Saturday morning took the Alma College Cross Country teams to Calvin College for the Knight Invite 2013 in Grand Rapids. The Scots performed well overall as the women finished ninth out of 26 competing teams, while the men were 18th out of 27. In addition, Alma had some personal performances to celebrate as well after the race.
"I thought are team competed well today," said Scots Head Coach Gordie Aldrich. "The girls did especially well, but we had kids on both the girls and men's side that ran well and had good days. Overall, we were very pleased with the day that we had against some good competition."
The women were paced by Fr. Kaitlyn Arnold (Jackson, Mich./Northwest), who finished her 5K race in 16th place with a time of 18:33.9 and Jr. Misty Godley (Ithaca, Mich./Ithaca) who was 25th at 18:48.7. Other women of note included So. Jordan Stanick (Freeland, Mich./Midland) who finished in 53rd place (19:11.1) and So. Kara Giles (Ithaca, Mich./Ithaca) who came in 65th place at 19:24.9.
The men, who finished the 8K race in 18th place, were led by So. Adam Sanchez (Alma, Mich./Alma) who came in 59th place with a time of 26:20.0. The second-highest ranked Scots runner was Jr. Talon Morris, who at 26:47.1, finished in 93rd place.
The next competition for the Scots will be on September 28, when they travel to Adrian College for the MIAA Jamboree. The meet is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m.
