Shwayder, Cruetz go 1-2 and Lead Hornets To Second Straight Win

The Saline Hornets girls cross country team is two-for-two.

The girls won the South Lyon Invitational at Island Lake State Park Saturday.  Saline placed five girls in the top 10 and seven girls won individual medals as the Hornets finished with 30 points, 18 better than second place Northville and 78 points better than third place Pioneer.

“We had an excellent race for this early in the season. (These are) promising times for late August and putting seven runners in the top 13 shows good depth,” said coach Michael Smith.

The Lady Hornets were led by sophomore Elianna Shwayder, who won her second straight race to start the season.  Shwayder finished in 19:36, four seconds faster than Amy Creutz, who came in second in 19:40.

“Elianna and Amy led most of the race and pulled away from a Pioneer runner in the final 800 meters to finish 1-2 by a good margin,” Smith said.

Also scoring for Saline were Alyssa Cummings (8th, 20:09), Lauren Green (9th, 20:15), and Abby Rentschler (10th, 20:20). Rentschler and Green are freshmen.

“(They are) showing great promise and are helping us already,” Smith said.

Also qualifying for medals were Amy Frauhammer (12th, 20:22) and Kelly Hall (13th, 20:23).