ALLENDALE, Mich. – First and fourth place finishes were claimed by Grand Valley State's men's and women's cross country teams at this morning's Jayhawk Invite hosted by Muskegon Community College. The men's squad tied for first, collecting six top-10 finishes for a team score of 30 points alongside Lansing Community College. The women landed fourth with 127 points behind Wayne State, Hope and Lake Superior State.
RESULTS
Freshman Will Engbers was named individual champion in the men's 8000m, crossing the finish line at a personal-best 25:13.1.
Jacob Esser was the next Laker to cross the finish line, placing fifth at 25:29.0.
Alex McArthur,
Seppi Camilli,
Zac Zemba and
Isaac Staib rounded out the top 10 with a 7-8-9-10 finish. Both McArthur and Staib notched personal-best times at 25:35.4 and 25:38.2, respectively. Joey Rohmfeld (25:48.7),
Ethan Parker (26:15.2),
Brendan Chapple (26:20.6),
Tyler Heath (26:27.2) and
Adair Artis (26:48.3) also recorded personal-best times in Muskegon.
The women were led by true freshman
Mackenzie Sellenraad, who recorded a lifetime-best 5k finish at 18:51.0 to place 16th overall.
Sydney Roberts followed Sellenraad to place 19th, recording a 19:05.9 finish in her collegiate-debut. Another lifetime-best accompanied
Grace Oberski who crossed the finish line 29
th at 19:22.6.
Chloe DeRidder (20:00.0) and
Kamryn Lauinger (20:09.4) rounded out the women's lineup, finishing 47th and 52nd, respectively in their collegiate debuts.
Grand Valley State cross country will race one more time before the postseason begins. Several men and women will run next weekend at the Bradley Pink Invite in Peoria, Illinois. More information will be posted this week via gvsulakers.com and @GVSUXCTF on Instagram and X, as well as GVSU CC and TF on Facebook.
