Girls Cross Country Places 16th In Elite Race Field At Shepherd BlueJay Invitational

Girls Cross Country Places 16th In Elite Race Field At Shepherd BlueJay Invitational

On Saturday, 9/30/23, the MSHS Boys and Girls Cross Country teams traveled downstate to compete in one of Michigan’s largest high school cross country meets, the Shepherd BlueJay Invitational.

Top 20 Team Scores – Elite Girls Varsity Race (43 Total Teams):

  1. Romeo – 154
  2. Okemos – 174
  3. Traverse City West – 187
  4. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – 219
  5. East Grand Rapids – 254
  6. Davison – 283
  7. White Lake Lakeland – 288
  8. Frankenmuth – 292
  9. Utica – 304
  10. Fraser – 316
  11. Walled Lake Northern – 334
  12. St. Johns – 383
  13. Livonia Churchill – 390
  14. Traverse City Central – 395 
  15. Petoskey – 414
  16. Marquette – 417
  17. Freeland – 445
  18. Lansing Catholic – 453
  19. Midland Dow – 499
  20. Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – 512

Top 15 Race Finishers – Elite Girls Varsity Race (239 total competitors):

  1. Jessica Jazwinski – Hart – 17:08.6
  2. Katie Watkins – Midland Dow – 17:40.7
  3. Clara James-Heer – GR Forest Hills Central – 17:44.3 
  4. Aiden Harrand – Buckley – 17:46.3
  5. Ava Schafer – St. Johns – 17:54.5
  6. Morgan Brown – Livonia Churchill – 17:57.6
  7. Emmerson Clor – Romeo – 18:04.5
  8. Mylie Kelly – Benzie Central – 18:04.6
  9. Violet Hrabovsky – Romeo – 18:13.2
  10. Drew Muller – East Grand Rapids – 18:16.2
  11. Mary Richmond – Frankenmuth – 18:16.3
  12. Tessa Roe – Lansing Catholic – 18:23.4
  13. Sadey Seyferth – East Grand Rapids – 18:25.9
  14. Ava Alicandro – White Lake Lakeland – 18:31.7
  15. Shannon Gillahan – Okemos – 18:33.5

Girls Varsity Finishers From MSHS:

  • 35.  Ella Fure – 19:07.7
  • 55.  Monet Argeropoulos – 19:29.4
  • 60.  Abby Harma – 19:35.2
  • 137.  Cora Wernholm – 21:28.6
  • 149.  Ida Larsen -21:37.4
  • 168.  Tessa Bruns – 22:02.0
  • 172.  Eryn Veverka – 22:04.4

Click here for race results from the 9/30/23 Shepherd BlueJay Invite.

Next Up:

  • The MSHS Cross Country teams will have some time to recover before returning to competition on Thursday, 10/12/23, when they travel to Gladstone to participate in the Great Northern Conference Championships.  Races are scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m.