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'06 Division I
State Runners-up and
#1 Team Academically!
 National
races keep
Novi runners busy
12/14/07
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Five Wildcats qualify for National Junior
Olympic Cross Country Championships
11/28/07
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Another
Invitational Victory
10/31/07
The Novi Men’s Cross Country Team continues to pile up
impressive invitational victories! On Tuesday October 30
the Wildcats traveled to Lakeland High School and raced in a
large field of 17 teams. Novi scored just 58 points to seal
the deal, far
outdistancing Clarkston High (105). Defending State
Champions Pinckney High School came in third (106). Novi
medal winners included: Mike Blaszczyk, Joe Schubring, Dan
Egner, Geoffrey Giese and Alex Minghine.
Two Boy's Cross County 'Cats
Qualify
10/30/07 By Haley Prasad
Last Saturday at the Huron Meadows
Metropark, the Novi Boy's Cross Country team faced the most
important race of their season: Regionals. Despite the cold
wind and wet course, the boys went out strong.
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Men’s XC Wins 23-36
It Looks Like the Lion Owes the
Wildcat Dinner
By Haley Prasad 10/11/07
Once again Novi’s Coach Smith has
won. Not just the race, but dinner. This was the 18th time that
the Smith brothers (Coach Robert Smith of Novi and Coach Scott
Smith of South Lyon) made their annual bet: The losing coach
buys the other brother dinner. Only once has Novi’s Smith had to
feed the hungry Lion.
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 Wildcats Defeat Brighton
Bulldogs 26 - 33
10/4/07
For the third week in a row, the
Novi Men's Cross Country Team brought home a victory, and it was the
third week in a row that the 'Cats out-ran a 2006 State Qualifying
team. Two weeks ago the 'Cats defeated #19 Howell. Last week it was
#20 Lakeland. Yesterday Novi's harriers defeated #23 Brighton on
their home course.
Brighton runners finished first
and second, but seven Wildcats took over in the next eight
places. Josh Lumley led the way for the Novi pack by running a
season-best 16:36. The other top 'Cats included Croad, Butler,
Barnes, Childers, Blasczcyk, Carless and Hieftje. The 'Cat pack
all finished within 60 seconds of each other.
Novi Men's Cross Country Sinks Lakeland
9/27/07
Five Wildcats were in the top six at
Tuesday's Cass Benton Cross Country match-up, soundly defeating
the Lakeland Eagles 18-39.
The team ran a hilly 3.1 miles in ninety
degree weather.
After a strong start, Senior Josh Lumley led the race with
Lakeland’s top runner, Morell, close behind. Aaron Croad stayed on
his tail, followed by Lukas Barnes, TJ Butler, and Mike Blasczcyk.
They held off Lakeland ’s next three runners with Jake Carless close
by.
Within the last minute of the
race, Lumley out-ran Lakeland ’s first man by 18 seconds.
Croad’s final kick set him a few meters ahead of Morell too.
Butler , Blasczcyk and Barnes pushed up the final hill towards
Morell with the next Lakeland runners far behind. Lakeland ’s
seventh runner was defeated by Novi ’s top twelve boys.
Croad, Butler , Blasczcyk,
Rothermel, and Ornes all ran their best times ever at Novi ’s
home course, Cass Benton. Novi ’s next home meet is October 9th
racing South Lyon High School.
Wildcat Men's Cross Country Takes First
Place in 9-10 Div. at Walled Lake Western Invitational
9/16/07
At the Walled Lake Western Invitational, Novi's freshmen and
sophomores took first place in a field of 8 teams. Leading the
way for Novi was Schubring, Egner, Minghine and Giese. Novi's
Junior and Seniors took 4th place - without the benefit of
Friday's top runners.
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Men's Cross Country First at Spartan Invitational
9/15/07
Novi took first, and Northville second of 44 teams
in the Green Division of the prestigious Spartan Invitational in
East Lansing Friday.
"This was a very big win for the Wildcats," noted veteran coach
Robert Smith following the meet.
Leading the way for the Wildcats was Lumley (9th overall), Croad
(14th), Barnes (25th) 25, Butler (35th), Blasczcyk (44th),
Carless (48th) and Hieftje (102nd).
Novi Men's Cross Country trains hard,
battles for state status
9/9/07
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Novi Falls to Milford 20-35
9/7/07
Northville
out-runs Novi 33-23 in season opener at Cass Benton
8/24/07
It was very warm and humid
for the annual season opening meet vs. the Northville Mustangs.
Wildcat seniors Josh Lumley and Aaron Croad finished second and third overall with
a time of 17:42, just seconds behind Northville's number one
guy. Tom Butler and sophomore Mike Blaszczyk rounded out the top ten surrounded by
a pack of Mustangs.
Warning: You’ll
Want to Join Novi
Cross Country After Reading This
by Asst. Coach Alex
Prasad
I’ve read a number
of letters by former athletes, talking about their great
coaches, and the great programs that created them. It’s a
favorite recruiting tactic of college coaches, and I’ve nearly
“fallen” for them a number of times. And while you may think
this is just another letter in that line, I’d say this one is
unique. MORE
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