Lady Hornets Run Without Fastest Girls at Huron Meadows Metropark

Despite leaving a half dozen of their fastest runners at home, the Lady Hornets put in a solid showing at the Early Bird Cross Country Invitational held at Huron Meadows Metropark Thursday.

Sophomore Gloria Park finished fourth, completing the 5K race in 19:53.07.

That time was good enough to qualify her to run with the "A Team" at the Bath Invitational Saturday.

"One of our goals today was to get Gloria to qualify for the Bath Invitational and she ran a good race and made it," said coach Mike Smith.

Lindsay Walter (11th, 20:10.70) and Amy Frauhammer (12th, 20:11) placed in the top 15 and qualified for medal presentation.

Also earning medals for a top 50 finish were were Samantha Szuminski, Mara VanSickle, Mackenzie Keller, Danielle Rathfon, Alexis Ammon, Kristin Green, Kaileigh Keller, Calley Jastrow, Julie Soisson and Kelly Richart.

Smith said he pleased with the way the team ran.

"I think we're improving each time out," he said.

Team scoring was not kept.

While the "A Team" runs at Bath, the remainder of the team runs at Woodhaven. Saline has its first jamboree Tuesday Huron Metropark.

Full results from the race can be found at Athletic.net. The following list includes the name, place, time and grade of the Saline girls who placed in the top 50 to earn a medal.