Milford High School Cross Country

Through rain, sleet, snow . . . and mud -- just like the postman. . . Lindsay Kenton scored a T-shirt and a season-best time and Brent Leitzell added a career-best time to lead the girls and boys, respectively, Saturday at the Ron Powell Memorial Invitational in Clayton. In a mudbog of a race doused with rain showers and puddles, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Jackie Creasey and Rashad Matthews each collected medals for their performance, while Candice Young improved her time to reach the varsity. Andrew Meade also had his best team finish ever, moving up to No. 5 on varsity and Tricia Gerken scored her first varsity run. Click on the headline for complete results and click on the thumbnails for more pix.

Nearly 175 people braved the wind Saturday, Nov. 29 to participate in the 5th annual Milford High School Cross Country Boosters Reindeer Stampede 5K and 1.5-mile walk. MHSCC alum Chad Carpenter ran an 18:12 to lead the field, while 13-year-old Erin Donaghy finished as the top female with a 22:03. A big thank you goes out to all the sponsors, volunteers, participants, alumni, family and friends who made the benefit run a wonderful success!!!!! The MHSCC teams enjoy your support! Click on the "2003 Reindeer Stampede" headline to see Saturday's results and even past years' results.

Jon Wyman (18:57) and Marissa McDonnell (24:11) each ran outstanding times to lead the boys and girls cross country teams in their season opener on Wednesday. Unfortunately, Cape's pack finished slightly ahead to score a 20-35 (boys) and 19-39 (girls) victory. For the boys, Marcus Matthews, Rashad Matthews, Jon Luiken, Derek King, Chris Pettyjohn and Chris Battaglia rounded out the varsity finishers. Matthews had the fastest time for a MHSCC rookie in his first official race with a 19:54, while veterans Andrew Meade (21:53) and Mike Pastor improved their career-best times. Luiken, King, Brent Leitzell, Cody Houck, Matt Esposito, Andre Purnell and Trevor Jefferson each ran career-best times. For the girls, Erica Godwin, Carri Niblett, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Jackie Creasey, Lindsay Kenton and Kourtney Short filled out the varsity. Niblett, Creasey, Meredith Muskovich and Deshauna Purnell each ran career-best times, while Tricia Gerken finished eighth on the team with a 28:54 - just 5 seconds shy of a career-best. Click on the above headline for complete results and click on the thumbnails to link to many more pictures.

Keith Short (MHS '03), a freshman at Goldey-Beacom College, ran a career-best 28:49 to help lead his Goldey team to its second-straight conference championship at Belmont Park on Saturday. Short place 13th overall -- good enough to make the All-conference team. Congratulations to Coach Kelly Parsley (bro of MHS wrestling coach Don Parsley) who earned conference coach of the year honors. Overall Goldey had six all-conference runners, including the top two runners in the race. Click on the above headline to visit the Goldey CC website for more information on our alumni/

MHSCC alum Chad Carpenter ('03), a freshman at University of North Carolina-Greensboro, reached the UNC-G record books with a 26:06 (converted 8K time) at the NC Intercollegiate held at Overton’s Lake Kristi on Oct. 18. Click on the above headline or Chad's mug to visit the UNCG cross country website and view his season results and more.