Game Summaries & Headlines.
Girls Cross Country Finish Runner-Up at Hill and Bale Invite
8.0 months ago @ 2:34PM
- Game Date
- Sep 9, 2023
The Grandville girls cross country team placed second out of seven teams this weekend at the Hill and Bale Invite, where they had to run a 5k while jumping over multiple hay bales. Chloe DeRidder led the team with a first place finish in 20:10. Audrey Huff was Grandville’s second runner in 22:07 with a 9th place finish, followed by Macallie Retan in 22:50 in 12th. Bella Cardenas placed just outside the top 20 in 23:54, followed by Leona Keuvelaar (24:43), Erin Taylor (25:21), and Jordyn Harrington (25:50).
In the JV race, the girls finished 3rd, led by Kyrstie Celebuski with a first place finish in 25:12. The duo of Izzy Hernandez and Ellery Johnson placed 13th (27:18) and 14th (27:19) respectively. Africa Bernabeu Rosa (35:08) finished in the top 50 with a new personal record by six minutes, followed by Emma Kusmierski (35:36), who also placed in the top 50.
The girls look forward to racing again Friday September 15 at the Ottawa Hills Invite at Riverside Park.