Lancers battle stiff competition at Western Michigan

KALAMAZOO, Mich. - Grace's cross country team continued its season at Western Michigan's George Dales Invite on Friday. The Lancers battled multiple NCAA Div. I schools, including Akron, Bowling Green, Dayton, Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, Oakland and Western Michigan. The women placed 10th out of 13 teams, and the men were ninth out of 10. Krysta Stanko led the women with a 43rd-place showing of 22:31.8. Cece Mitchell was not far behind her in 48th place (22:42.0), and Grace Pettit was two seconds behind in 22:44.5. Leah Emch (22:57.9) finished fourth in line for the Lancers. She was...