Two Fruitport girls cross country runners had a great start to the season on Saturday, finishing in the top 10 at the Muskegon Catholic Central Invitational.
Sophomore Treasure Fleese finished sixth individually in the girls race with a time of 23:15.60. Freshman Peyhton Beardsley was right behind her in seventh place with a time of 23:20.87.
All five of Fruitport’s top runners finished in the top 20 in the girls race.
[1]Sophomore Sophie Christopher finished 15th, sophomore Genevieve Franklin was 17th and freshman Aryssa St. Amour took 19th.
The Fruitport boys did not fare quite so well as a team, but junior Landon Johnson had a good day, finishing 22nd with a time of 18:19.26.
[2]Freshman Dylan Winskas took 41st place while juniors Enzo Aggoune and Josh Vanstelle finished 43rd and 56th, respectively.
Both Fruitport teams teams were without several runners, including standouts Valerie Pollock and Vincent Pollock.
“Today’s meet was just a tune-up race,” said Fruitport Coach Randy Johnson. “We had no expectations and just wanted to get a race to overcome any fears that come with the first race of the season.
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“We had a number of athletes gone, but the ones that ran did well. Next week we hope to improve on our times. Everyone learned a lot from their first race.”
Both the boys and girls teams will return to action on Tuesday at the Fruitport Calvary Christian Invitational.
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