Mustangs win Fenton Invitational!

The DGS girls cross country team overcame multiple weather delays and a muddy, sloppy course to place 1st out of 17 teams at the Fenton Invite on Saturday. Because of the weather, all 3 levels were combined into one extremely large girls race with 431 runners. The Mustangs showed why they are regarded as one of the best teams in the state with a victory over several other top 25 ranked teams. DGS finished with 7 runners in the first 11 places and scored 26 points to easily out-distance the 2nd place team from Prospect with 115 points. Brenna Cohoon (Jr) placed 2nd overall in 18:15 over the 3-mile course. Melissa Weidner (Sr) and Erin Reidy (Jr) placed 4th and 5th respectively with times of 18:45 and 18:55. Alex Spang (Fr) and Becky Versaskas (Sr) completed the DGS scoring with their 7th and 8th place finishes in 18:59 and 19:00. Rounding out the varsity top 7 were Kennedy Warden (Jr) and Kelsey Casella (Fr) finishing in 10th and 11th places with matching times of 19:07. One of the unfortunate consequences of combining all the levels into one race is that there were no standings or awards for a F/S or JV race. It’s obvious that DGS would have done very well on both levels both individually and as a team. Rebecca Diddia (So) and Sophia McNerney (Fr) finished 16th and 17th overall. Olvia Duax (Sr) was 52nd, Renee Kowalski (Fr) was 65th, Sara Homberg (Fr) was 70th, Allison Calek (Sr) was 79th, Michelle Kurcina (Sr) was 83rd, and Julie LaLonde (Sr) was 86th. After taking out all of the varsity runners in the race, these individuals would have all finished in the top 10 of their respective F/S or JV races. DGS competes next Saturday, Sept.8th at the First to the Finish Invite in Peoria.