Post Falls girls capture third straight regional title
JASON ELLIOTT Coeur d’Alene’s Braden Dance attempts to pass Lewiston’s Caden Byrer midway into the 5A Region 1 boys race at Farragut State Park on Thursday in Athol. Byrer won the 5A race, with Dance finishing second.
JASON ELLIOTT/Press Post Falls senior Sydney Shanahan builds on her lead in the 5A Region 1 girls championship race, winning in 18 minutes, 22 seconds on Thursday at Farragut State Park. Post Falls won its third straight regional title after placing five in top 10.
ATHOL — Some used Thursday’s state-qualifying cross country meets at Farragut State Park to get back on the right path headed into the state meet next Saturday in Pocatello.
Others used it as a chance to catch up on some reading while they waited for their race to begin.
Whatever works.
5A: Post Falls senior Sydney Shanahan won the girls 5A Region 1 title in 18 minutes, 22 seconds, edging teammate Sammie Wood by seven seconds as the Trojans won a third straight regional title.
“I didn’t do very well in my last race, so it was good to get a nice finish today,” Shanahan said. “It was a little bit of a confidence builder, but I just wanted to do my best for my team.”
Post Falls qualified its boys and girls team to state for the first time since 2005, with the Trojan boys finishing runner-up to Lewiston.
Lake City’s Carter Gordon and Maximillan Bazler, and Braden Dance and Ethan Garner of Coeur d’Alene qualified individually in the boys race for state after finishing in the top 10. Lake City’s Clara Stephens and Angelyca Chapman also advanced to state.
3A: Timberlake’s Logan Hunt distanced the field for the 3A District 1 title, winning by more than a minute in 16:34.5. Coeur d’Alene Charter’s Logan Davis was second in 17:42.9. It was the sixth district title in seven years for the Tiger boys.
While the team warmed up for its race, Hunt was reading a Middle Marks book.
“It’s one of the classics,” Hunt said. “It was kind of waste time I guess. Today, in the race, it was more about giving a good effort and staying ready for state next week.”
“That’s the way it’s supposed to be,” Timberlake coach Shawn Lawler said. “The focus is on the bigger picture. His goal today was to go out, get a good, hard tempo and come cheer on his teammates.”
Timberlake won its 11th straight girls district title.
Coeur d’Alene Charter’s Logan Davis (boys) and Josie Yovichin (girls) qualified individually to state for finishing in the top 13 in 3A races.
In the 4A race, Sandpoint’s boys and girls teams each ran away with their seventh straight regional titles.
Lakeland’s Kailani Gilbert was the lone local qualifier for state in 4A, finishing seventh in 21:31.6.
The state meet in all classifications is Nov. 2 at the Portneuf Wellness Center in Pocatello.
5A
BOYS
TEAM SCORES (Top two to state) — 1, Lewiston 37. 2, Post Falls 54. 3, Coeur d’Alene 63. 4, Lake City 65.
STATE QUALIFIERS — 1, Caden Byrer, Lewiston, 16:38. 2, Braden Dance, Coeur d’Alene, 16:47.8. 3, Carter Gordon, Lake City, 16:54.6. 4, Elijah Sabo, Lewiston, 16:56.6. 5, Maximillan Bazler, Lake City, 17:00.4. 6, Payton Bigler, Lewiston, 17:29.9. 7, Alex Peters, Post Falls, 17:33.1. 8, Kobe Wessels, Lewiston, 17:37.3. 9, Ethan Garner, Coeur d’Alene, 17:38.1. 10, Brycen Kempton, Post Falls, 17:40.5.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES (Top two to state) — 1, Post Falls 25. 2, Coeur d’Alene 51. 3, Lake City 53. 4, Lewiston 111.
STATE QUALIFIERS (Top 10 to state) — 1, Sydney Shanahan, Post Falls, 18:22. 2, Samantha Wood, Post Falls, 18:29. 3, Lauren Forster, Coeur d’Alene, 19:35. 4, Clara Stephens, Lake City, 19:44. 5, Angelyca Chapman, Lake City, 19:52. 6, Bailey Shanahan, Post Falls, 19:57. 7, Anayah Brown, Post Falls, 20:05. 8, Gracie Averill, Coeur d’Alene, 20:07. 9, Abby Peters, Post Falls, 20:10. 10, Abby Buzolich, Coeur d’Alene, 20:12.
4A
BOYS
TEAM SCORES — (Winning team to state — 1, Sandpoint, 17. 2, Moscow 48. 3, Lakeland 81.
STATE QUALIFIERS (Top seven to state) — 1, Nikolai Braedt, Sandpiont, 16:28. 2, Jett Lucas, Sandpoint, 16:36.5. 3, Gabe Christman, Sandpoint, 16:50.6. 4, Korben Bujnicki, Moscow, 16:54.7. 5, Keegan Nelson, Sandpoint, 17:10.4. 6, Seth Graham, Sandpoint, 17:21.6. 7, Trey Clark, Sandpoint, 17:23.4.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES (Winning team to state) — 1, Sandpoint 25. 2, Moscow 42. 3, Lakeland 65.
STATE QUALIFIERS (Top seven to state) — 1, Laurel Hicke, Moscow, 20:08.6. 2, Bionce Vincent, Sandpoint, 20:39.5. 3, Beck Kirkland, Moscow, 20:40.3. 4, Paige Davidson, Sandpoint, 20:56.4. 5, Megan Oulman, Sandpoint, 21:20.1. 6, Ara Clark, Sandpoint, 21:21.9. 7, Kailani Gilbert, Lakleand, 21:31.6.
3A
BOYS
TEAM SCORES (Top three to state) — 1, Timberlake 29. 2, Kellogg 74. 3, Bonners Ferry 74. 4, Coeur d’Alene Charter 81. 5, Priest River 102.
STATE QUALIFIERS (Top 12 to state) — 1, Logan Hunt, Timberlake, 16:34.5. 2, Logan Davis, Cd’A Charter, 17:42.9. 3, Hunter Smith, Bonners Ferry, 17:49.9. 4, Dirk Nelson, Timberlake, 18:01.4. 5, Garrett Miller, Kellogg, 18:03.7. 6, Taylor DeFalco, Bonners Ferry, 18:15.1. 7, Dylan Royce, Timberlake, 18:24.2. 8, Callin Zerfas, Timberlake, 18:29.7. 9, Spencer Hegstad, Timberlake, 18:39.8. 10, Evan Howell, Timberlake, 18:55.7. 11, Judson Hall, Kellogg, 19:04.7. 12, Noah Barnes, Timberlake, 19:08.9.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES (Top three to state) — 1, Timberlake 46. 2, Bonners Ferry 65. 3, Priest River 66. 4, Kellogg 77. 5, Coeur d’Alene Charter 112.
STATE QUALIFIERS (Top 12 to state) — 1, Annika Rantala, Priest River, 20:35.9. 2, Lacey Medina, Kellogg, 20:56. 3, Abigail Gorton, Bonners Ferry, 21:14.4. 4, Shaye Sullivan, Kellogg, 21:25.7. 5, Sharnai Hogan, Priest River, 21:36. 6, Josie Yovichin, Cd’A Charter, 21:46.5. 7, Sarah Zerfas, Timberlake, 21:51. 8, Ava Hatrock, Timberlake, 21:54.1. 9, Haileyann Johnson, Timberlake, 21:58.8. 10, Emma Howard, Timberlake, 22:21.9. 11, Ceci Roerner, Bonners Ferry, 22:26.2. 12, Amanda Scott, Timberlake, 22:21.9.