Paced by freshman Tatyana Pless, who cracked the 20-minute mark for the first time, the Blissfield girls cross country team placed 21st in the MHSAA Division 3 Lower Peninsula State Finals at Michigan International Speedway this morning.
Pless finished 61st overall in a time of 19:56.3
She was followed in by senior Brittany Holdridge (143rd, 20:55.1), senior Lauren Yates (148th, 21:01.2), sophomore Meaghan Gunner (158th, 21:13.3) and freshman Brianna Yates (178th, 21:36.1). Also running for Blissfield were senior Autumn Owens (214th, 22:46.8) and Nina Lepaus (223rd, 23:02.3).
Gunner’s time was a personal best.
The Advance will post more pictures and video this weekend.