Martin’s Carsen Young qualifies for D-4 state meet

Martin High School sophomore Carsen Young Saturday qualified for the Division 4 state cross-country meet next weekend at Michigan International Speedway near Brooklyn.

Young, whose older brother last year qualified for the meet in the Clippers’ first-ever season, crossed the finish line for the 5K in 17:15.51, placing eighth in the regionals at Allendale. The top three teams and top 15 individual finishers earn the right to go to state Saturday, Nov. 3.

Martin as a team captured sixth place with 163 points. Saugatuck won the meet with 20.

Clippers Kyle Pallett was 20^th, Eli Dykstra 38^th, Brysan Young 43^rd and Travis Marsman 54^th.

On the girls’ side, Sara Tyrell was 21^st in 22:24.61, Esther Tyrell 46^th, Zoie Tuinstra 533^rd and Amy Harris 58^th.