Lady Royals Run at MIS

Paced by freshman Tatyana Pless, who cracked the 20-minute mark for the first time, the Blissfield girls cross country team placed 21^st in the MHSAA Division 3 Lower Peninsula State Finals at Michigan International Speedway this morning.

Pless finished 61^st overall in a time of 19:56.3

She was followed in by senior Brittany Holdridge (143^rd, 20:55.1), senior Lauren Yates (148^th, 21:01.2), sophomore Meaghan Gunner (158^th, 21:13.3) and freshman Brianna Yates (178^th, 21:36.1). Also running for Blissfield were senior Autumn Owens (214^th, 22:46.8) and Nina Lepaus (223^rd, 23:02.3).

Gunner’s time was a personal best.

The Advance will post more pictures and video this weekend.