The cross country team competed at the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing on Friday, Sept. 13. Sophomore Daniel Seestad had the best run for the boys with a time of 16:46 for the 5,000 meter run. The best female Laker was senior Sara Filby with a time of 22:08 for the same event. Close behind was senior Joshua Witt with a time of 19:15 for the boys and sophomore Makayla Williams with a time of 25:31 for the girls. The boys finished 22nd overall, and the girls ended in 34th place.
“I’m really proud of everyone. We’ve been working really hard at practice,” said senior Margo Budde. “At the Spartan Invite, the weather was really good and almost all of us set personal records.”
Their next meet is Wednesday, Sept. 25 at Oakland University.