Milford High School Cross Country

 After overcoming numerous leg injuries during her rookie season in ‘08, Elzey has been extra-committed to making a healthy turnaround. She continued to keep alive a streak of perfect attendance with several strong practices this past week as she edged closer to the varsity.

Munce, in his rookie season, has quietly improved throughout the season after a solid rookie debut on the track in the spring. He moved into the team’s top 14 runners Wednesday by improving his Killens Pond best by over a minute from earlier in the season.

Patrick Helmick and Molly Bliss led the way as the boys and girls swept through Lake Forest and Indian River Wednesday at Killens Pond State Park. The boys finished the regular season at 11-1 overall, 9-1 in the conference, while the girls went 9-2, 8-2.

 Nick Albert ran a career-best to break onto the varsity, while J.C. Schwind and Shai Sefiane also posted career-best times.

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Albert, in his rookie season, has steadily edged closer to a varsity spot throughout the season. In his most recent race, he ran his best home-course time with a 19:35, which proved good enough to earn him the No. 8 spot on the team.

  Guzman has consistently improved during her rookie season and made a big surge toward the varsity over the past weeks. She scored a career-best 23:30 at home Wednesday, moving up to the team’s No. 6 finisher on varsity.

Patrick Helmick, Erik Gibbs, Carl Richardson and Taiwan Savage took the top four spots to lead the boys to three lop-sided wins versus Cape Henlopen, Sussex Central and Delmarva Christian Wednesday at Milford Millponds Nature Preserve.

Meanwhile, Molly Bliss and Alexis Groce ran their fastest home course times to pace the girls to a shut out win of Sussex Central.  Unfortunately, the girls lost a tough one to Cape Henlopen, 23-36.

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Savage turned it up a notch last week to make a serious impact on the varsity scoring. He busted out his best home course time by nearly a minute on Wednesday and then followed that with his first stint in the 17s with a 17:56 as the team’s No. 3 runner at Bellevue.

 After fighting through sickness during the first half of the season, Clendaniel has gotten back to her speedy self with strong runs as the team’s No. 4 runner last week. After a home course best on Wednesday, she finished with a season-best 22:29 at Bellevue Friday.

Helmick, a four-year veteran, reached a pair of standout milestones last week. First, the team’s frontrunner posted his home course record of 16:55 before surging to a school-record 16:31 at the Joe O’Neill Invitational at Bellevue on a cold, rainy Friday.