Three Ada cross country runners participated in the annual Kyle Althauser Memorial Invitational meet Thursday evening in Kenton.

Bulldog senior Riley Ferguson finished 36th in a time of 21:37.5 as the lone Ada male runner.

Hunter Sidle of Allen East finished first in the 68-runner boys race in 17:00.5.

Marion Pleasant won the seven-team boys team title with 30 points. St. Marys was a distant second with 58 points. Kenton was third (105), Allen East fourth and Hardin Northern fifth (110).

Ada sophomore Jillian Hazelton crossed the line 22nd in the 43-runner girls race with a time of 27:22.6.

Lady Bulldog sophomore teammate Elsie Allen finished 28th in 28:37.8.    

Freshman Allison Woodruff of Riverdale won the girls race in 19:42.

St. Marys won the girls team title with 26 points, while Kenton finished second (30). Nine other teams were represented but did not have enough runners for a team score.

Ada did not have the requisite five runners to compile a boys or girls team score. 

The Northwest Conference title meet is Saturday morning, Oct. 16 at Van Wert.