Milford High School Cross Country

Kolobielski, a varsity hockey standout by trade, closed out her two-year stint with MHSCC with an outstanding postseason, first sprinting to a Killens-best 20:38 to place fourth in counties and then racing to the all-Henlopen first team. She placed 31st in DII states.

  Griffith closed out her four-year career as the team’s No. 6 runner in the state meet. The senior captain had a solid season overall, running a career-best 22:24 earlier in the season to place among the fastest senior runners at MHS over the past 12 seasons.

Despite fighting sickness during his final week, Gibbs rebounded with a strong sprint to make the Top 40 in the Div. II state championship Saturday at Killens Pond. He had opened the postseason with a career-best 17:31 to place 4th in the Kent County championship.

 Sefiane made two break-through performances this past week as the team’s No. 5 runner. She burst out with a career-best 23:11 on Tuesday at counties before rallying with a 23:46 on Saturday, each time rounding out the team’s top 5 scoring pack.

Holbruner, a three-year veteran, made a big jump in the postseason, shaving over a minute off her career-best time. She surged to a 24:25 Tuesday at counties before getting even faster at conferences on Saturday with a career-best 24:18.

Johnson, a rookie senior, has done a fine job making the transition from the track. In both the county and conference meets this past week, he ran his best time at Killens Pond -- a 19:35, good enough for a medal and the first alternate spot for the state meet team.

 Eshelman has once again made great strides in his second season on the cross country team. He busted out a career-best 18:04 to make the county’s top 10 runners and then followed up with a second-team performance in the Henlopen Conference championship.

 Cartwright has been steadily consistent throughout his freshman season and appears poised for future success. He wrapped up last week with two sub-21 runs at Killens, including a course-best 20:28 Saturday to earn an alternate spot for states..

The boys scored a one-point win over runner-up CR to claim their first team title since 1989 at the Henlopen Conference Championship meet Saturday at Killens Pond State Park. Senior co-captain Patrick Helmick became the first MHS male in the history of the Henlopen Conference to win the individual cross country title, surging to a Killens-best 16:49.

Carl Richardson (7th) ran a 17:41 to make first-team all-conference, while Taiwan Savage (8th) and Steve Eshelman (13th) made the second team. Mike Doughty rounded out the top 5 by just missing Hon. Mention. Erik Gibbs and Nick Albert rounded out the varsity.

Meanwhile, Molly Bliss (6th) and Sara Kolobielski (7th) reached the all-conference first team to lead the girls to a third-place team finish behind Cape Henlopen and Sussex Tech. Alexis Groce (11th) made the second-team, while Stef Clendaniel (19th) made Hon. Mention. Shai Sefiane, Alexis Guzman and Kacie Jackson rounded out the varsity.

Jessica Griffith won the junior varsity race, while Sarah Holbruner, Karrie Herrman and Kim Richardson scored Top 10 medals. Mike Johnson also placed third for a medal in the boys JV race.

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Sophomore Molly Bliss ran a career-best 20:16 to win the individual Kent County title and also help the girls claim their first team championship since 1994 Tuesday at Killens Pond State Park.

Teammate Alexis Groce finished runner-up, just three seconds behind Bliss with a 20:19 -- the fastest time ever recorded by an MHS freshman, while senior Sara Kolobielski ran a Killens-best 20:53 to place fourth. Sophomores Stef Clendaniel (13th) and Shai Sefiane (20th) ran bests to round out the team's scorers.

 Meanwhile, the boys got eked out of a championship, tying front-running CR, 31-31, before losing the 6th-man tie-breaker by seven seconds. Patrick Helmick finished runner-up overall, while Erik Gibbs (4th), Carl Richardson (7th), Taiwan Savage (8th) and Steve Eshelman (10th) each ran bests to make the All Kent-County team.

Nick Albert, David McCormick, Sarah Holbruner and Morgan Parsley each added career-best times as well.

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