Valparaiso Girls XC Team Gains Victory in 3-Way Meet

Katelyn DeVries of Valpo takes 1st place in a win over Lake Central and Portage. Time for DeVries was 19:15. Lake Central High School hosted the 3-way meet. This was a new course run by Valpo, not slowing down Valparaiso girls XC any, Valpo took the win. Coming in behind DeVries was Alison Mundell for 3rd with a time of 19:39 followed by Lauren Bigger in 7th for Valpo, with a time of 20:04.

Official scores were: Valpo 21 - Lake Central 34 Valpo 24 - Portage 33 Lake Central 27- Portage 31

Individual places and times:
1 Katelyn DeVries 19:15
3 Alison Mundell 19:39
7 Lauren Bigger 20:04
9 Tiffany Fortney 20:20
10 Tricia Joll 20:23
16 Michaela Gazdich 20:55
17 Marilee Tullis 21:06
20 Alyssa Despoy 21:29
24 Sara Greenawald 21:41
32 Bri Konrad 22:59
34 Emily Owens 23:01
36 Hannah Zygmunt 23:06
40 Liz Schlichting 23:16
42 Madison Whitler 32:21
44 Kelly Bigger 23:41
45 Alexia Perez 23:43
49 Taylor Kovats 24:39
57 Samaah Al-Najjer 28:27
58 Emily Walsh 29:51

Next meet for VHS girls XC is the Culver Invitational. Races for girls begin at 9:10 am with Varsity.

Thank you to Chris Joll and Kelly Coulopoulos for contributing photos!