West Aurora Invite Results!
On Saturday, Oct 8, the DGS girls cross country team traveled to the Stuart Sports Complex for the West Aurora ‘Stampede’ Invite. It was a beautiful day to run on one of our favorite courses, and it showed as 14 of our 29 runners ran season best times. Team scores may have been a little skewed as 3 DGS varsity runners did not compete. Despite being short-handed, the varsity team still placed 3rd out of 18 teams competing. The F/S team placed 9th out of 13 teams, and the JV team placed 4th out of 9 teams.
In the varsity race, Erin Reidy (Fr) led the Mustangs with her 6th place finish. Melissa Weidner (So) and Brenna Cohoon (Fr) were next into the chute for DGS, placing 11th and 14th respectively. Olivia Duax (So) placed 30th and Allison Calek (So) completed the scoring with her 67th place finish. Gillian Thomas (Jr) and Kara Petersen (Sr) were the DGS #6 and #7 varsity runners.
Julie LaLonde (So) set the pace for DGS in the F/S race by placing 11th overall. Erin Glennon (Fr) was the next Mustang finisher in 27th place. Amanda Annese (So) and Clare Quirin (So) were close behind in 41st and 47th places. Marlo Rachie (Fr) was the final scoring runner to cross the finish line in 77th place. Zoe Kurzweil (Fr) and Amina Hosic (So) were the DGS #6 and #7 F/S runners.
In the final race of the day, Riya Bhasin (Jr) was the top DGS JV finisher in 15th place. She was followed by Carli Smid (Jr) and Megan Albers (Sr) in 21st and 22nd places. Hailey Rodden (Jr) was close behind in 26th place. Both Sara Ansah (Jr) and Johanna Skibbe (Jr) had great races to finish in 31st and 33rd places. In her first race of the year, Mary Eterno (Sr) surprised with a 40th place finish.
Complete DGS individual times/splits can be found on the Schedule/Results page. Full meet results can be found on the Athletic.net page. The Pictures and Video page contains pictures taken at the meet.
The Mustangs will compete this Saturday at KLM Park in the West Suburban Conference Gold Division championship meet. This will be the final meet of the season for F/S and JV runners. The varsity will then continue into the IHSA state series.
