The CSMS girls and boys track teams had a great season.

Middle school girls with first place plaque.

The Cedar Srings Middle School cross country team started off the season with a record amount of athletes.  No team has been larger than the team that competed this year. The cross team also was put into a new league that aligns more with the teams that the High School teams compete against. However, that didn’t stop these athletes from rising above and competing hard. Week after week, each one of the runners worked hard and the results were evident.

At the conference meet held on Oct 18, the boys team finished 3rd overall out of 8 teams. These were all teams they battled back and forth with all season. Corey Bowers was conference champion leading the way for the Red Hawks. Austin Mann, Alex Nylaan, Spencer Bray, and Caleb Menefee all set season personal bests to round out the top five scoring. Carter Moleski, Sam Kleyenberg, Justin Voskuil, Andy Luke, Nate VanKampen, Andy Luke, Andrew Koning, Gabe White, Drew Mattson, Cayden Steinebach, Ian Little and Justin Kennedy Johnson also ran exceptional races to help their team out.

The girls team was conference champions for the second year in a row, setting another record. Again with a tougher conference, the girls prevailed and almost all ran their personal bests. Kaelyn Colclasure, Lauren Lett, Abby Buttermore, Paige Marsman, and Sierra Johnson placed in the top 20. This was the first time Cedar Springs has had five runners in the top 20 at a conference meet. Alexis Wood, Olivia Sherman, Chloe Grifhorst, Ella See and Grace Sova finished right on their heels setting new personal best times. The following girls also set new personal best times helping their team to victory:  Emma Waller, Kirsten Parker, Aubrie French, Lily Howland, Kristen Perry, Cloe Shoffner, Muriel Cook, Emily Caldwell, Julia Pecker, Isabel Vandusen, Abbey Shotko, Brilynn Smith, and Emily Neiderheide.

Congratulations to a great season to all our runners!!