The Boyne City Varsity Cross Country team traveled to Harbor Springs for another LMC Quad meet on Wednesday September 7. The boys race started at 4 o'clock, followed by the girls at 4:30. 

The boys were once again led by senior Gavin Carson who finished sixth overall in a time of 18:34. The second boy finisher was senior Will Maginity who finished in 11 place and in a time of 19:17.  The third Rambler to cross the line was Jeffrey Kerr who ran a time of 19:40, which was good enough for 16 place. Then it was freshman Liam Dart who crossed the line in 20:36 and in 24 place. To round out the scoring for the team was freshman Corbin Smith who finished in 39 place and a time of 22:07. Then to round out the top seven was Paxton Giem who finished 48th and in a time of 24:21 and Timothy March who crossed the line in 25:49. The team would take third overall with a score of 79 points behind Harbor Springs and Petoskey. 

The girls were led Ava Maginity, who once again won the race. Maginity finished in a time of 19:52. The second Rambler to cross the line was senior Taylor Noble who crossed in seventh place and a time of 22:35. The third Rambler was Reagan Woodall who came in 11 place and a time of 22:56. Junior Lydia Frasz would cross in 17 place with a time of 23:37 and senior Jaelyn Jarema finished in 25 place to round ouf the scoring with a time of 24:34. The Ramblers would then have Madelyn Sobleski (25:07, 30 place) , Emilee Fisher (26:29, 34 place) and Kari Day ( 27:29, 37 place) round out the day for the Ramblers. 

"It was nice to get a solid race in before we move into the postseason, and there were lots of things to be excited about. Our seniors on the boys' team have been consistent all season, and Jeffrey Kerr had a huge season PR today. He's been steadily improving all season and is peaking at the right time. Freshman Corbin Smith had a season-best time today as well, and he really helped us out in the fifth position on the team. Our top five today were either seniors or freshmen, which is an interesting but fun dynamic. We've seen a lot of improvement over the course of the season with the seniors taking on the leadership role and the freshmen getting stronger and more confident.

I was really proud of the pack of girls we had working together. Our second, third, and fourth runners stuck together for much of the race and kept moving up, and of that group, Taylor Noble and Lydia Frasz both had season-best times. Our fifth runner, Jaelyn Jarema, really came through for us in the fifth spot. Ava Maginity had another impressive race, winning the girls' race by over 30 seconds. It's awesome to see everything coming together and clicking at the right time. We're excited to get into the postseason to see what we can do. We've been running really solidly, but I think we have another gear yet that we can find and maybe surprise some people." - Coach Herrmann 

The Ramblers will next run on Saturday, September 17  in the Lake Michigan Conference meet, hosted at Boyne Mountain.