State cross country at a glance
Times PDT
All meets scheduled for Saturday at
Lewiston Orchards, Lewiston
RACES: 3A girls, 10 a.m.; 1A girls, 10:30; 4A girls, 11:15; 3A boys, 11:45; 1A boys, 12:15 p.m.; 4A boys, 12:45; 5A girls, 1:15; 2A girls, 1:45; 5A boys, 2:30; 2A boys, 3.
5A
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS: Rocky Mountain boys; Eagle girls
RETURNING INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS: Stetson Moss, Bonneville; Lexy Halladay, Mountain View
LOCAL QUALIFIERS: Lake City boys; Coeur d’Alene girls; Post Falls girls; Chad Humphreys, Coeur d’Alene; Braden Dance, Coeur d’Alene; Angelyca Chapman, Lake City
NOTES: Post Falls junior Sydney Shanahan was 12th at state last year ... Coeur d’Alene sophomore Lauren Forster — winner of last week’s 5A Region 1 meet — was 16th at state last year as the Vikings took fifth ... Coeur d’Alene senior Chad Humphreys was third in the 5A boys race last year ... Lake City junior Carter Gordon was 16th last year ... Russell is a two-time individual boys champion ... Halladay has won the past two girls races at state ... Moss, who won last year’s boys race, now competes for Thunder Ridge High, which opened this year in Idaho Falls.
4A
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS: Idaho Falls boys, Skyline girls
RETURNING INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS: Nicholas Russell, Bishop Kelly; Mattalyn Geddes, Twin Falls
LOCAL QUALIFIERS: Sandpoint boys, girls
NOTES: Russell is a two-time individual boys champion ... Sandpoint’s girls finished third at state last year.
3A
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS: Sugar-Salem boys, girls
RETURNING INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS: Karlie Callahan, Shelley
LOCAL QUALIFIERS: Timberlake boys, girls; Josie Yovichin, Coeur d’Alene Charter; Logan Davis, Coeur d’Alene Charter; Kellen Souza, Coeur d’Alene Charter.
NOTES: Timberlake seniors Abigail Peightal (12th) and Savanah Caudle (18th) were medalists for the Tigers, who finished fifth as a team in 2017 ... Sugar-Salem is seeking its fourth-straight 3A boys title ... Timberlake’s boys were third last year.
2A
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS: Soda Springs boys, girls
RETURNING INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS: Josi Kelsey, Bear Lake
LOCAL QUALIFIERS: none.
NOTES: Soda Springs’ boys have won the past five state 2A boys titles, and have won six of the last seven (Logos 2012) ... Kelsey is a two-time individual state champion ... Soda Springs has won 12 straight state girls 2A title dating back to 2006.
1A
DEFENDING CHAMPIONS: Liberty Charter boys, girls
RETURNING INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS: Natalya Babcock, Butte County
LOCAL QUALIFIERS: none.
NOTES: Liberty Charter has won two of the three state girls team titles since the 1A classification was established in cross country in 2015.