Cross Country Meets

The Cross Country team this year at Calvary has been working hard to prepare for regionals! There are eleven people on the team this year, including Brendan and Jordyn Hamilton, Breece Hammond, Katie Boeve, Hannah and Nick Roberts, Britney Zehr, Maddie Price, Matthew Bliss and Alec and Abbie Cammenga. It has been a super fun season, and we still have 4 more meets to go! Each meet we run is 3.1 miles long, and through all different types of terrain. There is usually a boys and girls varsity race, and sometimes there are also JV races.

Our first meet was at Oakridge High School. Seven of us were able to participate in this meet. This course went all around the school buildings and through the woods for a little while. Brendan Hamilton did really well, coming in with a time of 17:32, and placed 5th overall for the boys’ varsity race.

Our second meet was at Johnson Park in Grandville. This meet was a jamboree, which means that boys and girls all ran together in one race. This course was the toughest course we have run so far. There was a large portion that we had to run in the mud, and there was also a huge hill that we had to run up. Four of us ran this meet. Matthew Bliss ran this course with a time of 22.54.

The third meet we ran was at Rycenga Park in Spring Lake. Seven of us ran this meet. This meet was mostly through the woods. It was a fast course, and Brendan Hamilton set his personal record with a time of 16:51, placing second, missing first by less than one second.
The fourth meet we ran, a jamboree, was at Western Michigan Christian High School. Five of us ran this meet. This course had a large ditch we had to run through, and several sharp turns. It was a tough course, but everyone did very well. Brendan Hamilton did a great job again, and came in second with a time of 17:33.

This year’s cross country team is a great group of people and we have a lot of fun. We will enjoy what is left of the season and give God the glory through it all!

Abbie Cammenga, Senior