Peoria, Ill. – Grand Valley State's cross country team raced four times today at the Bradley Pink Classic, hosted by Bradley University. Race day called for windy conditions, with wind bringing the feels like temperature down to 40 degrees with some light rain. In the open races that kicked off the afternoon, the men's team swept the field, and women's teams finished first. In the elite field, the men and the women placed second in a field filled with DI talent. 

RESULTS

The Laker men were led by Flynn Pumpa, who's 23:31finishing time earned himself fourth place. Next up was Noah Selvaraj, who finished 16th overall with a 23:47 time in the 8000m.Sebastian Ramirez  was third with a time of 23:51. Owen Westerkamp, Will Engbers, Bahozoni Church and Conor Somers filled out the top seven. 

Allie Arnsman led Grand Valley, finishing 3rd with a 20:06 time in the 6k. Karen Kiratu was the next racer to cross the line for the women, finishing eleventh overall with a finishing time of 20:39. Sofia Borter followed, placing 14th. Annika Sandman, Cara Newman, Annie Alkema and Natalie Mello rounded out the top seven Lakers, all with top 40 finishes.

The open race was won by both teams, with Lydia LaMarra crossing the line first for the lady Lakers with an overall finish of 2nd place, and a time of 21:30. The rest of the top five was filled out by Mea D'Agostino, Sinead Noonan, Abby Young and Violet Hrabovsky together scoring 34 points. The first man to cross the finish line was Kilian Whalen, winning with a 24:25 8k. Kyler Dean, Tinsae Nelson, Drennan Akins and Cameron Martensen were the other scorers, sweeping the field for a perfect 15 points.

Grand Valley State Cross Country will finish off their regular season Saturday at the Muskegon Jayhawk Invite. After that, their postseason begins at the GLIAC Championships, hosted by Purdue Northwest the first Saturday of November. More information will be posted via gvsulakers.com and @GVSUXCTF on Instagram and X, as well as GVSU CC and TF on Facebook.