We're going to the State Championships!

Wow! What a weekend of racing! First of all, congratulations to our girls who came in 3rd at the Regional meet this Saturday, earning their way down to the State Championship meet in Columbus on November 1. Also, congratulations to the Bay Boys team as well, who will also be heading down to Columbus, following their 2nd place finish this weekend! Great job, all runners!

The girls had a fantastic Varsity race! Leading the way for the Rockets was Amanda Cusimano who came in 5th (19:44), following closely by Abby Christel in 6th (19:50), Olivia Bechtel in 18th (20:29), Maddie Voiers in 58th (21:41), and rounding out our top 5 was Aubrey Crabb right behind her in 63rd (21:47). Also running for our varsity squad was Hailey Russell, finishing in 88th (22:34), and Rose Mlakar in 104th (23:32). Our Varsity team earned 131 points, which was more than enough to earn a spot in the State meet next weekend!

We had a very exciting run during the Open race as well! Carleigh Walter led the way for the Rockets in 22:31, followed by Christina Kinkelaar (23:10), Ellie Frey who set a lifetime PR in 24:41, Delaney Bly (28:18), Mary Woods who ran her final cross country race as a senior in 28:25, Kara Gillespie (28:26), and Abbey Strauss (30:19).

All of our girls ran well, despite the heat-wave and humidity of the day! Both coaches are extremely proud of our girls, and cannot wait to watch them race next weekend. Our Varsity team for the State meet will be: Amanda Cusimano, Abby Christel, Olivia Bechtel, Maddie Voiers, Aubrey Crabb, Carleigh Walter, Hailey Russell, Christina Kinkelaar (alternate), and Rose Mlakar (alternate).

There will be an email sent home this week with specific hotel information, bus times, meet information, etc.

We hope to see as many Bay Girls XC fans down at States as we can! Go Rockets!