ALLENDALE, MICH.- After a one week break, the Grand Valley State Cross Country team comes back to action this week after claiming 2^nd (women) and 3^rd (men) in the USTFCCCA National Coaches' Poll, accompanied by a 1^st place ranking for both men & women in the Regional Polls for the 2^nd week in a row. 
 
The Lakers last competed on Sept. 16^th at the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing, Mich. where the men secured a 1^stplace finish with a total of 45 points and the women a 2^nd place finish scoring a total of 71 points. 
 
Senior, Tanner Chada was the overall winner for the Lakers in the men's 8k race finishing with a time of 24:03.70, roughly 30 seconds ahead of the 2^nd place finisher. On the women's side, Natalie Graber was the first Laker to finish the 6k coming in at 4^th place with a time of 21:27.00.
 
GVSU finished with twenty-four runners in the Top 50 and eight in the Top 20; Andrew Hylen (8^th), Koby Fraaza (9^th), Klaudia O'Malley (14^th), Brock Wooderson (15^th), Sam Martens (16^th) and Taryn Chapko (18^th). 
 
Grand Valley State heads to Louisville, KY. this weekend (Saturday, Oct. 1^st) to compete in the Live in Lou XC Classic for the 2^nd year in a row. Stay tuned on Twitter @GVSUXCTF and gvsulakers.com for live results or watch live on FloTrack.