The Grandville girls cross country team competed at the Saranac Invitational this Wednesday for their first race of the season. Freshman Olivia McKellar (21:35) led the varsity team and finished 21st overall, followed by Junior Hailey Kempf (22:13, 26th), Freshman Elise Ferguson (22:30, 32nd), and Juniors Kaylee Scott (22:40, 36th) and Loren Wilkie (23:03, 42nd). Meanwhile, Senior Sofia D’Arienzo achieved a personal best by two minutes on a tough 5k cross country course!

The team also had a large number of girls complete 3.1 miles for the first time, including Katie Hector, Elise Ferguson, Maddi Sarber, Celia Kingscott, Sarah Etcher, Hailey Buikema, Bryana Andrade-Nava, Savannha Captain, Brianna Trepins, Nicole D’Arienzo, Josie Callendar, Grace Hargrove-Brown, and Mia Mueller.

The girls placed 5th out of 13 teams. They compete next at the West Ottawa Brewedweg Invitational Saturday September 7.