At the MHSAA cross country regionals last weekend at Goodells County Park, the Notre Dame Prep boys and girls teams finished on top. It's the first time an NDP’s cross country team took a regional championship.
Junior Nathan Mylenek led the boys by taking second place overall with a time of 16:23, narrowly missing the top slot by a single second. While also setting a new career best time, Mylenek’s time cracks the NDP “top 15” list and ranks as the 14th fastest time in school history.
Sophomore Brendan Fraser (16:51) followed with a fifth-place overall finish. Other scorers for the Irish were junior Drew Guest (21st, 17:45), senior Danny Rose (22nd, 17:47), and freshman Nico Fraser (26th, 17:56). Guest, Rose, and Nico Fraser all ran career best times.
In the girls race, Lauren McGrath continued her stellar senior campaign with a second-place overall finish and a time of 19:51. McGrath was followed by junior Ellie Wallace (17th, 21:06), senior Hunter Williams (18th, 21:07), freshman Claire Seitzinger (32nd, 21:45), and freshman Abby Rankin (36th, 21:50). Senior Erin Hergott was 37th at 21:52. Wallace, Williams, Seitzinger, Rankin and Hergott all ran either season-best or career-best times.
From Coach TJ Kulick shortly after the conclusion of the race: “This truly was a team accomplishment. These trophies belong to the entire team, not just the runners who ran today’s race. Today’s result was a product of everyone’s season-long hard work and everyone’s contribution to the culture of the program.”
The teams will finish the season at the MHSAA state finals on Saturday at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. The boys will run at 1:30 p.m. and the girls at 2:30 p.m.
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Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." NDPMA is conducted by the Marist Fathers and Brothers and is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.