By Cort Reynolds
KALIDA - The Ada cross country teams competed at the Kalida Wildcat Invitational Saturday morning.
Van Wert won the 24-team boys title with 81 points. Ottawa-Glandorf was second with 108 points, followed by Elyria Catholic (120) in third.
Ada finished 20th with 521 points, ahead of McComb, Ottoville, LCC and Miller City. It was the first meet this season the Bulldog boys were able to field a full five-man squad needed to post a team score.
Senior Jacob Morgan paced the Bulldog boys by finishing 56th out of 144 runners. He covered the 3.1-mile course in 18:27.9.
Junior Riley Ferguson came in 90th place with a time of 19:52.7.
Sophomore Robby Waters finished 124th in 22:59.7.
Classmate Connor Daugherty crossed the finish line 127th in 23:30.4. Senior Cole Anspaugh finished right behind him in 128th place with a time of 23:31.0.
Matt Krese of Elyria Catholic won the boys individual race in a time of 16:31.4.
Sophomore Amelia Alexander finished 72nd out of 115 runners in 24:05.7 to lead the Lady Bulldog runners.
Freshman Elsie Allen came in 108th at 27:50.7.
Napoleon won the girls team title with 78 points. Van Wert was second with 83 points, while Ottawa-Glandorf was third (98).
Sophomore Taylor Spencer of Waynesfield won the girls race in 18:17.2, 43 seconds ahead of the second-place runner.
Kalida Invite boys team scores
1) Van Wert 81
2) Ottawa-Glandorf 108
3) Elyria Catholic 120
4) Lincolnview 135
5) Archbold 172
6) Kalida 195
7) Bluffton 198
8) Crestview 201
9) Van Buren 245
10) St. Marys 274
11) Patrick Henry 274
12) Elida 370
13) Napoleon 388
14) Waynesfield 393
15) Allen East 438
16) Paulding 444
17) Lima Senior 475
18) Leipsic 501
19) Bath 512
20) Ada 521
21) McComb 527
22) Ottoville 553
23) LCC 620
23) Miller City 0
Kalida Invite girls team scores
1) Napoleon 78
2) Van Wert 83
3) Ottawa-Glandorf 98
4) Archbold 113
5) Crestview 128
6) St. Marys 138
7) Lincolnview 173
8) Waynesfield 184
9) Leipsic 201
10) Elyria Catholic
11) Lima Senior 297
The next Bulldog meet is at the eighth annual Kyle Althauser Kenton Invitational on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
