Plymouth, Salem win;
Chiefs fall to Churchill

  Nearly every stride meant something during Tuesday's KLAA South dual meet between Plymouth and Livonia Franklin at Nankin Mills.

  The Wildcats improved to 2-0 in the division with an exciting 29-30 victory over the Patriots. The winners were led by Paula Green, who turned in a personal-best time of 20:36.

  "It was pretty humid out, so the times were a bit slow," said Plymouth coach Mary Kerwin. "We still have a lot of racing to do since Regionals aren't until Oct. 31 this year."

  Also figuring into the scoring for Plymouth were Nicole Traitses (21:16), Julie Forster (21:18), Britta Swanson (21:22) and Kelly Hahn (21:42). Also running for the Wildcats were Julie Hahn (22:22) and Tricia Pniewski (22:30).

SALEM TOO MUCH FOR STEVENSON

  Salem's girls cross country team continued to burn up the trails on Tuesday as the Rocks proved to be too much for Livonia Stevenson, 15-48, in a KLAA Central Division dual meet held at Cass Benton Park.

  The first six runners to cross the finish line were all Rocks and the first four -- Victoria Tripp, Jordyn Moore, Shannon Flynn and Autumn Burin -- crossed the line simultaneously in 21:07. Kelly Kerwin also scored for the Rocks with a fifth-place time of 21:15.

  Kara Booms and Emily Bizon finished sixth and ninth, respectively, in 21:37 and 21:41.

CHURCHILL OUTRUNS CHIEFS

  Livonia Churchill raced to a 15-46 victory over Canton Tuesday in a KLAA South Division dual meet held at Cass Benton. The loss dropped the Chiefs to 1-1.

  Canton's top runner was Bianca Kubicki, who placed sixth. Also scoring for the Chiefs were Rachel Rohrbach (eighth), Emily Southern (ninth), Abigail Gorzalski (11th) and Katie Grimes (13th).

  Churchill's top five runners were Sara Kroll, Kerigan Riley, Bethany Pilat, Sydney Anderson and Amanda Southwell.

Ed Wright can be reached at info@plymouthcantonsports.com or (734) 453-1980.