The Dexter boys’ cross country team opened the season under the lights and it appears the Dreadnaughts have a bright future ahead of them in 2022.
Dexter left the starting blocks on Friday night at the always popular and fun Lamplighter Invitational in Livonia and crossed the finish line in fifth place out of 16 teams. The boys’ varsity race took off at 10:30 p.m. at night with well-placed portable lights set up around the course.
Northville dominated the race and finished first with 66 points, followed by Romeo (123) and Skyline (125). Detroit Catholic Central was fourth (163) and Dexter was fifth (178).
There were two varsity boys’ races with Livonia Stevenson winning the other race with 48 points followed by Howell (56).
The Dreadnaughts were led by last year’s state-finals qualifier Brandon Anderson. The junior finished 14th overall with a time of 16 minutes, 35.1 seconds. Senior Owen Ackerman also had a strong run, finishing 26th with a time of 17:15.6.
Senior Alex Hoffman (37th, 17:34.5) and junior Sam Gibson (48th, 18:03.2) also cracked the top 50.
Senior Rylan Teddy (58th, 18:23.9), sophomore Caleb Snyder (68th, 18:31.4), senior Kaden Jensen (73rd, 18:39.8), sophomore Scott Smith (88th, 18:57.9), junior Charlie Munson (107th, 19:36.2) and junior Will Kletzka (136th, 22:05.5) round out the Dexter lineup.
The Dreadnaughts will run on Thursday, Sept. 1 at the Saline Early Bird.
