Ironwood's Smith, E-TC girls win UP titles

By JASON JUNO

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MUNISING — Ironwood’s Aubrey Smith and the Ewen-Trout Creek girls lived up to expectations on Saturday as they became U.P. champions at the Upper Peninsula cross country finals at Pictured Rocks Golf Course.

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Division 2

Smith had recorded the fastest time among the Division 2 runners during the regular season and she led the entire race Saturday, finishing in under 20 minutes with a time of 19:57, more than 25 seconds ahead of runner-up Ella Keranen of Hancock.

There’s some pressure to being the favorite.

“I definitely felt a lot of that,” Smith sai...