Four Ada cross country runners competed in the Wildcat Invitational meet Saturday, October 2, at the Kalida Fish and Game Club.

Lady Bulldog sophomore Elsie Allen finished 87th in 26:20.5 to pace the Ada girls.    

Sophomore teammate Jillian Hazelton was close behind her in 90th place with a time of 26:59.9.

Senior Andrea Burgei of Kalida won the 117-runner girls race in a time of 19:16.5. Junior Taylor Spencer of Waynesfield-Goshen was second in 19:25.3.

Liberty-Benton won the girls team title with 58 points, Ottawa-Glandorf was second (81) and Van Buren third (86). Ada and 11 others did not have the five runners needed for a team score.

A total of 22 schools were represented, but Ada and 11 others did not have enough runners to post a team score.

On the boys side, Bulldog senior Riley Ferguson finished 89th in a time of 22:15.8.     

Ada junior Tristen Dalton came in 105th in 27:48.1.    

Allen East senior Hunter Sidle won the 111-runner boys race in 16:41.1.

Lincolnview won the 20-team boys team competition with 67 points. Bluffton finished second with 90, just ahead of St. Marys due to the sixth/seventh man tiebreaker. 

Ada, AE and three other schools did not have the five runners needed for a team score.

Ada runs in the Kyle Althauser Memorial Invitational Thursday, October 7 in Kenton.

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