GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Grace College cross country team ran at the Great Lakes Challenge on Saturday, a meet that featured over 20 teams and nine Crossroads League schools.

The Lady Lancers finished 16th as a team in the race, and the men’s team was 15th.

On the men’s side, three runners had a personal record for the Lancers. Sam Hall paced Grace in 62nd place with a PR time of 27:02.

Carter Meyer returned from injury to run a 27:20 race, Ben Rankin crossed the finish line in 27:45, and Elijah Brooks was not far behind at 27:54.

John Marhefka (28:14) and Matt Halbakken (29:01) also had PRs for Grace. Brendan Hamilton (28:43) and Drew Jones (28:58) rounded out Grace’s top-six finishers.

Liz Fox continued her impressive campaign, finishing as the women’s top runner. She finished in 78th place in a time of 20:20. Aubrey Breininger was one place behind Fox at 20:24.

Jessica Zvers was third for the Lady Lancers at 20:58, and Suzanne Sickafoose (21:19), McCalah Mast (21:22) and Karla Singer (21:32) finished in a tight pack for the women.

“Our men ran a decent race, but we will definitely need some guys to step up at the league championships in two weeks,” said Grace head coach Jeff Raymond. “All of our ladies have had good races this year, but we need them to come together on the same day at our league meet.”

The Lancers hit the climax of their season next, tackling the Crossroads League Championships on Nov. 4 in Carmel, Ind.