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Sports are all about the numbers

Herersquos a look at some numbers following the Northville girls track andfield performance Saturday at the Division 1 state finals

bull 2 ndash the Mustangsrsquo finish among all teams in the state

bull 9 ndash the Mustangsrsquo all-state finishes

bull 5 ndash school records set by Northville athletes

bull 1 ndash first-place finish by Northville

bull 50 ndash points scored by the Mustangs

Heading into the final event places through fifth were going to comedown to how well each school did in the 1600

RUNNERS-UP Mustangs finish second at Division 1 track statefinalsMustangs finish second at Division 1 track state finals

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Alison Robinson races with baton as Northvilles 3200 relay team took second place set a school record and earnedall-state status at the Division 1 state finals Saturday in Rockford Lynne Mosteller

Written bySam EgglestonCorrespondent

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Northville had a strong team but after a longhot day of competing the members had noidea how fast they could go

ldquoAs a team we were in fourth place with 42points Rockford was in third place with 47points and East Kentwood was in second with49rdquo Northville coach Tim Dalton said notingOak Park ndash the state champion team ndash hadthe 1600 relay all but wrapped up as a clearfavorite ldquoIf we could find a way to finishsecond in the four-by-four it would move usinto second place with 50 points We were

seeded fourth in the racerdquo

But seeding didnrsquot matter to the team of Gracie Goble MorganRobertson Chloe Abbott and Lindsay Walters The quartet went outand raced its best time of the season blazing across the finish line in35449 cutting six seconds off its previous best and earningsecond place and all-state status The finish which also set theNorthville school record ndash propelled the Mustangs to second placeoverall as they finished ahead of Rockford and East Kentwood failedto make the top eight

ldquoThe whole team was at the finish line to celebrate and I know it is amemory these girls will have for a lifetimerdquo Dalton said ldquoIt was a totalteam effort from top to bottom and I am very proud of this group ofstudent-athletesrdquo

Also turning in a second-place performance an all-state finish andsetting a school record was the 3200 relay team of Alison RobinsonLexa Barrott Erin Zimmer and Rachel Coleman with a time 90199

Coleman was the only Northville athlete to earn an individual state titleShe ran to a school record in the 1600 with a time of 44576 LexaBarrott was 12th in 50817 followed by Taleen Shahrigian in 16th in5142

Sam Eggleston is a freelance writer covering sports for theNorthville Record and Novi News

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The Northville girls track and field team poses with therunner-up trophy at the Division 1 state finals LynneMosteller

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