GRF Youth & Junior travels to USAT Nationals

WEST CHESTER, Ohio – Grim Reaper Fitness’ first youth & junior team traveled to USAT Nationals and brought home a top-10 and two top-20 finishes.

Lily Matthews finished 9^th in the 15-year-old female division posting an overall time of 41:44.9. Her swim time of 3:53.41 was the division’s fastest. Athletes between the ages of 11 and 15 raced a 200-meter swim, 10k bike leg, and 2k run. Riley Cate finished 27^th in the 13-year-old female division with a time of 51:11.20.

The athletes between the ages of 7 and 10 swam 100 meters, biked a 5K and ran a 1k. Alex Thurston posted GRF’s best time, finished 54^th in male 10-year-old with a time of 24:25:31. Maddie Rankin finished 38^th in female 10-year-old in 26:06.

In the 8-year-old female division, Bella Thurston was 14^th and Lexi Rankin 18^th. Thurston finished in 28:03.06 and Rankin came in at 31:10.66.