Rylee breaks 20 mins, but Lady ‘Cats settle for 10th

The Wayland girls’ cross country team took 10^th place Saturday in the Otsego Bulldog Invitational, which included 19 teams.

East Grand Rapids, another O-K Gold Conference rival, won the competition with 37 team points, host Otsego was runner-up and Hollard Christian third. Wayland finished with 307 points.

The Wildcat boys settled for 18^th place with 478 points. Grand Rapids Christian was first with 78, Otsego had 81 and East Grand Rapids 99.

Junior Rylee Cronkright again was the top Lady Wildcat harrier, finishing 31^st in 19:59.2, the first time this season she’s broken the 20-minute barrier for the five-kilometer race.

Freshman Haylee Jasinski, coming into her own of late, was 56^th in 20:48.5, 1.3 seconds faster than Gracie Hasse, who was 58^th. Zoe Antel checked in 84^th and Corrina Courser 11^th.

The Lady Wildcats continue to compete without the services of sophomore Naomi Oosterhouse, who has been injured.

Sophomore Elijah Gaemlin led the Wayland boys with a time of 18:09.7, good for 67^th place. Ian Russell was 99^th, Jarod Gerrligs 103^rd, Andrew VanBaal 122^nd and Christian Courser 123^rd.