By Cort Reynolds
FINDLAY - The Ada cross country teams competed in the Div. III district meet at Findlay Saturday afternoon.
The Ada boys ended up 12th out of 13 full squads. The Lady Bulldogs, missing injured top runner Abbie James, finished eighth out of eight full teams represented.
Ada senior Eric Armbrecht finished 51st in a field of 90 runners field to pace the Bulldog boys. Senior Larry Zembower came in 57th and classmate Andrew Ross ended up 64th.
Ada seniors Seth Evans and Keaton Kipker finished 77th and 81st, respectively.
Sophomore Olivia Ennis posted the top Ada girls finish at 29th place. Seniors Mara Guyton and Jil Wolber crossed the finish line in 44th and 45th, respectively.
Ada boys finishes, times at Div. III District
51st Eric Armbrecht 20:31.77
57th Larry Zembower 20:53.73
64th Andrew Ross 21:09.65
77th Seth Evans 22:45.44
81st Keaton Kipker 23:29.56
86th Andrew Robey 25:10.69
90th Brice Ferguson 28:43.48
Ada girls finishes, times at Div. III District
29th Olivia Ennis 23:50.94
44th Mara Guyton 25:25.09
45th Jil Wolber 25:31.41
48th Alexis Ennis 26:57.27
56th Nora Dellifield 28:57.57
57th Dani Waugh 28:58.09
Boys team standings
1) Ottawa Hills 34 points
2) Eastwood 91
3) Van Buren 124
4) Elmwood 150
5) North Baltimore 163
6) McComb 174
7) Toledo Christian 176
8) Hardin Northern 210
9) Evergreen 212
10) Bluffton 242
11) Cory-Rawson 242
12) Ada 307 Average time: 21:46.03
13) Emmanuel Baptist 320
Senior Andrew Krupp of Ottawa Hills won the 5,000-meter boys race in a time of 17:41.7. Ottawa Hills easily out-paced second-place Eastwood, 34-91. Ada totaled 307 points.
Girls team standings
1) Liberty-Benton 34 points
2) Genoa 65
3) Riverdale 84
4) Evergreen 109
5) Ottawa Hills
6) North Baltimore 156
7) Hardin Northern 165
8) Ada 183 Average time: 26:08.46
Morgan Dembowski of Toledo Christian won the 59-runner girls race by covering the 3.1-mile course in 18:31.51. Liberty-Benton won the girls team title over second-place Genoa Area, 34-65. Ada scored 183 points.
Only the top four teams and top 16 runners qualify for the Div. III Tiffin regional race next weekend.
