenny Barlow 23:00, 54. Caleb Primos 23:56, 56. Jevon Harper 24:12, 63. Blake Tuttle 24:53, 64. Cole Hallman 25:33.

Boys

Caesar Rodney 34, Milford 42, Dover 70, Polytech 102, Smyrna 149, Lake Forest 166, St. Thomas More 177.

1. Carl Richardson 16:57, 4. Steve Eshelman 17:27, 7. Taiwan Savage 18:03, 11. Mike Doughty 18:21, 19. Josh Johnson 18:57, 25. Henry Phalen 19:28, 28. Mike Dunn 19:35, 31. James Hagen 19:48, 32. Jeremy Harper 19:51, 36. Andrew Eshelman 20:04, 49. Jeremy Morgan 20:32, 51. Trevor Maloney 20:35, 54. Frank Clendening 20:46, 59. Ryan Thomas 21:02, 62. Rob Clendaniel 21:18, 65. Dawan Smith 21:25, 68. Jesse McCormick 21:30, 78. Derek Munce 22:09, 80. Chandler Benson-Reid 22:15, 81. Jacob Blunt 22:18, 82. Cory Morris 22:23, 83. Stanley Warrington 22:30, 88. David McCormick 22:49, 92. Kenny Barlow 23:10, 93. Evan Becker 23:11, 95. Caleb Primos 23:22, 105. Jevon Harper 24:28, 108. Blaeij Sainsume 25:15, 111. Cole Hallman 25:19, 112. Blake Tuttle 26:20.

Girls

Milford 27, Caesar Rodney 51, Smyrna 76, Polytech 82, Lake Forest 128, St. Thomas More 161, Dover - INC.

1. Molly Bliss 19:55, 2. Kelsey Cabrera 20:30, 3. Alexis Groce 20:42, 10. Stef Clendaniel 21:51, 11. Shaimae Sefiane 21:55, 22. Amy Wilson 23:14, 32. Kari Elzey 24:51, 34. Maria Medlarz 25:05, 36. Taylor Hoey 25:12, 37. Sarah Holbruner 25:15, 38. Morgan Fitzgerald-Lorah 25:19, 39. Kristen Schulze 25:23, 46. Mia Fabres-Parker 26:11, 49. Jessica Downes 26:30, 56. Shekinah Brown 28:09, 58. Bethany Mitzel 28:29, 62. Lauriel Robertson 29:32, 63. Shanice Butler 29:33, 64. Amanda Cates 29:55, 67. Emily Marconi 30:23, 68. Gretchen Vaughn 30:37.

Molly Bliss (19:55) and the MHSCC girls successfully defended their Kent County titles Monday at Killens Pond State Park. Kelsey Cabrera (2nd), Alexis Groce (3rd), Stef Clendaniel (10th) and Shaimae Sefiane (11th) each made All-county as the girls scored just 27 points.

Meanwhile, Carl Richardson ran a 16:57 to become the second MHSCC male ever to win the Kent County individual title. Steve Eshelman (4th), Taiwan Savage (7th) and Mike Doughty (11th) each earned All-county status. Josh Johnson, Henry Phalen and Mike Dunn rounded out the varsity, while Blaeij Sainsume ran a career-best, and Cole Hallman added a season-best.

For the girls, Amy Wilson and Kari Elzey rounded out the varsity seven, while Maria Medlarz, Morgan Fitzgerald-Lorah, Mia Fabres-Parker, Shanice Butler, Emily Marconi and Gretchen Vaughn ran career-bests. Bethany Mitzel added a season-best.

Overall, 41 Bucs ran their fastest time ever at Killens Pond.

Click on the above headline to get all the MHSCC times.

 In her final season, Medlarz has proven to make her final few meets count as she has steadily dropped her times of late. In a key defeat of Cape Henlopen Wednesday, Medlarz nearly reached 24s for the first time by running a career-best 25:10.

 Hoey has put together a strong rookie season with a quiet work ethic that has gotten her closer and closer to the varsity seven. On a rainy, stormy Wednesday last week, she busted out a career-best 25:04. She appears poised for future success.

 Morgan has been a key member of one of the deepest freshmen groups to join MHSCC in recent years. He has run in the 19s in consecutive races and has an excellent chance to move onto the Bloom Top 10 freshman list as postseason approaches.