J.D. Mac Invitational Results

     The Jay City Park was full of cross country runners on Saturday morning; about 350 to be exact. It was the 10^th Annual J.D. Mac Invitational was the largest in its recent history and the weather was perfect for running and racing. Jay’s Micah Kemp was the fastest of all runners finishing the boys race in 16:16. Kemp also set a new J.D. Mac Invitational course record. The Jay Boys Cross Country team finished 8^th out of 17 teams and Kemp was followed by teammates Cody Wolfe 15th (17:47), Casey Zylstra 55^th (19:08), Austin Gonzales 56^th (19:08.82), and Mark Foley 92^nd (21:14).

In the girls race four runners ran faster than 19:00 with the winning time being 18:46. Jay’s Jessica Thornton finished 17^th (21:11), Carsen Arrant 41^st (22:47), Savannah Brown 44^th (22:50), Jenna Thornton 60^th (23:20), Carly Sanders 98^th (26:45), Kendra Weeks 106^th (28:43), and RayAnn Free 107^th (28:47). As a team the Jay Girls Cross Country team finished 10^th out of 16 teams.

The Elementary/Middle School runners ran a great race in the Open 5K.  Hannah Whitlock (22:54), Jillian Thornton (24:13), Abby Hendricks (27:56), Katie Stanford (28:01), Christa Sanders (28:59)