Milford High School Cross Country

Carl Richardson busted out a new school record of 16:24 to place fourth overall, while Molly Bliss finished runner-up with a stellar 19:36 -- just 10 seconds off a school record as the Bucs crushed times at the Tidewater Classic on a rainy, overcast Wednesday afternoon in Salisbury, Md.

The girls earned a third-place trophy out of 22 teams, while the boys finished as the top Delaware team and 5th of 23 teams overall. Alexis Groce (20:44) and Kelsey Cabrera (20:44) added top 10 individual trophies, while Taiwan Savage and Steve Eshelman moved up on the MHSCC All-time Fastest 5K list.

Mike Doughty broked into the 17s for the first time, while Josh Johnson came up big as the boys' No. 5 man with a killer 18:41. Stef Clendaniel and Shai Sefiane surged into the 22s to close out the girls' scorers.

Meanwhile, Amy Wilson, Kari Elzey, Jesse McCormick and James Hagen rounded out the varsities with career times. In all, 31 Bucs smashed career-best times, and another 14 ran to season bests.

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Molly Bliss raced to a career-best 20:02 to set a new high school home course record as the girls shut down Lake Forest, 15-47, Monday at Milford Millponds Nature Preserve. Meanwhile, Carl Richardson knocked out a 17:03 to move just 8 seconds off the home course record as the boys topped Lake, 15-50.

Kelsey Cabrera moved to No. 10 on the course list with a 21:40, while Alexis Groce, Stef Clendaniel, Shai Sefiane, Amy Wilson and Kari Elzey closed out the varsity 7. Lydia Cole, Dina Sefiane, Kristen Schulze, Taylor Hoey, Shekinah Brown, Morgan Fitzgerald-Lorah, Maria Valdez, Emily Alvarado and Patricia Gonzales added career times.

Josh Johnson and Jeremy Harper highlighted the boys' varsity with personal bests, while Taiwan Savage, Steve Eshelman, Mike Doughty and Jesse McCormick rounded out the top 7. Trevor Maloney, Chandler Benson-Reid, Rob Clendaniel and Blaeij Sainsume added career-bests.

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Boys
Milford 15, Lake Forest 50

At Milford Millponds Nature Preserve (5K). 1. Carl Richardson, M, 17:03, 2. Taiwan Savage, M, 18:40, 3. Steve Eshelman, M, 18:47, 4. Mike Doughty, M, 19:24, 5. Tyler Shelton,?LF, 19:41, 6. Jeremy Harper, M, 20:40, 7. Josh Johnson, M, 20:40, 8. Jesse McCormick, M, 20:51, 9. James Hagen, M, 21:26, 10. Trevor Maloney, M, 21:35, 11. Evan Becker, M, 21:40, 12. Derek Munce, M, 21:45, 13.Ryan Thomas, M, 21:53, 14. Jeremy Morgan, M, 21:53, 15. Mike Dunn, M, 22:32, 16. Stanley Warrington, M, 22:52, 17. Al Bundschuh, LF, 23:19, 18. Chandler Benson-Reid, M, 23:19. 19. Frank Clendening, M, 23:33, 20. David McCormick, M, 23:36, 21. Dawan Smith, M, 23:36, 22. Jacob Blunt, M, 23:51, 23. Rob Clendaniel, M, 23:56, 24. Kenny Barlow, M, 24:03, 25. Caleb Primos, M, 24:19, 26. Cory Morris, M, 25:03, 27. Jevon Harper, M, 27:34, 28. Blaeij Sainsume, M, 31:54. MHS 3-0.

Girls
Milford 15, Lake Forest 47

At Milford Millponds Nature Preserve (5K). 1. Molly Bliss, M, 20:02, 2. Kelsey Cabrera, M, 21:40, 3. Alexis Groce, M, 22:11, 4. Stefanie Clendaniel, M, 23:49, 5. Shaimae Sefiane, M, 23:49, 6. Amy Wilson, M, 23:54, 7. Taylor Rosser, LF, 24:00, 8. Ashley Mogle, LF, 24:15, 9. Devyn Lozzi, LF, 24:32, 10. Kari Elzey, M, 25:37, 11. Lydia Cole, M, 25:41, 12. Marisa Guallpa, LF, 26:35, 13. Dina Sefiane, M, 27:09, 14. Sarah Holbruner, M, 27:20, 15. Annie Breeding, LF, 27:27, 16. Taylor Hoey, M, 27:42, 17. Tyesha Bowman, M, 27:42, 18. Kristen Schulze, M, 27:44, 19. Shekinah Brown, M, 28:32, 20. Lauriel Robertson, M, 28:50, 21. Maria Medlarz, M, 28:50, 22. Jessica Downes, M, 28:58, 23. Morgan Fitzgerald-Lorah, M, 29:28, 24. Emily Alvarado, M, 29:37, 25. Mia Fabres-Parker, M, 29:42, 26. Morgan Parsley, M, 30:02, 27. Shanice Butler, M, 31:49, 28. Maria Valdez, M, 31:53, 29. Amanda Cates, M, 32:13, 30. Madeleiny Corporan, M, 32:36, 31. Patricia Gonzales, M, 33:36, 32. Emily Marconi, M, 34:31, 33. Khila Hughes, M, 37:06. MHS 2-0.

One of the team’s senior captains, Elzey has worked hard to tranform herself into a much improved runner for 2010. On a hot, humid day last week, she remained focused, running her fastest 5K ever — a 26:28 in a home course time trial — which was good enough for the top 7.

 Hagen, a rookie, has done a nice job working with a veteran group of teammates in practice. He has steadily challenged himself to get better and pulled off the payoff last week by moving into the top 7 for the first time in his career. The team’s No. 6 man aided a key win vs. Woodbridge.

 After joining the team a little later in preseason, Fitzgerald-Lorah has begun to get in shape and move up the depth chart in her rookie season. She put together an outstanding run last week on a hot, humid day by shaving nearly a minute off her career best with a 30:29.

Boys
Milford 15, Woodbridge 48

At Milford Millponds Nature Preserve (5K). 1. Carl Richardson, M, 17:23, 2. Taiwan Savage, M, 19:03, 3. Steve Eshelman, M, 19:32, 4. Mike Doughty, M, 19:37, 5. Josh Johnson, M, 21:12, 6. Andrew Solomon, W, 21:50, 7. James Hagen, M, 21:53, 8. Mike Dunn, M, 22:00, 9. Derek Munce, M, 22:01, 10. Jesse McCormick, M, 22:13, 11. Ryan Thomas, M, 22:18, 12. Willie Davis, W, 22:21, 13. Jeremy Morgan, M, 22:49, 14. Evan Becker, M, 23:09, 15. Jeremy Harper, M, 23:25, 16. Aidid Watts, W, 23:34, 17. Trevor Maloney, M, 23:48, 18. Frank Clendening, M, 24:23, 19. David McCormick, M, 24:28, 20. Rob Clendaniel, M, 24:38, 21. Stanley Warrington, M, 24:44, 22. Caleb Primos, M, 24:53, 23. Chandler Benson-Reid, M, 24:55, 24. Kenny Barlow, M, 25:12, 25. Jacob Blunt, M, 26:51, 26. Dawan Smith, M, 26:53, 27.Cory Morris, M, 27:07, 28. Jevon Harper, M, 27:10, 29. Blake Tuttle, M, 27:52, 30. Stephen Holston, W, 29:50, 31. Reilly Ortiz, W, 30:01, 32. Tyler Mathis, W, 30:07, 33. Cole Hallman, M, 31:12, 34. Blaeij Sainsume, M, 35:32. MHS 2-0.

Woodbridge girls did not field a team.