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Home Cross Country Meet @ Twin Birch
4.0 months ago @ 9:47AM
- Game Date
- Sep 15, 2025
The Blazers hosted the Kalkaska Invitational at Twin Birch Golf Course on Monday, September 15. The weather was great and 10 high school 11 middle school teams attended. Bellaire won the girl's race in a crazy close meet, with Kalkaska finishing in 4th. Petoskey St. Michael won the boys race, with Kalkaska placing 2nd for the runner up trophy. Brynne Schulte of Elk Rapids won the girl's race with a time of 20:57.16, followed by Anna Pray of Elk Rapids in 20:57.17. Cody Bradley of Petoskey St. Michael won the boy's race, finishing with a season record of 17:01.2.
Aaliyah Hillier led the Blazer girls, placing 3rd in 21:35.2. Izzy Wegener, Courtney Borden, Anna Martin, and Paige Balliet scored, and Magdalena Etcheverria, completing her first race, and Lily Trumbel were in our top seven.
Coltrane Paryani was the first Blazer to finish, placing 5th in 18:31.5. Seth Storm, Owen McGlone, Kellen TenHolpen, and Alex Bontrager scored, and Owen Shetler and Ephraim Conway finished in our top seven. Storm and TenHopen ran PRs, and Bontrager and Conway ran season bests.
The middle school girls placed 4th, with Sophia Garcia leading the team, placing 12 in 16:15.8. McKenna Jenkins, Gwen Finley, Ryane Gilbert and Avery Schriver scored. Jenkins and Gilberts ran PRs.
J.J. Fox won the boy's race in 12:04.3, a new PR, leading the boy's to a second place finish behind Grayling. James Martin, Griffin Anderson, Nick Wegener, and Luke Scott scored for the Blazers, with Martin and Scott running PRs. Kyle Ball was the 6th runner for the team, and earned a PR, along with Brecken TenHopen.
The elementary school teams were out in force and ran well. Thanks to Coaches Hixson and Zamaites for introducing those students to our sport.
Thanks to all the spectators who came out to support the teams, to the volunteers who helped guide runners on the course, worked the finish line, and handed out awards, and to Kaelie Chesebro for leading the National Anthem! Mostly, thanks to Twin Birch Golf Club for allowing us to use their course. It's challenging and spectator friendly, and we appreciate you giving up an afternoon of business to let us run our race.
Full results can be found here: Kalkaska Invitational