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Saline Girls Win Ann Arbor Huron Cross Country Invitation

Elianna Shwayder placed first and the Hornets placed five runners in the top 12.

Saline placed 5 runners in the top 12 and 13 in the top 28 as the Lady Hornets won Friday's River Rat Invitational at Willow Metropark.

The Lady Hornets finished with 43 points, winning the event with a comfortable 36-point margin over second place Farmington Hills Mercy.

Sophomore Elianna Shwayder returned to action and was individual champion, finishing the race in 19:04.7, 20 seconds faster than Victoria Irwin, the second place finisher from North Farmington.

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After Shwayder, five Saline girls raced in in the 9-13 positions. Lindsay Walter (9th, 20:03.2), Kelly Hall (10th, 20:03.5), Alyssa Cummings (11th, 20:04) and Abby Rentschler (12th, 20:04.2) finished in the scoring. Lauren Green was right behind them in 13th (20:04.5).

Jenna Militello (16th), Mara VanSickle (23rd), Maria Romero (24th), Jenny Kise (25th), Kalleigh Keller (26th), Amy Frauhammer (27th) and Danielle Rathfon (28th) also placed in the top 30.

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Romero, Anna Fedoronko, Alyssa Smith and Kelsey Grim set personal records.


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