Minooka results

On Saturday, the DGS girls cross country team competed at the Minooka Flight Invitational. The varsity team placed 6th out of 14 teams in the flighted race competition. Maggie Seitz (Sr) started the competition in flight 7 and ended with the highest Mustang finish with 2nd place (19:52). Lizbeth Alcantara (Sr) placed 5th in flight 6 in 19:35. Emily Qualizza (Sr) placed 6th in flight 5 in 19:25. In flight 4, Jill Boyle (Sr) placed 7th with 19:45. Becky Versaskas (Fr) ran well in flight 3, placing 5th in 19:01. Michaela Hackbarth (Sr) ran flight 2 and finished 8th in 19:13. Katie Stapleton (Jr) had the fastest DGS time of the day in flight 1, finishing in 6th place with 18:26. Overall, it was an inconsistent effort by our varsity on a tough, muddy course.

The frosh/soph team represented DGS well, falling 2 pts short of winning the team competition. Yorkville took 1st with 59, Lyons Township was 2nd with 60, and DGS placed 3rd out of 14 teams with 61 pts. Natalie Olsen (So) ran an outstanding race, coming from behind to eventually take the lead, only to get outkicked and finish 2nd overall. Her time of 19:20 would have fared well in most of the varsity races. Gillian Thomas (So) also ran a strong race, finishing 4th overall with a time of 19:33. Melissa Weidner (Fr) ran her best race of the season with an 11th place finish in 19:56. Alyssa Taglia (So) placed 21st in 20:26 and Olivia Duax (Fr) placed 23rd in 20:32 to round out the team scoring. Allison Calek (Fr) and Riya Bhasin (So) completed the team running 21:00 and 21:30 respectively.

In the Open race, DGS placed 3rd out of 14 teams and had 3 runners place in the top 11. Megan Albers (Jr) ran 19:59 to place 7th, Kara Petersen (Jr) ran 20:12 to place 9th, and Allie Cheevers (Sr) ran 20:20 to place 11th. Full meet results can be found at Run Minooka, and individual DGS results can be found HERE.

The Mustangs compete next on Monday (Sept 21) at O’Brien Park versus Proviso East and Addison Trail. On Friday (Sept 25), DGS travels to the Naperville Invite at DuPage River Park in Naperville.