White Cloud cross country was in action at the Fremont Hill & Bale race this past Saturday, Sep. 9.

The Indians showed major improvement in the unique steeplechase hybrid event compared to a year ago, including improvements from one minute up to even three minutes from some returning competitors.

The boys squad finished third in their division behind Muskegon West Michigan Christian and Wyoming Potter's House. Coleson Cruzan led the charge with a fourth place finish at 18:40. Carson Foondle was tenth with a time of 19:19, Kaleb Canning finished 14th, Wyatt Karnes 24th, and Angelo Hinson 25th for the scoring five. Avery Bowman came through in 29th, and Trystan Tancock finished 36th to round out the starting seven. Coleson, Carson, and Kaleb were medal winners. The boys team as a whole improved by an average of a minute and 15 seconds from last year's race. 

For the girls race, Annie Feldpausch was the lone medal earner for the Indians with a 13th place finish in 24:08. Charlotte Karnes was 33rd and Anna Mohr was 34th.  

In the JV runners, White Cloud was led by Donnie Grovesteen in the combined division race, who medaled by taking 10th place overall. He was followed by Dalton Crawford in 19th, Mason Price in 30th, Jarrett Warlick (31st), Landon Edwards (35th), Tyler Higgins (37th), Joziah Smith (43th), and Sam Viher (45th.) The JV boys finished 4th overall amongst the nine team field.  

"Our runners of the meet were Charlotte Karnes and Mason Price for improving their times," Head coach Andrea Atwood said. "(They improved) from last week by 6:05 and 4:18 respectively."

White Cloud returns to racing on Saturday, Sep. 16 at the Ludington Invite.