Saranac

 Saranac Cross Country is Ready to Take the Next Steps 

SARANAC, Mich. - Most teams know they have to put in the work during the off season – good teams know that putting in the work means hard nights in harsh conditions where you have to fight through the difficulties of both summer distractions and the unrelenting heat. For the Saranac cross country team, they know what it will take to get to where they want to be. To be amongst the conferences best will require pushing themselves beyond their limits, and they are on their way to taking that next step up. 

“The kids have been working hard and we’ve had a good summer. A lot of them are ahead of where they were twelve months ago so we are excited to see where that takes us. We know that we aren’t at the top of the league right now but hope to see progress and move up from where we were last year.” Saranac head coach Brian Powell said of his team. “We have a good solid pack of a lot of people. Hopefully we can keep real tight together especially our 2-3-4-5 on both teams and keep them pretty interchangeable.”

The Saranac team will be paced by a pair of sophomores, returning state qualifier Ester Cahill and Kaytlyn Day who is excited to get the season started and has put in the work to be a leader both on the course and of her team. 

“I’ve spent a lot of the summer running and I’m ready for the season to begin. I love the feeling of when I’m racing and it’s just adrenaline getting to the next person, then the next person again and getting to the finish and feeling that accomplishment.” Day commented on her source of commitment to the sport. As a team she recognizes that their supportiveness is what sets them apart from the competition. “We are very connected. We run together and when we are passing each other during workouts – its good job, good job, good job every single time.”

Saranac opens their season August 27th with their home meet, one of the bigger invitational openers in all the area. With thirty three teams across high school divisions and middle school it will certainly be the test of a Saranac summer well invested.