The Blazer cross country teams raced at the Petoskey Invitational on Saturday, September 24 with hills and a bit of heat. The attending teams were divided into 3 divisions based on school size and Kalkaska was in division III, which included 7 teams. 

Emily Anger of Mancelona won the girl's Division 3 race in 21:28. The fastest time overall was posted by Jane Manthei of Petoskey St. Michael, who ran 20:00. There were 45 runners in Division III, and 5 teams scored. The Blazers scored 3rd after Charlevoix and Boyne City, and beat out Tawas by one point. Anna Martin led the Blazers taking 8th place in 24:09. Myah Little was 13th, 24:27, Courtney Borden was 16th, 24:38, Keira Curneal was 19th, 25:03, and Kara Olds was 27th, 26:02, making up Kalkaska's top 5. Abby Minion was 31st, 27:22, Kylee Reust was 38th, 29:48, and Jenna Rabourn was 43rd, 33:01. Angela Rodriguez twisted her ankle in the first mile, but we're hoping she heals up for Shepherd. 

Gavin Guggemos won the boys Division 3 race in 17:07, and was 4th of all runners. The fastest time was posted by Shane Izzard of Petoskey who ran a 16:55. The boys finished 2nd in Division 3 behind Charlevoix.There were 46 runners in our division, and 6 teams scored. Several of our soccer players were missing for a game, so this was a nice achievement since we were not at full force. Camden Moore was 6th, 18:34, Coltrane Paryani was 9th, 18:49, Jackson Shetler was 15th, with a new personal record of 19;49, and Zander Griffore was 35th, 24:00, to round out Kalkaska's top five. Mason Doehring placed 44th in 28:28. 

Aaliyah Hillier was our first girl in the 7th/8th grade race, placing 4th in 14:03, a new PR. The 7th/8th grade boys were led by Owen McGlone who ran 11:55 and placed 4th. Kaden Fisher was 14th in 13:28, Alex Lopez was 25th in 14:11, Kellen TenHopen was 30th in 14:32, and Seth Storm was 36th in 15:02, which was a PR. The boys were 4th of 6 scoring teams. 

Full results for the Petoskey Invitational can be found at Petoskey Invitational ANet. The high school will race again on Saturday, September 30th in Shepherd. The middle school will race Wednesday, September 27th in Mancelona, and will also attend the Shepherd meet on the 30th.