Milford High School Cross Country

 Eshelman put together his best week in two seasons of cross country, finishing just seconds out of the varsity as the team’s No. 8 man at Smyrna Wednesday and then Bellevue Friday. He ran a career-best of 19:30 to start the week and then followed that up with an outstanding 18:41 which put him just seconds from the Bloom Top 10 for sophomores.

 Clendaniel, a four-year varsity veteran & team co-captain, had a difficult start to the season after being diagnosed with mono, but she has sinced pushed the illness aside to run strong in two key races this week. She started with a huge senior performance as the team’s No. 5 scorer in a big win vs. CR and then she added another season-best of 22:22 Friday at Bellevue.

Boys Varsity - 8th of 34 teams

26. Carl Richardson 17:02, 41. Henry Phalen 17:29, 42. Victor Rueda-Jimenez 17:30, 45. Taiwan Savage 17:35, 70. James Hagen 18:11, 86. Mike Doughty 18:33, 93. Josh Johnson 18:38.

Girls Varsity - 11th of 34 teams

13. Molly Bliss 19:52, 31. Alexis Groce 20:40, 44. Kelsey Cabrera 21:15, 79. Stefanie Clendaniel 22:22, 130. Shaimae Sefiane 24:02, 150. Kristen Schulze 24:43, 160. Jessica Downes 25:21.

JV Boys - 6th of 27 teams

19. Andrew Eshelman 18:41, 23. Jeremy Morgan 18:58, 26. Trevor Maloney 19:06, 37. Brandon Munce 19:26, 44. Kierian Firch 19:41, 48. Ryan Thomas 19:50, 55. Derek Munce 20:13, Jeremy Harper 20:26, Kevin Johnson 20:28, Frank Clendening 20:57, Chandler Benson-Reid 21:01, Wesley Wilkins 21:07, David McCormick 21:34, Rob Clendaniel 21:37, Jacob Blunt 22:01, Cole Hallman 24:57, Brian Gilewski 24:58, Josh McCormick 27:17.

JV Girls - 10th of 22 teams

61. Cayley Robbins 25:18, 62. Taylor Hoey 25:23, 65. Mia Fabres-Parker 25:28, 69. Morgan Fitzgerald-Lorah 25:57, 86. Katie Zang 27:20, 91. Amanda Cates 27:40, 96. Alexis Doughty 28:21. 

Victor Rueda-Jimenez reached the No. 15 spot of the MHS All-time Fastest 5K list with a 17:30, and Henry Phalen, Taiwan Savage, James Hagen and Josh Johnson added bests to follow front-runner Carl Richardson to pace the varsity boys to a 8th-place finish out of 34 teams at the Joe O'Neill Invitational at Bellevue State Park Friday.

Meanwhile, Molly Bliss, Alexis Groce, Kelsey Cabrera, Stef Clendaniel and Shaimae Sefiane ran season-bests to pace the girls to an 11th-place finish.

Andrew Eshelman, Jeremy Morgan, Trevor Maloney, Kevin Johnson, Chandler Benson-Reid, Wesley Wilkins, Brian Gilewski, Josh McCormick, Cayley Robbins, Katie Zang, Amanda Cates and Alexis Doughty added career-bests.

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Boys
Milford 19, Smyrna 44
Caesar Rodney 26, Milford 29
Caesar Rodney 18, Smyrna 45

At Ron Powell Memorial Park (5K): 1. Carl Richardson, M, 17:12, 2. Terrell Oliver, CR, 17:44, 3. Patrick Galluci, CR, 17:54, 4. Erik Frazier, S, 17:56, 5. Henry Phalen, M, 17:57, 6. Trey Mitchell, CR, 18:10, 7. Sam Phillips, CR, 18:12, 8. Taiwan Savage, M, 18:14, 9. Mike Doughty, M, 18:23, 10. Victor Rueda-Jimenez, M, 18:28, 11. Bryce Stevenosky, CR, 18:40, 12. Justin Virdin, CR, 18:48, 13. Josh Johnson, M, 19:04, 14. Brendan Horne, CR, 19:28, 15. James Hagen, M, 19:29, 16. Andrew Eshelman, M, 19:30, 17. Robert Garvey, CR, 19:34, 18. Brandon Munce, M, 19:41, 19. Jeremy Morgan, M, 19:42, 20. Korbin Tinsley, CR, 19:46, 21. Brandon Yearick, CR, 19:48, 22. Kierian Firch, M, 19:50, 23. Trevor Maloney, M, 19:57, 24. Jeremy Harper, M, 19:59, 25. Zach Pierson, CR, 20:02, 26. John Archangelo, S, 20:05, 27. Will Berry, CR, 20:06, 28. Joe Sironen, CR, 20:19, 29. Preston Demarreau, CR, 20:20, 30. Jake Hughes, S, 20:27, 31. Ryan Thomas, M, 20:32, 32. Evan Becker, M, 20:33, 33. Luke Francis, S, 20:33, 34. Derek Munce, M, 20:37, 35. Seth Dunjant, CR, 20:58, 36. Joe Tegtmeier, CR, 21:03, 37. Kevin Johnson, M, 21:40, 38. Wesley Wilkins, M, 21:43, 39. Jeremy Redlich, M, 21:44, 40. Cory Morris, M, 21:49, 41. Frank Clendening, M, 21:54, 42. Chandler Benson-Reid, M, 21:59, 43. Tyler Pritt, S, 22:00, 44. Jack Graham, CR, 22:01, 45. Travis Baker, S, 22:11, 46. Jacob Blunt, M, 22:15, 47. Rob Clendaniel, M, 22:18, 48. Kenny Barlow, M, 22:30, 49. Jacob Septer, S, 22:33, 50. Ben Sanchez, S, 22:49, 51. Brandon Falcone, CR, 23:32, 52. Andrew Thompkins, CR, 23:37, 53. Juan Mendoza, S, 23:40, 54. Justino Cosentino, M, 23:43, 55. Robert Onufrovich, CR, 23:52, 56. Tyler McMurray, CR, 24:17, 57. Rapheal Andaya, CR, 24:38, 58. Kurt Anderson, CR, 24:41, 59. Gary Willis, CR, 24:43, 60. Gavin Keane, CR, 24:45, 61. Alex Anderson, CR, 24:49, 62. Jevon Harper, M, 25:05, 63. Trey Bordley, S, 25:34, 64. Cole Hallman, M, 26:19, 65. Brian Gilewski, M, 26:21, 66. Donique Hughes, M, 26:21, 67.Sean Yang, CR, 26:26, 68. Ben Wattay, S, 27:23, 69. Josh McCormick, M, 29:36, 70. Robinson, CR, 31:16. MHS 7-1.

1. Molly Bliss, M, 20:25, 2. Rebekah Mills, CR, 20:42, 3. Alexis Groce, M, 21:00, 4. Tori Vickers, S, 21:19, 5. Karly Jones,?CR, 21:24, 6. Kelsey Cabrera, M, 21:27, 7. Amanda Seiwell, CR, 21:51, 8. Amy Wilson, M, 22:02, 9. Erin Cooper, S, 22:29, 10. Alexa Andaya, CR, 22:31, 11. Leah Wells, CR, 22:42, 12. Maura Hossler, S, 22:50, 13. Stefanie Clendaniel, M, 22:54, 14. Emilee Virdin, S, 22:55, 15. Tienalla Nickerson, CR, 23:16, 16. Lydia Cole, M, 23:22, 17. Maura Linden, S, 23:23, 18. Marcianna Green, CR, 23:34, 19. Jackie Mihok, CR, 23:54, 20. Tyra Reid, CR, 23:59, 21. Alanis Hernandez, S, 24:06, 22. Lexi Lebeau, CR, 24:07, 23. Brighton Reyes, CR, 24:15, 24. Deaetta Grinnage, S, 24:51, 25. Shaimae Sefiane, M, 24:56, 26. Nicole Slocik, CR, 25:07, 27. Rhuka Warner, S, 25:30, 28. Irene Gonzalo, S, 25:31, 29. Jennifer Northan, CR, 25:35, 30. Kristen Schulze, M, 25:36, 31. Jessica Downes, M, 26:02, 32. Tyesha Bowman, M, 26:03, 33. Dorten, CR, 26:10, 34. Cayley Robbins, M, 26:32, 35. Morgan Fitzgerald-Lorah, M, 26:33, 36. Mia Fabres-Parker, M, 27:13, 37. Taylor Hoey, M, 27:14, 38. Charlie, S, 27:44, 39. Gerti, S, 28:04, 40. Katie Zang, M, 28:07, 41. Amanda Cates, M, 29:08, 42. Ashley Young, M, 29:33, 43. Natalia Hernandez, M, 30:40, 44. Hoffman, S, 31:00, 45. Hawpt, CR, 32:31, 46. Phillips, CR, 32:43, 47. Brown, CR, 32:43, 48. Gaworski, S, 36:19. MHS 8-0

Molly Bliss led the way, and Alexis Groce, Amy Wilson and Stefanie Clendaniel each followed with bests as the girls topped CR, 26-29, and Smyrna, 20-36, and improved to 8-0 on the season. Meanwhile, Carl Richardson won the overall, but the boys slid to 7-1 on the season after a close 26-29 loss to CR. The boys also topped Smryna, 19-44.

Kelsey Cabrera had a strong kick to close out the girls' top three, while Cayley Robbins aded a career-best. For the boys, Henry Phalen, Taiwan Savage, Mike Doughty and Victor Rueda-Jimenez rounded out the scorers, while Andrew Eshelman, Evan Becker, Jeremy Redlich, Justino Cosentino, Donique Hughes and Josh McCormick added career-bests.

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