Summary and Results of the Charger Invitational Saturday, April 3, 2004 Dearborn Heights Crestwood Conditions:  50-55 degrees, mostly sunny

What a long day!!!  Our kids were definitely fighters today.  I am so proud of them, and I know the rest of the coaching staff is too!!  We managed to go to a very big invitational with a high degree of competition and look pretty good.  Berkley athletes really represented themselves very well.  We got some great performances and gutsy efforts on this very nice April day.      Our girls team showed some very good versatility, as we picked up small points in lots of events for a 6th place tie out of 17 teams.  This is tremendous considering it was our first meet and for how young we are.   The boys got some strong performances from some key individuals to score 45 points for a 5th place finish.

Boys Overall Team Results 1.  Dearborn Heights Crestwood      76 pts 2.  Carleton Aiport                          52 T3.  Monroe Jefferson                    48        Orchard Lake St. Mary's    5.  Berkley                                   45 pts 6.  Lutheran Westland                     37 7.  Dearborn Divine Child                36 8.  Woodhaven                               35 9.  Dearborn Fordson                      32 T10.  Dearborn Heights Annapolis    30          Ypsilanti T12.  Southgate                              14          Redford Union             14.  Garden City                             10 15.  Dearborn Heights Robichaud      9 16.  Redford Thurston                     8 17.  Melvindale                                0

Girls Overall Team Results T1.  Northville                                93 pts.        Ypsilanti 3.  Woodhaven                               65 T4.  Livonia Ladywood                   36        Monroe Jefferson T6.  Berkley                                  27 pts.        Redford Thurston 8.  Carleton Airport                         26 9.  Dearborn High                           25 10.  Dearborn Heights Annapolis      22 T11.  Dearborn Divine Child            20          Garden City 13.  Dearborn Heights Robichaud     18 14.  Melvindale                               13 15.  Southgate                                 4 16.  Dearborn Fordson                     2 T17.  Redford Union                        0          Dearborn Heights Crestwood   0

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Yow's List Boys Athlete of the Meet:  Paul Vance. He scored 22 points including a 3rd in the open 200 and a                                             second in the open 400. Girls Athlete of the Meet:  Chelsea Smith.  In a tough distance field today, Chelsea put out personal                                            bests of 5:43 in the mile and 12:22 in the 2-mile.  The 2-mile                                            performance was a 4th place finish. Going to be a star soon:  Tiara Mosley and Steve Fohey.  These two rookie throwers had                                      unbelievable days and they haven't even had that much practice in yet. Most surprising performance:    The Boys 4 x 100 and the girls 4 x 800. With flawless handoffs and                                               without Kris Morrell, the boys 4 x 100 ran a 46.2 en route to a 4th                                                place finish.  Rookie Cameron Lampkin ran an impressive 3rd leg.                                                The girls 4 x 800, led by a beautiful 2:25 opening leg by Jenna                                               Nusholtz, got us off to a fantastic start.  It is noteworthy to state                                               that between Samantha Padgett, Jenna, Anna Stotland, and                                               Taylor Lockridge, they had exactly one 800 m race of previous                                               experience combined!!