Milford High School Cross Country

A big thank you goes out to the 250-plus folks who participated in the Milford High School Cross Country Boosters 10th annual Reindeer Stampede 5K run/walk held Saturday, Nov. 29 at the new Milford Millponds Nature Preserve.

Kyle Luke won the overall award with a 17:31, while Elizabeth Paul scored the top female trophy in a new course-record time of 19:33.

The MHSCC teams much appreciated all the people and sponsors in the Milford community who helped to make the event a success.

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Patrick Helmick finished 8th overall in the Division II race with a 17:27 helping the boys to a 9th-place finish in the Division II state championship at White Clay Creek State Park Saturday. The girls, led by Sara Kolobielski, finished 16th.

Steve Eshelman ran his career-best time of 18:49, while Jordan Lane, Erik Gibbs, Carl Richardson, Jordan Showell and Robert Fisher, Lauren Moore, Camille Sennett and Kari Elzey all ran their fastest White Clay time.

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The MHSCC boys and girls capped a strong Henlopen slate by finishing runner-up in both varsity races Saturday at the Henlopen Championships at Killens Pond State Park. The boys scored 66 points to CR's 48, while the girls finished behind Cape with 93 points -- one point ahead of third-place CR.

Patrick Helmick and Sara Kolobielski each placed 6th overall to earn first-team All-Henlopen honors, while Erik Gibbs (8th), Taiwan Savage (12th) and Molly Bliss (12th) earned 2nd-team recognition. Stefanie Clendaniel (16th), Jordan Lane (19th), Carl Richardson (23rd) and Jessica Griffith (23rd) each ran to Honorable Mention. Gibbs' 17:48 tied him for 14th on the MHSCC All-time Fastest 5K list, and Taiwan Savage and Jordan Lane each moved up on the freshman and junior Bloom Top 10.

Jordan Showell won the junior varsity race to help lead the JV boys to the team title with a mere 20 points. Robert Fisher, Clarence Cartwright, Mike Dunn and Mike Doughty also placed in the JV top 10 for medals.

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Patrick Helmick and Molly Bliss each placed sixth overall to help lead the boys and girls to runner-up trophies on a cold, windy, rainy Tuesday at the Kent County championships at Schutte Park in Dover.

For the boys, Taiwan Savage, Steve Eshelman (with a career-best 18:50), Jordan Lane and Erik Gibbs each placed in the Top 15 All-Kent County squad for the boys, while Stefanie Clendaniel, Jessica Griffith and Becky Godwin made it for the girls.

Lauren Moore and Jesse McCormick added career-best times.

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Patrick Helmick, Erik Gibbs and Taiwan Savage (who matched a career-best 18:39) took the top three spots overall to help the boys sweep away Cape Henlopen, 18-42, Lake Forest, 17-45, and St. Thomas More, 15-50, in Wednesday regular-season finale at the College of Marine Studies in Lewes. Jordan Lane, Steve Eshelman, Carl Richardson and Chris Pink (with a career-best 19:34) rounded out the varsity to help the boys finish 9-1 overall, 8-1 in the Henlopen Conference.

On the girls side, Molly Bliss moved up to 7th all-time at MHS with a 21:22 to lead the way for the girls, who topped Lake, 24-31, and St. Thomas More, 15-50, but fell to undefeated Cape, 23-36. The girls finished at 8-2 overall, 7-2 in the conference. Sara Kolobielski followed Bliss, while Stefanie Clendaniel came in with a career-best 22:00.

Overall, Kyle Mullarkey, Camille Sennett and Rochelle Sizemore added career-best times.

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