The Bay City Central Cross Country team is looking to have a great season this year, and could possibly be one of the top teams in the Saginaw Valley League in the upcoming years. This past Thursday, they competed in the 2018 Shepherd John Bruder Classic in Shepherd, MI. The meet was made up of mostly division two schools, which is very odd seeing as how BCC is a division one school.

     The top finisher for the BCC team was Tyler Johnroe, who ran a season record 18:15 5k time. The top girl finisher for the Wolves was Ariella Cuellar who ran her best time of 22:26. Overall, the boys team placed seventh and the girls team also placed seventh. The meet was won overall for the boys by Shepherd, and Mason for the girls.

     Overall, the team has shown great improvement over the years and continues to grow more in numbers every year. The principle of Central, Tim Marciniak, has even estimated that the team will be able to compete against the Bay City Western Cross Country team. Sophomore varsity runner, Mercedes Lasecki, was asked for her opinion on what direction the team was heading and replied, “It’s so cool seeing so many girls choose to run Cross in the Fall, I know for sure this team is gonna be winning medals this season.”

     The 2019 season is sure to be an amazing for the Bay CIty Cross Country team, and they are looking to be a huge threat to rival teams in the near future.

Photo: Bay City Central Cross Country Team

Pictured Credited: Jacob Manchester