Cd'A boys, Timberlake girls triumph

EAGLE - The blue train reached its final destination on Saturday as the Coeur d'Alene boys won their first state 5A championship in school history. Meanwhile, the Timberlake girls won their third straight 3A championship at the state cross country championships Saturday at Eagle Island State Park.

"This is outstanding," Coeur d'Alene coach Cathy Compton said. “The boys wanted this really bad and did it all the right ways this season. They definitely worked as a team today and they wanted this to be the year.”

Coeur d’Alene placed all five of its runners in the top 20, led by Cody Curtis, who finished third in 16 minutes, 22.94 seconds. Michael Dunton was seventh in 16:37.81, Andrew Regan 12th in 16:56.38, Ben Woolley 13th in 16:56.58 and Kenny Colbert 20th in 17:02.49 for Coeur d’Alene.

“Coming off the third-place trophy last year, the guys all came into practice this year in great shape,” Compton said. “They learned to run tired and our team unity was amazing. They worked hard, put their noses to the grindstone and that’s what it takes to be a champion.”

In the 3A race, Timberlake edged Sugar-Salem by 10 points for its third straight girls title.

“It was a fantastic day for our girls,” Timberlake coach Shawn Lawler said. “They went out and got into the race from the start and finished well and ran a very intelligent race today.”

Timberlake had five runners earn medals by finishing in the top 20.

In the 2A boys meet, Coeur d’Alene Charter finished third, led by sophomore Leif Fredericks, who finished fourth in 17:01.40.

5A: It marks the Vikings’ first boys title since the first cross country meet was held in 1968.

“This is what we’ve wanted for the last three years,” said Curtis, a senior. “I couldn’t have asked for more from a great team this year.”

Michael Dunton finished 7th after placing 32nd in last year’s event in Soda Springs.

“I felt more prepared for this race than last year,” said Dunton, a junior. “I just felt better than any other race this year. I’m looking forward to coming back and doing the same.”

Coeur d’Alene’s girls finished second, four points behind champion Boise with 66 points.

“It has been a long run since we’ve had a girls trophy at state,” said Compton, who last brought back a state title in 2004. “It was an outstanding group effort.”

Coeur d’Alene had no seniors on this year’s team.

“This is a young team,” Compton said. “We’ve strived for excellence all year.”

Freshman Josie Brown finished third in 19:04.87 for Coeur d’Alene.

“She had some girls coming up on her and she outkicked them when she needed to,” Compton said. “She proved today that she’ll only get better and better.”

“It felt really good,” said Brown of the race. “I felt happy with where I was at. It was tough and definitely a battle, but I kept my head in it. I’m definitely happy with my team and looking forward to next year. We worked hard to get here and we’re looking forward to next year.”

4A: Sam Levora of Sandpoint was the top local finisher, coming in fifth in 16:42.35.

3A: Junior Ashly George finished third in 19:34.1 for Timberlake.

“We started out pretty hard for the first half-mile,” said George, who was third two years ago and second last year. “I kept looking at Brooke (Nowlan) and Natalie (Herring) and tried to hang on with the front of the pack for as long as I could.”

Alice Keller of Salmon won the race for 18:58.26.

“I was a little disappointed because I wanted to get second or win,” George said. “I’m a little bummed out, but this is nothing to be ashamed of.”

Nowlan, a senior, finished eighth.

“It’s pretty amazing,” said Nowlan of the third straight team championship. “It has been our goal all year and we went out and just did it today. It feels amazing.”

Dominique Vanderwilt finished 18th for Timberlake.

“It felt really good,” Vanderwilt said. “It hurt a little to get it, but in the end, it felt really good.”

Timberlake’s boys finished seventh.

2A: The Charter boys were never ranked in the top six all season by idahoxc.com, but coach Lewis Watkins was confident.

“We had a remarkable day,” he said. “We knew that we had a strong enough team to make a podium finish, but the rest of the state must not have thought that way.

Watkins said Fredericks “just ran a stupendous race” and set the tone for the team. David Conway was the next Charter finisher, coming in 24th.

Charter’s third-place finished match the school’s best at state; Charter’s boys and girls were third in 2007. Fredericks’ finish matched the best individual finish; Sadie Iott was fourth in ’07.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d’Alene 47. 2, Mountain View 85. 3, Boise 92. 4, Eagle 98. 5, Rocky Mountain 111. 6, Meridian 121. 7, Skyline 131. 8, Idaho Falls 191. 9, Lake City 202.

MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Dallin Farnsworth, Highland, 15:40.58. 2, Thomas Rigby, Boise, 16:18.38. 3, Cody Curtis, Coeur d’Alene, 16:22.94. 4, Justin Ross, Rocky Mountain, 16:23.19. 5, Miles Ranck, Boise, 16:33.07. 6, Jake Meeker, Mountain View, 16:36.72. 7, Michael Dunton, Coeur d’Alene, 16:37.81. 8, Trevor Clarke, Idaho Falls, 16:40.01. 9, Dwain Stucker, Meridian, 16:46.83. 10, Conor Smith, Eagle, 16:50.12. 11, Austin Peila, Skyline, 16:54.16. 12, Andrew Regan, Coeur d’Alene, 16:56.38. 13, Ben Woolley, Coeur d’Alene, 16:56.58. 14, Brennen Keen, Timberline, 16:56.96. 15, Ejide Muvange, Mountain View, 16:58.49. 16, Chris Frank, Timberline, 16:58.93. 17, Parker Hawkins, Mountain View, 17:00.49. 18, David Covert, Rocky Mountain, 17:01.45. 19, David Steele, Capital, 17:01.55. 20, Kenny Colbert, Coeur d’Alene, 17:02.49.

OTHER LOCALS — 32, Jake Finney, Lake City, 17:19.67. 46, Kyler Little, Lake City, 17:41.02. 50, Tye Smith, Lake City, 17:47.89. 51, Scott Knapp, Lake City, 17:48.11. 54, Jake Stadley, Coeur d’Alene, 17:55.85. 63, Marcus Ross, Lake City, 18:19.91. 65, Riley Estes, Coeur d’Alene, 18:25.10. 71, Garett Johnson, Lake City, 19:03.08. 72, Jordan Trap, Lake City, 20:02.71.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Pocatello 75. 2, Preston 75. 3, Rigby 101. 4, Hillcrest 110. 5, Kuna 159. 6, Twin Falls 191. 7, Columbia 215. 8, Burley 229. 9, Madison 231. 10, Bishop Kelly 237. 11, Caldwell 250. 12, Moscow 265. 13, Jerome 276. 14, Middleton 291. 15, Sandpoint 330.

MEDALISTS — 1, Elijah Armstrong, Pocatello, 15:55.27. 2, Erik Harris, Twin Falls, 16:20.27. 3, Jake Powell, Hillcrest, 16:31.34. 4, Haydin Herndon, Pocatello, 16:33.60. 5, Sam Levora, Sandpoint, 16:42.35. 6, Ryden Crowther, Preston, 16:44.17. 7, Alberto De Los Reyes, Caldwell, 16:46.78. 8, Ben Stout, Wood River, 16:47.07. 9, Daniel Perry, Rigby, 16:49.16. 10, Daniel Williams, Bishop Kelly, 16:49.85. 11, Javier Del Hoyo, Caldwell, 16:52.69. 12, Dustin Duke, Hillcrest, 16:59.16. 13, Micheal Dallin, Preston, 17:06.07. 14, Andrew Burgess, Kuna, 17:08.84. 15, Matt Croft, Blackfoot, 17:10.76. 16, Derek Bailey, Preston, 17:11.68. 17, Matthew Schenk, Twin Falls, 17:13.50. 18, Kayden Finlayson, Hillcrest, 17:16.15. 19, Mike Price, Mountain Home, 17:17.13. 20, Kyle Dunn, Preston, 17:18.88.

OTHER LOCALS — 75, Matt Pfeifer, Sandpoint, 18:16.98. 86, Chris Jones, Sandpoint, 18:36.69. 95, James Cartwright, Sandpoint, 18:46.90. 109, Tim Prumer, Sandpoint, 19:37.33. 114, Spencer Marks, Sandpoint, 20:25.05. 116, John Nicolich, Sandpoint, 21:06.35.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Teton 51. 2, Buhl 86. 3, Snake River 116. 4, Kimberly 132. 5, Bonners Ferry 133. 6, Salmon 146. 7, Timberlake 159. 8, Bear Lake 163. 9, Parma 213. 10, Weiser 222.

MEDALISTS — 1, James Withers, Snake River, 16:41.37. 2, Gage Moore, Filer, 16:47.20. 3, Nathnan Crane, Bear Lake, 16:57.63. 4, Wesley Kelly, Kimberly, 16:58.12. 5, Jacob Callister, Bonners Ferry, 17:09.14. 6, Brandon Garner, Sugar-Salem, 17:18.16. 7, Billy Godfrey, Salmon, 17:21.32. 8, Karl Lundgren, Buhl, 17:27.43. 9, Caleb Moosman, Teton, 17:28.71. 10, Derek Ripplinger, Teton, 17:32.97. 11, Cameron Bischoff, Teton, 17:34.91. 12, Andrew Feldhausen, Salmon, 17:38.83. 13, Nathan Wiggins, Weiser, 17:39.94. 14, Sam St. Mars, Timberlake, 17:40.88. 15, Gabriel Wilson, Teton, 17:40.95. 16, Brian Bagley, Teton, 17:41.55. 17, Logan Hutchinson, Buhl, 17:41.89. 18, Colt Kunz, Teton, 17:43.86. 19, Luke Brogen, Bear Lake, 17:44.49. 20, Ernie Whitworth, Snake River, 17:48.43.

OTHER LOCALS — 25, Micah Krmpotich, Bonners Ferry, 18:11.13. 27, Ryan Richardson, Timberlake, 18:12.34. 31, Diamond Robinson, Priest River, 18:34.50. 33, Josh Waldram, Timberlake, 18:40.11. 36, Bradley Thompson, Bonners Ferry, 18:47.25. 42, Luke Reoch, Bonners Ferry, 18:58.29. 43, Jacob Perkins, Bonners Ferry, 18:58.31. 53, Silas Domy, Kellogg, 19:12.60. 55, Richard Mervin, Timberlake, 19:22.58. 56, Austin Anderson, Timberlake, 19:24.72. 57, Tyson Boorman, Bonners Ferry, 19:25.82. 59, Tony Rodriguez, Timberlake, 19:29.62. 60, Gavin Peterson, Kellogg, 19:31.39. 63, Spencer St. Mars, Timberlake, 19:41.40. 75, Alec Perkins, Bonners Ferry, 20:45.38.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Soda Springs 59. 2, Challis 127. 3, Coeur d’Alene Charter 140. 4, West Side 142. 5, Gooding 151. 6, Declo 151. 7, Nampa Christian 158. 8, Greenleaf Friends 173. 9, Firth 199. 10, Liberty Charter 219. 11, Grangeville 256. 12, Cole Valley Christian 257. 13, Oakley 305. 14, Deary 396.

MEDALISTS — 1, Tyler Jaszkowiak, Challis, 16:26.53. 2, Dylan Crevelt, Cascade, 16:26.61. 3, Conrad Larson, Victory Charter, 16:56.73. 4, Leif Fredericks, Cd’A Charter, 17:01.40. 5, Eliseo Garcia, Gooding, 17:10.80. 6, Tyler Olsen, West Side, 17:15.28. 7, Taylor Leavitt, Melba, 17:16.87. 8, Cody Moore, Soda Springs, 17:36.46. 9, Dustin Green, Challis, 17:44.33. 10, Austin Schmitzer, Soda Springs, 17:48.07. 11, Jacob Dalton, Dietrich, 17:50.02. 12, Trevor Anderson, Declo, 17:54.32. 13, Coby Young, Soda Springs, 17:54.64. 14, Hunter Goodenough, Soda Springs, 17:56.13. 15, Aldon Bishop, North Fremont, 18:00.35. 16, Gabe Fisher, Victory Charter, 18:02.24. 17, Cody Lind, Challis, 18:03.91. 18, Bryan Leon, Melba, 18:05.54. 19, Gray Riedinger, Community School, 18:14.42. 20, Beau Beesley, Nampa Christian, 18:17.50.

OTHER LOCALS — 24, David Conway, Cd’A Charter, 18:29.72. 45, Zach LaBenne, Cd’A Charter, 18:50.60. 47, Ry Butler, Kootenai, 18:52.03. 50, John Graves, Cd’A Charter, 18:58.70. 69, Hadley McInturff, Kootenai, 19:29.93. 79, Parker Matthews, Cd’A Charter, 19:46.43. 87, Mitch Shellman, Cd’A Charter, 19:59.54. 100, Brandon Ratcliff, Cd’A Charter, 20:44.88.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Boise 62. 2, Coeur d’Alene 66. 3, Mountain View 75. 4, Centennial 114. 5, Vallivue 126. 6, Timberline 135. 7, Eagle 141. 8, Skyline 207. 9, Idaho Falls 219. 10, Lake City 258.

MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Emily Hamlin, Boise, 18:36.10. 2, Mikayla Malaspina, Vallivue, 18:46.10. 3, Josie Brown, Coeur d’Alene, 19:04.87. 4, Rachel Sullivan, Centennial, 19:05.12. 5, Jordan Mathes, Mountain View, 19:06.52. 6, Victoria O’Neil, Boise, 19:16.77. 7, Louisa Serpe, Timberline, 19:22.50. 8, Kara Story, Coeur d’Alene, 19:27.94. 9, Valerie Mitchell, Mountain View, 19:31.05. 10, Punky Duran, Coeur d’Alene, 19:32.31. 11, Lillian Ball, Timberline, 19:34.33. 12, Cheryn Trapp, Vallivue, 19:35.94. 13, Noelle Ball, Coeur d’Alene, 19:50.64. 14, Niquelle Lewis, Idaho Falls, 19:50.70. 15, Angie McGraw, Mountain View, 19:54.65. 16, Katie Nicholls, Centennial, 19:55.67. 17, Dana Snell, Rocky Mountain, 19:56.83. 18, Sienna White, Boise, 20:02.05. 19, Dessie Weigel, Boise, 20:03.48. 20, Megan Dupree, Eagle, 20:03.49.

OTHER LOCALS — 34, Madison Summer, Coeur d’Alene, 20:46.18. 40, Alia Lacroix, Lake City, 20:57.66. 44, Victoria Goetz, Coeur d’Alene, 21:14.56. 45, Chloe Huetter, Lake City, 21:18.74. 48, Clare Dumont, Coeur d’Alene, 21:27.59. 50, Amber Hensley, Post Falls, 21:34.87. 60, Rachel Ward, Lake City, 22:11.64. 72, Brooke Erickson, Lake City, 23:26.54. 75, Meghan Tiffany, Lake City, 24:00.21.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Bishop Kelly 58. 2, Hillcrest 111. 3, Jerome 135. 4, Skyview 153. 5, Preston 155. 6, Mountain Home 173. 7, Kuna 174. 8, Bonneville 220. 9, Middleton 242. 10, Century 245. 11, Madison 256. 12, Twin Falls 271. 13, Moscow 289. 14, Lakeland 291. 15, Canyon Ridge 362.

MEDALISTS — 1, Emily Nist, Bishop Kelly, 18:34.98. 2, Sierra Manzer, Kuna, 19:00.62. 3, Mikesell Clegg, Jerome, 19:11.12. 4, Jasmine Nesbitt, Jerome, 19:28.42. 5, Briana Tiffany, Bishop Kelly, 19:32.09. 6, Rebecca Lassere, Bishop Kelly, 19:32.96. 7, Natalie Blodgett, Skyview, 19:40.20. 8, Alyssa Brann, Twin Falls, 19:48.89. 9, Sara Powell, Hillcrest, 20:04.83. 10, Callie Evans, Hillcrest, 20:08.11. 11, Jocelyn Barber, Skyview, 20:14.58. 12, Kayla Green, Jerome, 20:15.90. 13, Karli Lundquist, Rigby, 20:17.41. 14, Caitlin Elgan, Preston, 20:21.28. 15, Amanda Wisenor, Kuna, 20:22.78. 16, Aimee Crowe, Lakeland, 20:27.74. 17, Bekah Kastning, Lakeland, 20:33.05. 18, Corrine Smith, Wood River, 20:35.59. 19, Keesha Janis, Mountain Home, 20:37.72. 20, Kelsea Donahue, Columbia, 20:40.58.

OTHER LOCALS — 61, Sydney Foster, Sandpoint, 21:59.94. 62, Jenny Van Ooyen, Sandpoint, 22:01.00. 92, Laramie Coats, Lakeland, 23:03.22. 93, Alyssa Dodge, Lakeland, 23:06.32. 102, Sarah Watson, Lakeland, 23:30.96. 104, Rebeccah Schumaccher, Lakeland, 23:35.51. 113, Jordyn Anderson, Lakeland, 25:08.36.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Timberlake 29. 2, Sugar-Salem 39. 3, Snake River 107. 4, Teton 123. 5, Kimberly 146. 6, Priest River 160. 7, Bear Lake 170. 8, Filer 211. 9, Payette 216. 10, Parma 256.

MEDALISTS — 1, Alice Keller, Salmon, 18:58.26. 2, Marquita Palmer, Weiser, 19:19.41. 3, Ashly George, Timberlake, 19:34.41. 4, Olivia Redd, Sugar-Salem, 19:39.89. 5, Katelyn Hill, Sugar-Salem, 19:58.80. 6, Rachel Ward, Timberlake, 20:11.99. 7, Natalie Herring, Timberlake, 20:12.10. 8, Brooke Nowlan, Timberlake, 20:23.01. 9, Quincy Van Orden, Snake River, 20:24.19. 10, Alexis Moser, Sugar-Salem, 20:29.00. 11, Kelsey Noble, Weiser, 20:35.96. 12, Krystal Pratt, Bear Lake, 20:41.64. 13, Cassidy Howarth, Teton, 21:03.83. 14, Mianna Galbraith, Sugar-Salem, 21:08.12. 15, Emmy Jackson, Salmon, 21:12.50. 16, Lea Keidel, Snake River, 21:12.82. 17, Emily Guild, South Fremont, 21:13.02. 18, Dominique Vanderwilt, Timberlake, 21:14.32. 19, Steffie Pavey, Priest River, 21:19.08. 20, Chalyce Hirschi, South Fremont, 21:27.16.

LOCALS — 22, Lindsay Richardson, Timberlake, 21:42.50. 28, Sheila Briggs, Kellogg, 22:41.89. 30, Erica McCracken, Priest River, 22:50.48. 31, Kourtney Alridge, Priest River, 22:52.09. 35, Abragail Chase, Timberlake, 23:03.88. 52, Brady Nelson, Priest River, 24:21.75. 68, Abigail Tefft, Priest River, 27:01.74. 76, Taylor Wilson, Priest River, 28:08.63. 77, BreeAnna Marks, Priest River, 29:44.51.

TEAM SCORES — 1, Soda Springs 38. 2, Firth 67. 3, New Plymouth 133. 4, Gooding 135. 5, West Jefferson 153. 6, Nampa Christian 176. 7, Melba 196. 8, Grangeville 211. 9, Malad 227. 10, Highland (Craigmont) 241. 11, McCall-Donnelly 243. 12, Kootenai 262. 13, Valley 285.

MEDALISTS — 1, Rachel Youren, Gooding, 19:28.05. 2, Hannah Farnes, Soda Springs, 19:52.22. 3, Kelsey Yamauchi, Soda Springs, 19:54.22. 4, Carly Hansen, Butte County, 20:00.52. 5, Sasha Kent, Richfield, 20:06.93. 6, Tylee Newman, West Jeffers, 20:10.23. 7, Korbin Traughber, Butte County, 20:17.60. 8, Camille Jolley, Firth, 20:24.88. 9, Ellie Dalton, Dietrich, 20:31.93. 10, McKenzie Gardner, Firth, 20:32.03. 11, Hailey Alexander, New Plymouth, 20:36.86. 12, Ashley Bullers, Gooding, 20:40.89. 13, Krystal DeLeon, Nampa Christian, 20:41.52. 14, Hailey Call, Soda Springs, 20:46.95. 15, Anndee Neuman, Soda Springs, 20:46.96. 16, Cierra Simmons, Soda Springs, 21:04.26. 17, Carlie Olsen, Soda Springs, 21:07.49. 18, Hannah Cain, Challis, 21:11.24. 19, Rachel Schiess, Firth, 21:14.57. 20, Maranda Stopol, Community School, 21:27.15.

OTHER LOCALS — 29, Katey Mae McInturff, Kootenai, 22:05.23. 54, Hannah Meyer, Cd’A Charter, 23:23.61. 64, Miranda Griggs, Kootenai, 24:06.99. 67, Megan Frazier, Clark Fork, 24:19.90. 80, Rachel Palmiter, Kootenai, 25:28.76. 97, Shaylee Morrow, Kootenai, 30:44.84.