Wayland High School junior Olivia Barabas Saturday morning qualified for next week’s Division 2 state cross-country championship by placing seventh in the regionals at Portage.

Barabas, who also qualified for the state meet a year ago and in her freshman year, checked in with a time of 20:05.19 over the five-kilometer course.

The Wayland girls’ team finished eighth in the team competition that included 17 schools. Marshall won with 56 points and Mason was runner-up with 63. South Christian was third with 75 and Middleville Thornapple Kellogg fourth with 117. Wayland had 249.

Sophomore Elliot Antel was 35^th, senior Hannah Smith 45^th, junior Emily Tuinstra 74^th and junior Ruby Sidebotham 88^th.

Barabas will run next Saturday afternoon at Michigan International Speedway near Brooklyn.