The Grandville girls cross country team had many incredible performances at the Portage Invitational. The varsity team was led by Olivia McKellar (20:38) with a new personal record and GHS girls cross country Top 20 Freshman time, Maddy Wolf (21:29) with a season record, Allie Arnsman (21:33) with a personal record, Celia Kingscott (22:33) with a personal record, and another solid performance by Hailey Kempf (22:49).

Sofia D’Arienzo (22:01) led the JV team with a second break-out performance, finishing in the Top 50 Reserve race with a new personal record by a minute and forty seconds. She was followed by other strong performances by Lindsay Keranen (23:18) with a season best, Alex Webster (23:32) who also ran a season best, Halle Oczepek (23:45), and Emily Gray (24:10) with a season best.

Additional season records were achieved by Grace Fitzgerald (24:39), Natalie Lehmann (25:51), and Ella Huff (25:55). There was another breakout performance, this time by Caeley Tallon (28:21) who achieved a season best by three minutes.

Georgia Moody (29:21) ran to a personal best, and Grace Hargrove-Brown (27:58), Katie Hector (29:09), Mia Mueller (31:16), and Josie Callendar (28:35) broke their personal records each by one minute.

The girls are gearing up to race at their second jamboree meet, rescheduled for Wednesday October 9 at East Kentwood High School.