Dexter Cross Country Teams Run at Portage

The Dexter cross country teams took part in the Portage Invitational Saturday and had some strong finishes.

The Portage Invite is one of the largest invitationals in the state in preparation for regionals and state finals toward the end of the month.

The girls finished 23^rd out of 31 teams in the Division 1 race that was won by SEC rival Pioneer.

Kodie Snyder led Dexter with an 85^th-place finish in 20:50.2 and Amelia Cribbins was 103^rd in 21:12.9.

Layla Blumberg placed 107^th in 21:17.6, Claire Gibson 161^st in 22:39.7, Molly Noesen-Bosscher 166^th in 22:42.3, Claire Steinbrecher 184^th in 23:05.8, Mae Barbaro 196^th in 23:22.4, and Julianna Richards 200^th in 23:28.5.

The boys finished 19^th out of 32 teams.

Coen Hill medaled with a 13^th-place finish in 16:05.2, while Nick Martens was 69^th in 17:07.Nicholas Reiser was 140^th in 18:00.2, Nicholas Hoffman 143^rd in 18:04.3, Hudson McCleskey 147^th in 18:07.6, Cole Doty 151^st in 18:11.1, Liam Smith 156^th in 18:13.6, and Quentin McRae 157^th in 18:15.2.