The idea in cross country is to keep beating your best time, and the Reeths-Puffer girls did that on Friday at the Ottawa Hills Invitational at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids.
All five of the R-P runners who scored posted their personal best marks of the season.
The group was led again by Jersi Bilek, who finished in 19:41 and took 22nd place out of 169 runners. She did well despite battling some lingering effects of a recent illness.
Darcy Keefe
Juniors Kaitlyn Durow and Darcy Keefe ran almost as a duo, both coming in at 22:19 and finishing in 99th and 100th place, respectively.
“They ran neck and neck the entire race, picking off groups of runners,” said R-P Coach Lindsay Keefe.
Kaitlyn Durow
Charli Belinger posted a time of 24:03 and Sidney Shakelford finished in 27:55.
The Rockets finished 17th out of 19 teams, ahead of Grand Rapids Northview and Mona Shores. Hudsonville finished in first place.