Viks win combined title at Yakima

YAKIMA, Wash. - Adam Crandall finished eighth and Andrew Regan ninth for Coeur d'Alene in the 39-runner senior boys race at the Sunfair Invitational on Saturday at Franklin Park.

Crandall completed the race in 18 minutes and 28.5 seconds, followed by Regan in 18:29.9. Gavin Leaverton of Eisenhower High in Yakima won the race in 16:36.9.

Josie Brown finished second in the varsity girls race for Coeur d'Alene in 18:37.4. Lila Klopfenstein of Meridian won the race in 18:20.5. Michael Dunton was ninth in the varsity boys race in 16:28.5.

Poli Baltazar of Aberdeen (Wash.) won the varsity boys race in 15:22.3.

In the junior boys race, Sam Lee finished eighth in 18:57.3, Thomas Troxel 10th in 19:18.1 and Mason Patzer 28th in 20:54.4 for Coeur d'Alene.

In the first flight race, Tristan Scoffield of Coeur d'Alene finished fifth in 18:05. Noelle Ball was the first girls finisher in 13th for the Vikings in 19:54.7.

Flight races combined boys and girls competitors.

Kendrick Nagle was third in the second flight boys race in 17:33.7, with Clare Dumont the first Viking girls finisher in 13th in 19:52.7.

Matt Robb was third in the third flight race in 17:20.1 and Krista Story was 12th in 19:26.2.

In the 2-mile freshman combined race, Daniel Walters finished fourth in 12:03, Liam Romasko fifth in 12:14.6 for Coeur d'Alene, which won the combined team title. The Viking girls finished first, the boys second.

"It was definitely a good showing all-around," Coeur d'Alene coach Cathy Compton said. "All my kids got a medal today. I couldn't be any happier with them right now. We had a lot of smoking-fast times. It was just a perfect day for running and there wasn't any smoke. It was a great day for us - unlike anything we've seen at this meet."

TEAM SCORES - 1, Eisenhower (Yakima) 9. 2, Coeur d'Alene 23. 3, Eagle 30. 4, Meridian 36. 5, Selah (Wash.) 39. 6, Lakes (Lakewood, Wash.) 44. 7, A.C. Davis (Yakima) 46. 8, Aberdeen (Wash.) 53. 9, Prosser (Wash.) 10, Riverside 61. 11, West Valley (Yakima) 63. 12, Umatilla (Ore.) 79.

TEAM SCORES - 1, Coeur d'Alene 8. 2, Eagle 18. 3, Eisenhower (Yakima) 24. 4, Riverside (Chattaroy) 26. 5, Meridian 36. 6, West Valley 42. 7, A.C. Davis (Yakima) 44. 8, Umatilla 54.

Levora, Ward

triumph

LACLEDE - Sam Levora won the 3-kilometer boys race in 15 minutes and 52.78 seconds for the host Bulldogs in the Sandpoint Invitational at the Riley Creek Campground.

"Sam ran a really smart race," Sandpoint coach Matt Brass said. "His goal all season has been to get under that 15:50 mark. He's just been running consistent and smart all year."

Jake Finney was second in 16:08.96 and Kyler Little third in 16:09.25 for Lake City, which won the boys team title.

"They looked really strong," said Brass of Lake City. "The two up front (Finney and Little) - it's nice to have two runners around the 16-minute mark. They ran confident and aggressive and I was really impressed with them. They look like that could sneak in (to a trophy) at the state meet if everything goes right for them and they can stay healthy."

Leif Fredericks was fourth for Coeur d'Alene Charter in 16:46.9, which finished second.

Rachel Ward of Timberlake won the girls race in 20:00.6, followed by Mikhaela Woodward of Sandpoint in 20:12.95.

Sandpoint won the girls team title.

"I thought our girls performed really well," Brass said. "I'm really happy with how they're coming into shape. They had their goals and wanted to win their home meet and run in certain packs. And they did that today."

Brass added that when he arrived on Saturday for the meet, temperatures were at 23 degrees.

"It was pretty cold," Brass said. "It was about at freezing when the middle school races got going. Once the high school races started, it began to dry up and was a great meet. We missed Coeur d'Alene, but they competed in Yakima after that meet got pushed back a week. It was a great day. You can't ask for anything more than 60-degree weather in the first part of October."

TEAM SCORES - 1, Lake City 32. 2, Coeur d'Alene Charter 77. 3, Lakeland 94. 4, Timberlake 101. 5, Sandpoint 103. 6, Bonners Ferry 107. 7, Priest River 210. 8, Kootenai 215.

INDIVIDUALS (Top 20) - 1, Sam Levora, Sandpoint, 15:52.78. 2, Jake Finney, Lake City, 16:08.96. 3, Kyler Little, Lake City, 16:09.25. 4, Leif Fredericks, Cd'A Charter, 16:46.9. 5, Luke Reoch, Bonners Ferry, 16:55.88. 6, Scott Knapp, Lake City, 17:18.8. 7, Sam St. Mars, Timberlake, 17:19.09. 8, Ryan Richardson, Timberlake, 17:27.02. 9, Marcus Ross, Lake City, 17:31.98. 10, Josh Waldram, Timberlake, 17:32.99. 11, David Conway, Cd'A Charter, 17:48.43. 12, Garrett Johnson, Lake City, 17:53.68. 13, Maxwell Evans, Lake City, 17:54.68. 14, Scott McMeen, Newport, 18:)1.06. 15, Tim Prummer, Sandpoint, 18:05.07. 16, Tyson Boorman, Bonners Ferry, 18:07.06. 17, Payton Sanders, Lakeland, 18:11.77. 18, Lance Fredericks, Cd'A Charter, 1816.8. 19, Joey Peters, Lakeland, 18:17.08. 20, Garrett Johnson, Lakeland, 18:17.54.

TEAM SCORES - 1, Sandpoint 43. 2 (tie), Timberlake, Lakeland 79. 4, Lake City 84. 5, Coeur d'Alene Charter 85. 6, Bonners Ferry 132. 7, Priest River 185. Kootenai, Clark Fork incomplete teams.

INDIVIDUALS (Top 20) - 1, Rachel Ward, Timberlake, 20:00.06. 2, Mikhaela Woodward, Sandpoint, 20:12.95. 3, Magen Daniels, Cd'A Charter, 20:21.38. 4, Sydney Foster, Sandpoint, 20:30.11. 5, Leanne Asper, Lake City, 20:31.91. 6, Natalie Herring, Timberlake, 20:48.31. 7, Alexa Ricks, Lakeland, 20:54. 8, Maddie Iott, Cd'A Charter, 20:57.21. 9, Katey Mae McInturff, Kootenai, 21:05.72. 10, Emily Marshall, Sandpoint, 21:23.7. 11, Aimee Sayers, Bonners Ferry, 21:28.04. 12, Rachel Ward, Lake City, 21:29.15. 14, Bekah Kastning, Lakeland, 21:47.95. 15, Chloe Hutter, Lake City, 21:48.96. 16, Becca Russell, Lakeland, 21:49.22. 17, Kara Bruce, Sandpoint, 21:56.77. 18, Abragail Chase, Timberlake, 22:01.71. 19, Megan Frazier, Clark Fork, 22:24.64. 20, Olivia Kincheloe, Kootenai, 22:29.44.