The track and field teams traveled to Houseman Field in Grand Rapids for the second time this season, this time for the Grand Rapids Elite Challenge. Both teams enjoyed some great performances, especially coming off a challenging week with two other competitions. In the 22 team field, the boys' team finished 9th and the girls' team finished 1st. Chix track and field will head to Muskegon High School on Tuesday for a double dual OK Green showdown with Muskegon and Reeths Puffer.

Notable performances from the GR Elite Challenge:

Allesandro Saccani finished 1st in the open 100m dash (11.46) and 7th in the Elite 400m (51.77). Nick Riemersma finished 5th in the Elite 400m (51.17) and 2nd in high jump (6' 0"). Caden Guffey, Sam Downing, Dylan Walters, Aaiden Gillespie, and Jeffrey DeWitt all set new PRs in the open 1600m run. Dylan Killilea finished 7th in the Elite 110m hurdles (16.22) and led the 4x110m shuttle hurdle relay to a 2nd place finish along with Zeke Hutt, Preston Stema, and Noah Tillman. In shot put, Parker Williams finished 4th (50' 4.5"), Garrett Weeden 6th (48' 11") and Drestin TerHaar 8th (46' 11") while Weeden finished 2nd (163' 1") and Williams 7th (150' 1") in discus. Brady White finished 2nd in long jump with a new PR of 20' 0".

Allie DeLost finished 2nd in the Elite 100m (12.64). The 4x200 relay team of DeLost, Mirra Fenlon, Kat Wilson, and Kamryn Burke finished 7th (1:52.43). Meredith Cook finished 3rd in the Elite 400m (1:01.67) and teamed up with CC Kuras, Emma Drnek, and Ally Kuzma to take 1st in the 4x800m relay (9:59.97). Kuzma also finished 7th in the Elite Mile (5:05.19) and 2nd in the Elite 3200 (11:02.53) and Kuras finished in a tie for 8th in high jump (4' 8"). Brynn Blanton finished 7th in the Elite 100m hurdles with a season best time of 17.54. In throws, Mariah Sackett was 2nd (36' 1.5"), Faith Bonnema 3rd (34' 7.50"), Anna Tilden 6th (33' 2.5"), and Jenna Klein 7th (31' 11") in shot put; in discus, Sackett was 2nd (127' 3") and Anna Tilden was 4th (117' 2"). Rylee Sluiter was 3rd in pole vault (9' 6") and Mirra Fenlon took 2nd (16' 6.5") and Elyse Smith was 7th (15' 2") in long jump.