STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEETS: Cd'A Charter's Chang a winner in first year in sport

| October 30, 2016 9:15 PM

POCATELLO — At this time last year, Landon Chang was wrapping up his soccer season at Lake City High with a third-place finish in the 2015 state 5A tournament.

Still a student at Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy, and opting to give cross country a try as a senior, Chang wrapped up his fall sports a little differently this time around.

A champion.

Chang broke the tape in 16 minutes, 39.90 seconds at the Portneuf Wellness Center to win the 3A boys race for Charter in its first year after moving up from the 2A classification.

“By the time I saw the finish line, I was giving it all I had from that point on,” said Chang, who added that running the meet at altitude took a bit out of him. “I didn’t feel the elevation as much on the hills and the course. I was almost at the 2-mile mark and thought to myself, ‘this is really hard. It shouldn’t be this hard.’”

3A: Coeur d’Alene Charter finished third, one year after finishing second in the 2A race at Farragut State Park in Athol.

“The course was much worse today than last year,” Coeur d’Alene Charter coach Jim McPhilomy said. “Farragut had a little more gravel, but this course, it was much softer ground and difficult to run a fast time. I just told the boys to put themselves in a position to bring a trophy home.”

Chang, who joined the track and field program at Coeur d’Alene Charter last spring, was surprised by his finish in his first year of the sport.

“I didn’t really have any idea coming into the race,” Chang said. “In the north, we’re kind of cut off from the southern part of the state since it takes nine hours to get here, so I really didn’t know what to expect.”

“It was a hard race,” McPhilomy said. “It looked like the altitude got to everyone from the north. After that first mile, you could see it setting in on us. But our guys gutted it out. Landon went out hard from the start, and with the way he started, had it gone much further, they might have caught him. The course was tougher than we were expecting. Had it been a sunny day, it could have been a faster course, but the ground was soft and it takes a toll on you.”

Chang opted to run cross country after playing on the varsity soccer team at Lake City as a sophomore and junior.

“I just kind of felt burnt out from soccer,” Chang said. “I thought that since I’d ran track in the spring, I might as well run cross country. It was for sure a good choice.”

Timberlake senior Landon Davis finished seventh in 17:17.80, Coeur d’Alene Charter’s Jackson Ricks 13th in 17:36.30 to round out 3A boys medalists for finishing in the top 20.

Timberlake sophomore Abigil Peightal was the top local finisher, coming in eighth in 20:43.25, with teammates Savannah Caudle — a junior — 17th in 21:40.13 and senior Kassidy Hammond 18th in 21:47.53, helping the Tigers finish third.

Payton Drollinger won the 3A girls race, helping Shelley claim the team title. Sugar-Salem won the boys team championship.

5A: Coeur d’Alene senior Alex Walde was the top local finisher, 14th in 16:57.92. The Viking boys finished 10th out of 11 teams.

Rocky Mountain of Meridian won the boys title.

Lewiston’s Austin Byrer was the individual champion, winning in 15:58.3.

Post Falls freshman Sydney Shanahan was the top local girls finisher, coming in 27th in 20:25.87.

Freshman Lexy Halladay of Mountain View won the girls race in 18:10.27, leading the Mavericks to the team title.

4A: Sandpoint’s Katherine Kaul and Hannah Davidson finished 14th and 15 respectively, leading the Bulldog girls to a fifth-place finish in the 4A race.

Lakeland’s Cooper Haney was the top local boys finisher, coming in 27th.

2A: Soda Springs swept team titles in the 2A race. No locals qualified for the race.

1A: Logos (boys) and Deary (girls) won team titles in the second year of the 1A race. No locals qualified for the race.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1. Rocky Mountain 92. 2, Borah 99. 3, Mountain View 108. 4, Madison 114. 5, Lewiston 131. 6, Eagle 135. 7, Timberline 150. 8, Boise 157. 9, Bonneville 208. 10, Coeur d’Alene 216. 11, Highland 287.

MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Austin Byrer, Lewiston, 15:58.53. 2, R. Coen Haroldsen, Bonneville, 16:08.39. 3, Charles Paul, Mountain View, 16:14.42. 4, Graf Kirk, Boise, 16:21.82. 5, Abdi Maqtal, Borah, 16:24.14. 6, Sean Harren, Borah, 16:27.10. 7, Stephen Stutz, Madison, 16:33.87. 8, Taylor Phillips, Rocky Mountain, 16:36.71. 9, Joey Perez, Lewiston, 16:38.52. 10, Siyad Matan, Borah, 166:48.41. 11, Stetson Moss, Bonneville, 16:48.47. 12, Reuben Kosche, Boise, 16:50.90. 13, Kalen McNatt, Eagle, 16:54. 14, Alex Walde, Coeur d’Alene, 16:57.92. 15, Brandon Walker, Mountain View, 16:58.61. 16, Spencer Stutz, Madison, 17:00.78. 17, Kimball Allowitz, Madison, 17:05.04. 18, Ashton Siwek, Rocky Mountain, 17:08.14. 19, Matt Turner, Eagle, 17:13.82. 20, Joey Tolman, Rocky Mountain, 17:14.60.

OTHER LOCALS — 32, Karson Peach, Coeur d’Alene, 17:28.73. 51, Gabe McCombs, Coeur d’Alene, 17:49.56. 62, Jared Meredith, Coeur d’Alene, 18:18.75. 70, Chad Humphreys, Coeur d’Alene, 18:39.13. 71, Luke English, Coeur d’Alene, 18:40.47. 75, Sammy Reese, Coeur d’Alene, 18:51.97.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Mountain View 35. 2, Eagle 56. 3, Rocky Mountain 112. 4, Madison 129. 5, Boise 133. 6, Meridian 156. 7, Hillcrest 166. 8, Highland 197. 9, Capital 227. 10, Coeur d’Alene 241. 11, Post Falls 278.

MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Lexy Halladay, Mountain View, 18:10.27. 2, Eve Jensen, Boise, 18:21.75. 3, Dania Holmberg, Eagle, 18:48.63. 4, Julia LeMar, Eagle, 18:56.92. 5, Adelynn Rosin, Mountain View, 18:57.25. 6, McKenna Emerson, Eagle, 18:58.88. 7, Mia Klopfenstein, Meridian, 19:02.81. 8, Reagan Badger, Mountain View, 19:05.22. 9, Brittney Hansen, Meridian, 19:16.45. 10, Camryn Pritchard, Mountain View, 19:44.41. 11, Hannah Combs, Columbia, 19:47.83. 12, Megan Delorey, Timberline, 19:48.55. 13, Makenna Schuler, Mountain View, 19:49.68. 14, Anna Sanford, Highland, 19:54.76. 15, Sara Lemon, Madison, 19:57.58. 16, Robyn Reeder, Capital, 19:57.70. 17, Presley Roldan, Timberline, 19:59.36. 18, Payton Fratusco, Rocky Mountain, 20:00.83. 19, Arianna Ghiorso, Rocky Mountain, 20:02.53. 20, Hailey Phillips, Rigby, 20:05.01.

OTHER LOCALS — 27, Sydney Shanahan, Post Falls, 20:25.87. 44, Rylee Brown, Coeur d’Alene, 20:58.09. 51, Brooklyn Shell, Coeur d’Alene, 21:09.80. 56, Caitlin Conway, Coeur d’Alene, 21:35.20. 59, Jazzmin Kernodle, Post Falls, 21:40.29. 61, Merceydes Smith, Coeur d’Alene, 21:43.69. 75, Ida Mae Brooks, Post Falls, 22:39.56. 76, Brooke McClurkin, Coeur d’Alene, 22:41.38. 77, Autumn Hanson, Coeur d’Alene, 22:41.69. 81, Bailey Shanahan, Post Falls, 23:06.02. 84, Myrisa Laufenberg, Post Falls, 23:43.23. 86, Alexa Johnson, Coeur d’Alene, 24:48.38. 87, Arayah Brown, Post Falls, 25:07.42. 88, Mikayla Butler, Post Falls, 25:58.69.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Skyline 33. 2, Bishop Kelly 111. 3, Preston 112. 4, Twin Falls 131. 5, Idaho Falls 145. 6, Vallivue 164. 7, Caldwell 187. 8, Ridgevue 190. 9, Sandpoint 190. 10, Jerome 197. 11, Canyon Ridge 229. 12, Moscow 266.

MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Nicholas Russell, Bishop Kelly, 15:50.23. 2, Ryan Barna, Skyline, 15:52.13. 3, Vincent Groner, Vallivue, 16:08.97. 4, Zach Erikson, Idaho Falls, 16:10.76. 5, Nick Barna, Skyline, 16:13.34. 6, Josh Corgatelli, Moscow, 16:17.09. 7, Harrison Roberts, Skyline, 16:20.58. 8, Dallin Hart, Skyline, 16:37.68. 9, Cannon Leavitt, Twin Falls, 16:50.69. 10, Jacob Russell, Bishop Kelly, 16:56.37. 11, McKay Harms, Skyline, 17:04.12. 12, Malachi Armstrong, Pocatello, 17:04.12. 13, Anthony Deleon, Vallivue, 17:07.15. 14, Mark Castaneda, Vallivue, 17:09.25. 15, Anthony DeSantis, Mountain Home, 17:11.20. 16, Juan Saavedra, Caldwell, 17:11.91. 17, Kyler Waddell, Ridgevue, 17:15.08. 18, Kaleb Fenton, Preston, 17:15.45. 19, Brett Flerchinger, Bishop Kelly, 17:16.32. 20, Tucker Fenton, Preston, 17:17.97.

OTHER LOCALS — 27, Cooper Haney, Lakeland, 17:35.85. 28, Cole Dillon, Sandpoint, 17:38.07. 31, Finan Lund-Andersen, Sandpoint, 17:44.85. 36, Clay Rasmussen, Sandpoint, 17:54.36. 60, Ephraim Weisz, Sandpoint, 18:31.87. 72, Riley McGinnis, Sandpoint, 18:58.40. 82, Peik Lund-Andersen, Sandpoint, 19:12.80. 97, Reilly Wolfe, Sandpoint, 20:54.81.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Twin Falls 40. 2, Preston 79. 3, Bishop Kelly 106. 4, Idaho Falls 109. 5, Sandpoint 109. 6, Caldwell 174. 7, Century 188. 8, Middleton 209. 9, Moscow 271. 10, Vallivue 280. 11, Jerome 296. 12, Wood River 305.

MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Michelle Pratt, Blackfoot, 18:40.80. 2, Haley Schaeffer, Twin Falls, 19:00.40. 3, Katherine Ruck, Moscow, 19:21.85. 4, Virginia Nielsen, Idaho Falls, 19:36.84. 5, Gemma LaVergne, Emmett, 19:37.17. 6, Kami Withers, Twin Falls, 19:58.33. 7, Hannah Webster, Caldwell, 19:59.06. 8, Billie Hatch, Preston, 20:00.34. 9, Ali Shumway, Preston, 20:03.21. 10, Breanne Herrmann, Skyline, 20:07.48. 11, Macy Olson, Skyline, 20:07.79. 12, Ashley Hutchinson, Twin Falls, 20:08.53. 13, Brinlee Garling, Twin Falls, 20:09.75. 14, Katherine Kaul, Sandpoint, 20:13.10. 15, Hannah Davidson, Sandpoint, 20:13.22. 16, Brook Chilton, Century, 20:15.31. 17, Paige Shumway, Preston, 20:16.33. 18, Rebecca Bodine, Bishop Kelly, 20:18.56. 19, Burkleigh Yost, Century, 20:18.79. 20, Adria Roberts, Skyline, 20:32.94.

OTHER LOCALS — 29, Rainey Woodward, Sandpoint, 21:01.25. 40, Dana Beaty, Sandpoint, 21:17.75. 43, Heather Wallace, Sandpoint, 21:23.85. 51, Niah Brass, Sandpoint, 21:41.49. 53, Sharon Rowe, Sandpoint, 21:44.37.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Sugar-Salem 22. 2, Shelley 79. 3, Coeur d’Alene Charter 101. 4, Timberlake 127. 5, Kimberly 141. 6, Parma 142. 7, Snake River 157. 8, Buhl 194. 9, Priest River 221. 10, Fruitland 257. 11, Weiser 309.

MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Landon Chang, Cd’A Charter, 16:39.90. 2, Brennan Anderson, Sugar-Salem, 16:53.80. 3, Kooper Williams, 17:06. 4, Hunter Galbraith, Sugar-Salem, 17:06.80. 5, Taylor Hill, Sugar-Salem, 17:13.50. 6, Keagan Andersen, Shelley, 17:16.40. 7, Landon Davis, Timberlake, 17:17.80. 8, Kaden Sanderson, Sugar-Salem 17:25.60. 9, Braidon Stokes, Snake River, 17:26.90. 10, Cameron Garner, Sugar-Salem, 17:33.40. 11, Alex Peterson, Parma, Parma, 17:34.10. 12, Benjamin Moser, Sugar-Salem, 17:35.60. 13, Jackson Ricks, Cd’A Charter, 17:36.30. 14, Brigham Murdoch, Shelly, 17:43. 15, Ben Janus, Teton, 17:43.90. 16, Kirby Heider, Kimberly, 17:45.80. 17, Stetson Beus, Parma, 17:48.90. 18, Joshua Campbell, Shelley, 17:49.40. 19, Shelby Harding, Filer, 17:50. 20, John Andersen, Shelley, 17:51.40.

OTHER LOCALS — 21, Brayden Menti, Timberlake, 17:54. 25, Jacob Shoup, Cd’A Charter, 18:05.20. 29, Karson Chrispens, Cd’A Charter, 18:32.80. 31, Jordan Hardy, Timberlake, 18:37. 34, Cameron Parkes, Priest River, 18:39.90. 35, Slava Negrieiev, Priest River, 18:42.70. 39, David Hansen, Timberlake, 18:52.90. 42, Travis Plunkett, Timberlake, 18:57.60. 43, Kevin Eaton, Cd’A Charter, 19:01.90. 46, Caleb Gleason, Priest River, 19:12.40. 50, Noah Herbert, Timberlake, 19:19.50. 55, Austin Donn, Bonners Ferry, 19:32.20. 58, Jordan Phillips, Priest River, 19:38.50. 69, Dock Sommers, Timberlake, 20:28. 72, Nicodemus Eisler, Priest River, 20:29.70. 77, Leif Williams, Priest River, 21:26.10. 79, Daniel Osborn, Cd’A Charter, 21:48.70. 83, Spencer Sedgwick, Priest River, 22:38.30.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Shelley 41. 2, Sugar-Salem 48. 3, Timberlake 95. 4, Kimberly 100. 5, Fruitland 177. 6, Coeur d’Alene Charter 185. 7, Bonners Ferry 188. 8, Snake River 201. 9, Weiser 219. 10, Parma 244. 11, Buhl 272.

MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Paytin Drollinger, Shelley, 19:13.53. 2, Shaylee Hill, Sugar-Salem, 19:19.98. 3, Brinn Crandall, Shelley, 19:29.44. 4, Karlie Callahan, Shelley, 19:51.62. 5, Abbey Shirts, Weiser, 20:07.04. 6, Sarenady Price, Sugar-Salem, 20:22.95. 7, Mary Kate Marshall, Filer, 20:34. 8, Abigail Peightal, Timberlake, 20:43.25. 9, Meg Walker, Kimberly, 21:04.04. 10, Ashley Willis, Sugar-Salem, 21:15.68. 11, Abigal Gorton, Bonners Ferry, 21:22.74. 12, Jordan Young, Bonners Ferry, 21:25.58. 13, Meghan Quinlan, Teton, 21:27.40. 14, Carly Hikida, South Fremont, 21:33.45. 15, Marly Harrison, Sugar-Salem, 21:35.38. 16, Lauren Hillam, Fruitland, 21:39.03. 17, Savannah Caudle, Timberlake, 21:40.13. 18, Kassidy Hammond, Timberlake, 21:47.53. 19, Tanecia Kelley, Shelley, 21:57.99. 20, Avery Downs, Shelley, 21:58.88.

OTHER LOCALS — 24, Tess McPhilomy, Cd’A Charter, 22:23.91. 28, Enara Seiler, Priest River, 22:39.91. 36, Sophie McPhilomy, Cd’A Charter, 22:55.74. 43, Savanna Waltermier, Timberlake, 23:39.70. 44, Clair Neelon, Timberlake, 23:41.11. 48, Lilly Kelley, Timberlake, 23:54.44. 49, Maddy Klein, Cd’A Charter, 23:58.55. 53, Josie Yovichin, Cd’A Charter, 24:22.51. 55, Ida Bonnell, Bonners Ferry, 24:27.37. 58, Oline Stroemsodd, Cd’A Charter, 24:57.40. 60, Marie Michalson, Cd’A Charter, 25:10.57. 66, Lauren Stidham, Bonners Ferry, 25:48.91. 78, Serenity Fahey, Bonners Ferry, 26:56.60. 80, Elisabeth Cowley, Bonners Ferry, 27:49.38. 82, Rayan Naylor, Bonners Ferry, 28:35.76. 83, McKenna Sundahl, Cd’A Charter, 28:38.50.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Soda Springs 38. 2, West Side 42. 3, Ririe 88. 4, Melba 128. 5, Cole Valley Christian 132. 6, Declo 136. 7, Salmon 153. 8, Firth 202. 9, New Plymouth 219.

MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Jackson Pratt, Bear Lake, 16:21. 2, Riley Simmons Soda Springs, 16:59.37. 3, Andy Gebhardt, Salmon, 17:245.04. 4, Henry Workman, Soda Springs, 17:40.55. 5, Chase Bingham, West Side, 17:46.29. 6, Jacob Moffat, West Side, 17:47.55. 7, Easton Dean, West Side, 17:48.79. 8, Hunter Henderson, West Side, 17:50.11. 9, Chris Jacobsen, Bear Lake, 17:52.94. 10, Cameron Williams, Melba, 17:52.93. 11, Joseph Messerly, Soda Springs, 17:57.31. 12, Nathaneal Fehringer, Cole Valley, 18:02.29. 13, Adam Wonnacott, Grangeville, 18:07.78. 14, Cade Arellano, Soda Springs, 18:10.62. 15, Kaden Shaw, Ririe, 18:13.88. 16, Austin Hoopes, Declo, 18:14.86. 17, Zach Housley, Soda Springs, 18:14.87. 18, Nathan Turner, Ririe, 18:21.22. 19, Cortland Wells, Declo, 18:21.55. 20, McClay Sommers, Salmon, 18:22.13.

OTHER LOCALS — no area participants.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Soda Springs 29. 2, Salmon 88. 3, Melba 90. 4, Ririe 123. 5, West Jefferson 130. 6, Bear Lake 133. 7, Cole Valley Christian 144. 8, McCall-Donnelly 201. 9, Declo 236.

MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Josi Kelsey, Bear Lake, 19:48.30. 2, Alexa Anhder, West Jefferson, 20:12. 3, Dani Smith, Soda Springs, 20:14.50. 4, Keyra Bragg, Salmon, 20:15.50. 5, Alexa White, Soda Springs, 20:18.80. 6, Becca Lau, Soda Springs, 20:21.20. 7, Kathryne McCullough, Soda Springs, 20:26.10. 8, Kate White, Soda Springs, 20:31.90. 9, Cherish Duncan, Salmon, 20:33.90. 10, Brynne Kundrick, McCall-Donnelly, 20:40.40. 11, Darby Siepert, Soda Springs, 21:01.20. 12, Kylahn Heritage, Melba, 21:02.90. 13, Cheylah Volkers, Melba, 21:11.40. 14, Mekenna Manzer, Melba, 21:14.90. 15, Hope Uskoski, Soda Springs, 21:22. 16, Katie Jo Gebhardt, Salmon, 21:26.60. 17, Olivia Crane, Bear Lake, 21:26.60. 18, Eden Griffith, Ririe, 21:38.30. 19, Taylor Trimble, Ririe, 21:42. 20, Kazel Webb, Ririe, 21:49.70.

OTHER LOCALS — no area participants.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Logos 59. 2, Greenleaf Friends 83. 3, Liberty Charter 111. 4, Valley 119. 5, Castleford 147. 6, North Star Charter 151. 7, Challis 175. 8, Potlatch 190. 9, Troy 192. 10, Highland 223. 11, Grace 232.

MEDALISTS (Top 15) — 1, Cole Olsen, Clearwater Valley, 16:44.49. 2, Ben Christensen, Valley, 16:45.49. 3, Henry Raff, Community School, 16:55.44. 4, Daniel Dixon, Greenleaf Friends, 17:05.33. 5, Blaine Stuart, Ambrose School, 17:15.93. 6, Rafael Villa, Victory Charter, 17:19.46. 7, Jackson Dickison, Logos, 17:26.63. 8, Benjen Lilly, Castleford, 17:38.64. 9, Cole Hinnenkamp, Liberty Charter, 17:39.23. 10, Caleb Hamblin, Liberty Charter, 17:53.41. 11, Ty Redick, Challis, 17:56.99. 12, Nathan Critchfield, Oakley, 18:02.28. 13, Devin Richards, Potlatch, 18:14.65. 14, Johnny Hagenbach, Community School, 18:17.08. 15, Morgan Weeks, Highland, 18:21.71

OTHER LOCALS — no area participants.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Deary 50. 2, North Star Charter 66. 3, Liberty Charter 68. 4, Xavier Charter 85. 5, Prairie 140. 6, Castleford 140. 7, Challis 145.

MEDALISTS (Top 15) — 1, Britta Holmbery, Ambrose, 20:56.58. 2, Sage Earnest, Victory Charter, 21:35.20. 3, Sophia Mazzoni, Community School, 21:37.50. 4, Karissa Culbertson, North Star Charter, 21:45.66. 5, Cory Hamblin, Liberty Charter, 21:53.84. 6, Erica Kent, Richfield, 22:08.29. 7, Jacinta Kuther, Nezperce, 22:18.53. 8, Tess Washburn, Liberty Charter, 22:21.75. 9, Sage Way, Cascade, 22:30.61. 10, Elly Machado, Castleford, 22:35.95. 11, Ashauntay Leonard, Deary, 22:46.86. 12, Kelsey Henry, Valley, 22:48.62. 13, Katelyn Gardner, Liberty Charter, 22:53.21. 14, Maisie McManus, Deary, 22:57.24. 15, Dixie Whittle, Oakley, 22:58.55.

OTHER LOCALS — no area participants.