Milford High School Cross Country

 Doughty, a 3-year varsity vet, has made it a point to be a key member of the team’s stellar top four this season. His dedicated workouts and inspired racing has established in the presence of an elite group as his 17:43 at Bellevue placed him No. 17 on the MHSCC All-time Fastest 5K list.

 Cabrera has scored a spectacular rookie season so far, securing a spot in the girls’ stellar top 3 in each race this season. In her most recent week, Cabrera established a pair of lofty milestones by setting the freshman home course record (20:55) and then freshman school record (20:17).

Kelsey Cabrera set a new freshman school 5K record (20:17 -- No. 7 all-time) while Alexis Groce (20:07 -- No. 6 all-time) and Stef Clendaniel (21:21 -- No. 10 all-time) also moved up on the MHSCC Fastest 5K list as the girls finished 7th out of 33 teams Friday at the Joe O'Neill Invitational at Bellevue State Park.

Meanwhile, Steve Eshelman ran the 6th fastest MHSCC 5K time ever with a 17:06 and Mike Doughty added a 17:43 (No. 16 all-time) as the boys finished 11th of 35 teams.

Overall, Jeremy Harper, Jesse McCormick, James Hagen, Mike Dunn and Trevor Maloney broke into the 19s for career-best times, while Andrew Eshelman, Ryan Thomas, Rob Clendaniel, Jacob Blunt, Cory Morris, Chandler Benson-Reid and Blake Tuttle also added career-bests.

For the girls, Shai Sefiane, Kari Elzey (first time in the 23s!), Lydia Cole, Kristen Schulze, Jessica Downes, Morgan Fitzgerald-Lorah, Katie Zang, Amanda Cates, Madeleiny Corporan, Maria Valdez and Patricia Gonzales each scored bests!

Carl Richardson and Molly Bliss led the Bucs with solid times, while Taiwan Savage and Josh Johnson also ran well to round out the varsity finishers.

Also, a big congrats goes out to Homecoming Queen Sarah Holbruner who represented the cross country team with pride!

Boys varsity
11th of 35 teams

Carl Richardson 16:55, Steve Eshelman 17:06, Taiwan Savage 17:39, Mike Doughty 17:43, Josh Johnson 19:05, James Hagen 19:29, Jeremey Harper 19:35.

Boys JV
9th of 26 teams

Mike Dunn 19:30, Trevor Maloney 19:43, Jesse McCormick 19:51, Andrew Eshelman 20:03, Ryan Thomas 20:14, Rob Clendaniel 20:39, Derek Munce 21:13, Frank Clendening 21:18, Jeremy Morgan 21:31, Jacob Blunt 22:05, Cory Morris 22:18, Chandler Benson-Reid 22:23, David McCormick 22:45, Kenny Barlow 22:46, Caleb Primos 23:23, Blake Tuttle 24:48, Jevon Harper 25:19.

Girls varsity
7th of 33 teams

Molly Bliss 19:40, Alexis Groce 20:07, Kelsey Cabrera 20:17, Stefanie Clendaniel 21:21, Shaimae Sefiane 22:15, Amy Wilson 23:10, Lydia Cole 23:55.

Girls JV
9th of 20 teams

Kari Elzey 23:49, Kristen Schulze 24:18, Jessica Downes 25:30, Morgan Fitzgerald-Lorah 26:21, Katie Zang 28:03, Amanda Cates 28:36, Maria Valdez 29:35, Madeleiny Corporan 30:11, Patricia Gonzales 30:25, Nancy Wilson 34:08.

Boys
Caesar Rodney 25, Milford 31
Milford 15, Smyrna 48
Caesar Rodney 15, Smyrna 50

At Milford Millponds Nature Preserve (5K). 1. Carl Richardson, M, 16:56, 2.Jimmy Simmons, CR, 17:08, 3. Terrell Oliver, CR, 17:25, 4. Brendan Horne, CR, 17:43, 5. Steve Eshelman, M, 17:57, 6. Taiwan Savage, M, 18:01, 7. Patrick Galluci, CR, 18:05, 8. Mike Doughty, M, 18:11, 9. Julian Rich, CR, 18:23, 10. Sam Phillips, CR, 18:41, 11. Josh Johnson, M, 18:51, 12. Austin Virdin, CR, 19:33, 13. Bryce Stevenoski, CR, 19:34, 14. Cody Herrmann, CR, 19:50, 15. Korbin Tinsley, CR, 19:54, 16. Ben Wattay, S, 19:54, 17. Jeremy Harper, M, 20:07, 18. Emmanuel Morris, CR, 20:13, 19. James Hagen, M, 20:20, 20. Alexis Cazin, S, 20:23, 21. Jeremy Morgan, M, 20:25, 22. Julius Rich, CR, 20:27, 23. Trevor Maloney, M, 20:28, 24. Mike Dunn, M, 20:29, 25. Ryan Thomas, M, 20:31, 26. Ray Ward, CR, 20:36, 27. Tyler Pritt, S, 20:38, 28. Jesse McCormick, M, 20:43, 29. James LeBeau, S, 20:46, 30. Joe Tegtmeier, CR, 20:50, 31. Frank Clendening, M, 20:57, 32. Brandon Yearick, CR, 20:58, 33. Gabe Wojnaowski, S, 21:12, 34. Zach Pearson, CR, 21:18, 35. Derek Munce, M, 21:26, 36. Seth Elmer, CR, 21:31, 37. Preston Demarreau, CR, 21:39, 38. David Hershberger, S, 21:41, 39. Joe Sironen, CR, 21:42, 40. Jake Hughes, S, 21:51, 41. Alex Stubbolo, S, 21:55, 42. Stanley Warrington, M, 22:09, 43. Jacob Blunt, M, 22:10, 44. Rob Clendaniel, M, 22:12, 45. Zac LeBeau, CR, 22:16, 46. Dawan Smith, M, 22:32, 47. Cory Morris, M, 22:36, 48. Chandler Benson-Reid, M, 22:37, 49. Gary Willis, CR, 22:50, 50. David McCormick, M, 22:52, 51. Kenny Barlow, M, 23:06, 52. Caleb Primos, M, 23:11, 53. Andrew Thomkins, CR, 24:21, 54. Tyler McMurray, CR, 24:22, 55. Jacob Septer, S, 24:30, 56. Dustin Dankanyin, CR, 24:33, 57. Jevon Harper, M, 24:36, 58. Alex Anderson, CR, 24:38, 59. Robert Onufrovich, CR, 25:25, 60. Blake Tuttle, M, 26:28, 61. Blaeij Sainsume, M, 27:21, 62. Alex Robinson, CR, 27:30, 63. Kurt Anderson, CR, 27:57, 64. Eric Morris, S, 29:12, 65. Mike Hollingsworth, M, 30:43. MHS 6-1.

Girls
Milford 20, Caesar Rodney 38
Milford 20, Smyrna 36
Smyrna 25, Caesar Rodney 30

At Milford Millponds Nature Preserve (5K). 1. Molly Bliss, M, 20:21, 2. Kelsey Cabrera, M, 20:55, 3. Karly Jones, CR, 21:03, 4. Alexis Groce, M, 21:19, 5. Maura Hosslar, S, 21:27, 6. Leah Wells, CR, 21:49, 7. Stefanie Clendaniel, M, 21:59, 8. Tori Vickers, S, 22:21, 9. Erin Cole, S, 22:46, 10. Emilee Virdin, S, 22:48, 11. Shaimae Sefiane, M, 22:52, 12. Amanda Seiwell, CR, 22:55, 13. Amy W?ilson, M, 23:24, 14. Deaetta Grinnage, S, 23:46, 15. Jackie Mihok, CR, 23:51, 16. Lydia Cole, M, 23:56, 17. Alexa Andaya, CR, 24:03, 18. Kari Elzey, M, 24:18, 19. Shannon Meyer, CR, 24:19, 20. Natalie Swierzbinski, CR, 24:27, 21. Marciana Green, CR, 24:28, 22. Jaimey Rouse, M, 24:56, 23. Tyesha Bowman, M, 24:56, 24. Maura Linden, S, 24:58, 25. Sarah Holbruner, M, 25:32, 26. Tatiana Gutka, CR, 26:07, 27. Kristen Schulze, M, 26:15, 28.Taylor Hoey, M, 26:15, 29. Brittany Hoffman, S, 26:16, 30. Elizabeth Dorton, CR, 26:41, 31. Jessica Downes,?M, 26:54, 32. Lexi LeBeau, CR, 27:03, 33. Maria Medlarz, M, 27:36, 34. Shekinah Brown, M, 27:36, 35. Gerti Wilson, S, 27:38, 36. Mia Fabres-Parker, M, 27:42, 37. Morgan Fitzgerald-Lorah, M, 27:53, 38. Brianna Talkington, M, 28:02, 39. Ashley Ferris, S, 28:06, 40. Nia Fortier, CR, 28:10, 41. Bridgett Carow, S, 28:21, 42. Morgan Parsley, M, 28:29, 43. Emily Alvarado, M, 28:55, 44. Lauriel Robertson, M, 29:28, 45. Amanda Cates, M, 30:21, 46. Katie Zang, M, 30:30, 47. Tabitha Wojnarowski, S, 30:37, 48. Alli Hall, S, 30:40, 49. Patricia Gonzales, M, 31:10, 50. Maria Valdez, M, 31:37, 51. Shanice Butler, M, 31:51, 52. Madeleiny Corporan, M, 32:50, 53. Emily Marconi, M, 33:24, 54. Jenna Ordway, CR, 33:27. MHS 6-0.

Molly Bliss led the way and Stef Clendaniel nearly reached the all-time fastest list with a career-best 21:59 as the girls improved to 6-0 with wins over CR and Smyrna in Wednesday's home finale. Meanwhile, Carl Richardson paced the boys who took a tough first loss to CR, 25-31; they handled Smyrna, though, to move to 6-1 for the season.

Steve Eshelman, Taiwan Savage, Mike Doughty and Josh Johnson added course-best times to round out the top five scorers, while Jeremy Harper and James Hagen closed out the varsity. For the girls, Kelsey Cabrera, Alexis Groce and Shai Sefiane rounded out the top five, while Amy Wilson and Lydia Cole -- who broke into the 23s for the first time -- closed out the varsity.

Jeremy Morgan, Ryan Thomas, Jacob Blunt, Chandler Benson-Reid, Cory Morris, Mike Hollingsworth, Kari Elzey, Tyesha Bowman, Shekinah Brown, Mia Fabres-Parker and Patricia Gonzales scored career-bests. 

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