NA Dominates Mars At Home Opener

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NAXC had their first home section meet of the season at the North Park course. It was a hot afternoon, but both girls and boys prevailed with a dominant performance.

The girls had a perfect score against Mars (15-50), taking the top nine spots in the race.  Leading the Lady Tigers was junior Keeley Misutka. Freshman Lexi Sundgren was runner-up, followed by senior Jenna Mlecko (3rd), sophomore Maura Mlecko (4th), sophomore Kara Mihm (5th), junior Katie Ranallo (6th) and sophomore Sam Waldo (7th).

In the later race, the NA Boys were similarly dominant over Mars with a 20-43 victory.  Mars took the top individual spot and then the tigers followed with the next 25 spots.  Senior Dan McGoey was second, followed sophomore standout Jackson Hickel (3rd), senior Kabi Balasubramani (4th), senior Kelso Fiedler (5th), senior Stephen Nalepa (6th), sophomore Danny Robles (7th) and sophomore Ryan Barry (8th).

Both teams improve to 2-0 (1-0 in the section) and will travel to Boardman, Ohio for their next meet on Saturday at the Spartan Invitational.