SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Grand Valley State's women's and men's cross country teams finished eighth and fourth respectively at this morning's Joe Piane Notre Dame Invite hosted by Notre Dame. The women's squad scored 245 points in the competition, led by Allie Arnsman with a 16:52 finish in the 5k. The men scored 153 points in the 8000m, led by Flynn Pumpa with a finishing time of 23:37.

RESULTS

Annie Alkema was the next racer to cross the line for the women, finishing 52nd overall with a finishing time of 17:13. Karen Kiratu followed, placing 53rd. Sofia Borter, Cara Newman, Annika Sandman and Megan Postma rounded out the top seven Lakers with a 65-66-80-86 finish.

The next man to cross the line after Pumpa was Noah Selvaraj, who finished 22nd overall with a 23:45 time in the 8000m. Owen Westerkamp was third with a time of 24:07. John Mabar, Will Engbers, Bahozoni Church and  Connor Nolan filled out the top seven. 

The open race was won by both teams, with Madeline Hill crossing the line first for the lady Lakers with an overall finish of 16th place, and a time of 18:10. The rest of the top five was filled out by Mea D'Agostino, Lydia LaMarra, Violet Hrabovsky, and Abby Young, together scoring 58 points. The first man in a GV singlet to cross the finish line was Cameron Martensen, finishing with a 24:30 8k, placing him 4th. Killian Whalen, Kyler Dean, Jacob Esser, and Jamie Chandler were the other scorers, tallying up 35 points.

Grand Valley State Cross Country will be competing later this evening, with a 4:00pm start at the SVSU Red October Invite. After that, they will have a bye week before traveling for a split squad weekend in mid-October, racing at the Bradley Pink Classic and the Muskegon Jayhawk invite, on October 16th and 17th respectively. More information will be posted via gvsulakers.com and @GVSUXCTF on Instagram and X, as well as GVSU CC and TF on Facebook.