The Lady Wildcats cross-country team bounced back nicely Saturday from a somewhat disappointing outing last Wednesday in an O-K Gold Conference jamboree.

Wayland came in second in the Cedar Springs Invitational, with 53 points. O-K Silver Conference power Grandville Calvin Christian won with 26.

The girls had finished fourth in the latest league jamboree. They now habe won one invitational and finished second twice this season.

The boys’ squad finished fifth in the same meet with 88 points while Calvin Christian won that meet as well.

Freshman Zoe Antel led the Wayland girls by taking fifth place in 21:18.63, and senior Mackenzy Kasper, who has been coming on strong of late, was right behind her in sixth at 21:20.07.

Wayland claimed 13^th through 16^th places, but only the top five harriers are scored. Freshman Payton Sidebotham was 13^th was 13^th in 21:48.29, sophomore Maggie Whitney 14^th in 21:54.17 and junior Emily Isenhoff rounded out the scoring by taking 15^th in 21:54.51, just three-tenths of a second behind Whitney.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Paul was 16^th in 21:57.03, a sub-par performance for her, as she usually comes in first or second for the team. Though Paul is a sophomore, this is her first year running competitively.

Senior Perry Carter had another good day in leading the Wildcat boys. He finished third in 17:08.34. Jonathan Zuiderveen was 13^th in 17:41.05, Owen Glass 17^th in 17:55.75, freshman Caleb Pletcher 27^th in 18:29.90 and Derek Huffman 28^th in 18:31.02.

PHOTOS: Perry Carter   Zoe Antel  (Both photos courtesy of Raymond Antel III)