Lady Wildcats 9th, boys 16th in Otsego C-C Invitational

The Wayland High School girls’ and boys’ cross-country teams competed in the star-studded Otsego Invitational Saturday morning, with the girls finishing ninth with 237 points and the boys 16^th with 408.

Coach Sue Brewer said her Wildcat ladies, missing Maggie Whitney and Peyton Sidebotham with injuries, “had a really good run at the very loaded Otsego Bulldog Invitational.”

Senior captain Emily Gray recorded her season best time of 20:53, followed by freshman Rylee Cronkright once again with a personal record time of 21:13. Following not far behind was sophomore Zoe Antel with a season record of 21:21.

Senior captain Emily Isenhoff ran a season best time of 21:52, closing in on a personal record followed by junior Kaitlyn Paul with a 21:58.

The competition was so good that last year’s Division 2 state champion Erika Freyhof of Hamilton had to settle for third. The sensation of the meet was freshman Makenna Veen of Plainwell, whose time of 17:56.3 was good for the runner-up slot.

The boys’ team was led by senior Captain Jonathan Zuiderveen, who was 45^th in 17:38.4. Ethan Killips was 88^th, Garret Kloska 100^th, Jarod Geerligs 103^rd and Jacob Jelsema 104^th.

The girls will be running on their home course on Wednesday, October 5 in the OK Gold Jamboreee.