Harriers in eighth at SWC Preview

The Steele boys cross country team finished eighth in the SWC Preview meet Saturday with a total of 255 points.

The winning team was Avon Lake with 42.

Running for the Comets: Nick Bonominio (49th) 19:50; Kyle Lowry (50th) 19:50, Miles Pittak (51st) 19:50, Brian Szczodrowski (52nd) 19:50, Pete Hause (53rd) 19:50, Jack Byrne (66th) 20:11, freshman Adrien Hall (68th) 20:13, Ryan Morris (71st) 20:17, Mike Kemp (76th) 20:29, James Elevich (97th) 21:05, DJ Wymer (103rd) 21:18, Alex Ritter (104th) 21:18, Nick Flock (109th) 21:45, Tyler Kosik (119th) 22:12, Chris Gordon (122nd) 22:15, Tyler Branscum (132nd) 22:59, Kevin Klekota (134th) 23:00, Chris Petek (139th) 23:14, Adam Mellen 23:18, and freshmen James Anderson (23:40), Andrew Mellen (23:44), and Aaron Ambrosio (24:47).

The Comets are off to a slow start for the 2008 campaign.

"We've had so many injuries to so many of our key runners lately," coach Scott Snyder said.

"Gary Haglund and Kyle Lowry were our 1-2 runners during the 2007 cross country season and both missed the entire track season this past spring. Kyle is starting to come back slowly and Gary still has been unable to start his training. Hopefully everyone will be back healthy during the course of the season, he added."

Brecksville and Avon Lake look to be the toughest teams in the SWC. The Comets compete next in the Avon Lake Earlybird Meet at Lorain County Community College on Saturday.