By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - The Ada cross country squad competed at the Columbus Grove Invitational Saturday morning.
The Bulldogs finished 20th in the 24-team small school division meet. Host CG won the boys event with 76 points. Botkins nosed out Minster for second place, 97-98.
Ada scored 571 points to finish ahead of Leipsic, Spencerville, North Central and Miller City, who did not have enough runners finish (five) to field a team score.
Noah Fisher of Defiance Ayersville won the race in 15:38.4. A total of 148 runners competed in the boys small school division race.
Ada results:
Senior Hunter Wells finished 101st in 20:47.006
Sophomore Riley Ferguson came in 108th in 21:24.818.
Sophomore Seth Swaney ended up 116th in 22:22.325.
Freshman Connor Daugherty was 119th in a time of 22:40.306.
Sophomore Keegan Giddens finished 127th in 24:13.974
Freshman Xander Wells came in 129th in 24:29.009.
Freshman Robby Waters was 130th in 24:31.716.
Boys Small Division Standings:
Place Score Team
1 76 COLUMBUS GROVE
2 97 BOTKINS
3 98 MINSTER
4 107 HOPEWELL-LOUDON
5 145 LINCOLNVIEW
6 195 FAYETTE
7 223 EDGERTON
8 269 CRESTVIEW
9 280 PATRICK HENRY
10 292 OTTOVILLE
11 317 AYERSVILLE
12 345 MAPLETON
13 358 KALIDA
14 378 ANTWERP
15 384 ELMWOOD
16 401 RIVERDALE
17 401 HICKSVILLE
18 420 CAREY
19 490 MCCOMB
20 571 ADA
DNF: Leipsic, North Central, Spencerville, Miller City.
Grove also won the girls team title with 49 point, well ahead of second-place Carey (92).
The Bulldogs run at the Spencerville Invitational Saturday morning, August 6.
