ZEXC took advantage of another perfect fall Saturday and traveled down for the largest cross country meet of the season: the Portage Invite. 

In the varsity boys race, Gavin Wiersma medaled placing 41st and Caden Guffey ran an all-time personal best time of 17:20.5. The varsity boys finished 16th out of 46 Division 2 teams.

In the varsity girls race, Ally Kuzma and Emma Drnek both medaled, finishing 17th and 48th, respectively. Megan Kuzma ran an all-time personal best time of 20:23.7; the varsity girls finished 7th out of 43 Division 2 teams.

In the boys JV race, Dylan Veltema finished 27th and Joey Michmerhuizen finished 37th, both earning coveted Portage Invite medals. Joey also ran an all-time personal best time (18:39.6) as did Connor Bing (19:41.9), Issak Stitt (20:22.0), and Josiah Muller (22:17.9). JV boys finished 8th out of 20 Division 2 JV teams.

In the girls JV race, Taryn DiLaura (6th), Hannah Lewis (10th), Libby Post (12th), Sophie Koleszar (34th), Elise Meister (39th), and Audrey Durham (41st) all earned medals, while Meg VanDam (24:10.1), Lauren DeVries (25:46.7) and Shylee Soukhome (25:46.7) all ran all-time personal bests. JV girls finished 3rd out of 17 Division 2 JV teams.

ZEXC will be back in action on Wednesday, October 19th for the OK Green Conference Championships at Helder Park in Zeeland.