Four Ada cross country runners competed in the Bath Invitational meet Tuesday evening, September 28.

Ada sophomore Elsie Allen finished 43rd with a time of 27:57.27. Classmate Jillian Hazelton came in 50th in 29:48.52.

Junior Taylor Spencer of Waynesfield-Goshen won the 60-runner girls race in a time of 19:52.99, 30 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor.

Shawnee won the girls team title with 25 points. Waynesfield was second with 72, followed closely by Wapakoneta (73), Kenton (80) and Elida (113).

Six other schools were represented but did not have enough runners to post a team score.

On the boys side, Ada senior Riley Ferguson ended up 74th in a time of 24:09.4 to post the top Bulldog finish.

Ada junior Tristen Dalton finished 98th in 29:44.58.

Perry senior Brady Yingst won the 105-runner boys race in 16:40.1. Senior Hunter Sidle of Allen East was second in 16:48.1.

Shawnee also won the 10-team boys team competition with 30 points to sweep both crowns. Wapakoneta was a distant second with 85, followed by Kenton (99) and Bath (107). AE was right behind the hosts in fifth (108).

Ada is slated to run in the Kalida Wildcat Invitational Saturday morning, October 2. AE, Archbold, Bath, Bluffton are among the other teams expected to compete. 

The Bulldogs hope to have their full team back from illness and injury for the Kalida meet.