On Saturday morning August 30th, the DVCC Girls kicked off their 2025 season at the 31st Annual Chandler Invitational. In the series of class-based races, the DVCC Seniors were led to an 2nd-place finish by Team Co-Captain Lydia Leeman, who placed 6th with a time of 20:10. DVCC took 12th in the Juniors race, led by Laniya Begody in 29th (22:41). The Thunder grabbed second place in the Sophomore Race, led by Kendyl Taylor in 4th (19:49). Samantha Botzler finished 12th with a time of 22:40 to lead the DVCC Girls to a fourth-place finish in the Freshman Race.