KENOSHA, Wis. --- The Parkside Women's Cross Country team opened up the 2024 season on Friday evening, competing in the Vic Godfrey Open. The Rangers won the team title on Friday in the 4k event. Abbi Steiner also put together an impressive performance in her Parkside Cross Country debut, winning the event.
 
"A great start in a low-key meet at home," remarked Director of Cross Country and Track and Field Nick Maas. "We planned to get out and just test ourselves and push over the second half. We executed very well today. Abbi Steiner looked very good considering it was her first cross country race ever. Honestly our women's team has a whole new level of confidence and really feels they belong in the conversation. Our men started off a little conservative and then stormed home the last mile. Jon Nowacki is looking very solid in his senior year right now. We'll have a big test in 2 weeks in Minnesota. That's when we'll see what kind of team we really have. Good day to be a Ranger!"
 
The Rangers were led by Steiner, who was impressive in her first race on the Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course. She won the event, finishing in 14:10.5. Johanna Ebert finished fourth in her Parkside debut, finishing in 14:43.6. Audrey Amaya finished fifth, running a personal best 15:04.6, which was a ten-second improvement over last year.
 
Grace Mildice finished sixth, running a personal best 15:09.5, a nearly 45 second improvement over her performance in 2023. Ella Rondeau finished 14th with a time of 15:46.0. Madison Perez ran a personal best time of 16:12.2, finishing 20th. Abby Robson finished 21st in her Parkside debut in a time of 16:12.4. Josie Kooima, Jasmine Sieben, and Mattea Wuest also made their first appearances in the green and black, finishing 23rd, 24th, and 27th respectively.
 
The Rangers will return to action on September 20th at the Roy Griak Invitational hosted at the Les Bolstad Golf Course in Minneapolis, Minnesota.