We send a big portion of the team to the mid-week East Lansing Invite every year to chase PRs on a course that always delivers for those willing to take part in the chase. This year was no different as 15 hornets set lifetime bests in Spartan territory on Wednesday.

At East Lansing, we had quite a few runners go under 20 minutes for the first time. As of this weekend, Saline now has 22 runners in the teens, with Eduardo Lachau being our cutoff in his first time under in 19:53 at East Lansing. Now to work on all these athletes being under 19!

Late in the week, the Portage schedule was re-arranged due to the heat index reaching the "Red". On a very hot day, we had some athletes suffer from heat exhaustion symptoms. Still, on a not good day for cross country, we had no DNFs, an 11th place individual, and an impressive run from Carlos nearing the sub 17 barrier again. Here's to hoping for some good weather, finally, in the last leg of this season.