Eagles Sports'Muth harriers enjoy success across area cross country courses
The Frankenmuth varsity cross country teams enjoyed a successful 2025 season, capped with a trip to the MHSAA Division 2 State Finals at Brooklyn’s Michigan International Speedway.
The Eagle and Lady Eagle harriers competed on 14 dates, including three Tri-Valley Conference Red Division Jamborees. Both teams finished in second place in the six-school division.
The postseason began at the MHSAA D-2 Regional, held at Shepherd High School Friday, October 24. Both teams qualified for the state finals, with the girls taking second place, and the boys third place at the 15-school meet.
On Saturday, November 1, the runners made the trip to Brooklyn, competing against 22 full-field teams with 100 school represented across Division 2. The Lady Eagles finished in 15th place, while the boys settled in at 22nd place.
Senior Elise Barden was the top Lady Eagle finisher, taking 9th place overall with a time of 18:10.60. Fellow senior Natalie Foltz was on her heels in 10th place, clocking an 18:19.90. They were both named to the MHSAA All-State Team.
Other finishers, in order of crossing the finish line, were junior Lacy Conzelmann, senior Samantha Frank, senior Gabby Cleveland, freshman Meredith Bauer, and freshman Addison King.
For the boys, senior Brett Magnus snagged 20th place with a time of 15:55.30, and also landed on the MHSAA All-State Team, as the top 30 runners are granted that status.
Junior Nick Parker was the second Eagle to finish, taking 57th place. He was followed by senior Cole Pergram, senior Anthony Plana, junior Braeden Conger, senior Law Sholten, and sophomore Reid Barden.
The MITCA Mideast Meet of Champions was held back at Shepherd High School on Saturday, November 8. While this is an optional race, Frankenmuth fielded full team-harrier squads for this meet.
The Girls Elite Team featured a pair of Lady Eagles, with Foltz coming in 21st overall (18:01.20), and Barden 70th place (18:39.80). Two Eagles also landed on the Boys Elite Tea, with Magnus timing in with a 16:09.62, good for 91st place, and Parker in 130rd place at 16:31.87.
Frankenmuth kicked off the season in late August with the Night Light Invitational at Bay City Western’s course. Fifteen schools participate in this non-scoring night race.
At the Northwood Invitational, both teams got off to great start, tackling the Fisher Family Trails at Northwood University. The Eagles and Lady Eagles snared first-place finishes at this D-2 meet.
The first of three TVC Jamborees was hosted by Ithaca, and the two teams both were runner-up.
In mid-September, the red and gray traveled to the MSU Auto Owners Spartan Invitational at Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing. The Lady Eagle finished in fine fashion, taking second place out of 31 D-2 school, while the Eagles ended up in sixth place out of 34 D-2 schools.
The Eagle Invitational was run on hilly and undulated Memorial Park, and with the home-course knowledge, both took first place from fields of 7-9 teams. .....
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