The past five days have been a roller coaster for the Novi Women's Cross Country team. Their saga started out on Saturday at the University of Detroit Invite. While the meet was not scored, the Wildcats certainly would have, at very least, come close to winning the meet.

The Girls finished 5th (Meghann Bannatz 21:16), 6th (Erin Haynes 21:31), 7th (Andrea Kramer 21:37), 9th (Erica Howard 21:45), and 10th (Emily Barton 21:48). 

The exhilaration of Saturday's strong race however was dialed down a bit after the team's close 27-28 loss to the Lady Highlanders of Howell. Meghann Bannatz finished first for the Cat's with a time of 21:50. The Girls led, and held the first five spots after a mile, until the heat (it was 90 degrees at race time) got to them.

Coach Reid believes the loss, while not a good thing, was a learning experience. "...I think our girls were able to come away from this experience having learned a lot."

The team's next meet is this Saturday The Walled Lake Western Invitational. The meet is run at the infamous "The Hill" course.