The men's and women's cross country had a great day at the Northwood invitational on Saturday September 9th. 

The men's team finished 5th in the very strong 17 team field. Powers edged Saginaw Valley rival Heritage High School by 21 points. Powers and Heritage are expected to be two of the top tier teams in the SVL this fall.

David Murphy led the Chargers with a 4th place finish in a time of 16:23 which is just 3 seconds off his all time personal record. Sophomore Bryce Gross continued his hot start to the season with a personal best performance of 16:57 which was also his first time under the 17 minute barrier. 

Seniors Peter Huey and Kieran Murphy finished 46th and 48th while sophomore Caleb Carignan finished 62nd to complete the scoring for the Chargers. 

Overall it was a great day for the Chargers as 8 athletes recorded their personal best times. 

The Powers women's team finished 12th in the  field while competing without several key contributors. Grace Evanoff, Maggie Gilin and Aerike Pertler packed it up and finished in places 59, 60 and 62. Brianna Krampe and Kakayla Stewart finished in 82nd nd 87th to complete the scoring for the Chargers.

Complete results can be found at the link below. 

https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/221910/info

The cross country team will be back in action on Tuesday September 12 to open up the Saginaw Valley portion of the schedule at Warner-Rolland Middle School in Lapeer.