The Wayland boys finished 26^th and the girls 30^th in the massive Portage Invitational cross-country meet Saturday.

The Wildcat boys accumulated 728 points with their top five places in the race and the girls came in with 753. There were 49 boys’ teams and 46 girls’ teams competing.

Fremont won the guys’ race with a miniscule 59 points, while Grand Rapids Christian won the ladies’ competition with 147.

Senior Perry Carter, consistently the Wildcats’ top runner all season, led them again, finishing 27^th with an excellent time of 16:30. Jonathan Zuiderveen checked in 102^nd with a clocking of 17:21, Owen Glass 174^th in 18:01, Derek Huffman 178^th in 18:02 and Ethan Killips crossed the line in 18:47 to come in at No. 251.

A total of 338 male runners took part in the race.

Senior Morgan Beadlescomb of Algonac was individual medalist with a time of 14:59 in the 5,000-meter race.

Freshman Payton Sidebotham turned in her best performance of the season by coming in at 20:26 to take 90^th place. Mackenzy Kasper checked in at 20:49 and place No. 121. Freshman Zoe Antel was 158^th in 21:18, Emily Isenhoff 197^th in 21:52 and Maggie Whitney 248^th in 22:40.

There were 316 girls in the race.

Sophomore Kayla Windemuller of Holland Christian was the individual medalist in 17:55.

PHOTOS: Perry Carter with medal earned at the Portage Invitational.

Freshman Payton Sidebotham had her best race yet of her brief career, with a time of 20:26.

Jonathan Zuiderveen turned in his best time of 17:21.