STATE CROSS COUNTRY: Post Falls girls, Charter's Davis finish second

POCATELLO — Post Falls coach Brian Trefry knew that his girls team could adapt to a change in venue for the state cross country meet on two weeks notice.

Just how they did it, they just had to handle the pressure.

Junior Sammie Wood finished sixth in 18 minutes, 55.41 seconds, sophomore Anna Peters ninth in 19:16.32 and junior Alahna Lien 20th in 19:44.50 as the Trojans finished second at the state 5A meet at the Portneuf Wellness Complex on Friday.

The second-place finish was the best finish ever at state for the Post Falls girls. Their previous best was fourth last year.

“It was an amazing race,” said Trefry, whose team finished second to Boise — which won with 18 points to Post Falls’ 104. “It was obvious early on that Boise was going to win it all, but then it was all mixed up. I was hoping we’d be in trophy contention, but we were just not sure.”

In the 3A boys race, Coeur d'Alene Charter junior Logan Davis finished runner-up in 16:44.62. Davis was 21st at state last year, and 17th as a freshman. Owen Rogers of Gooding won in 16:21.50.

Davis credited his focus on yoga after workouts for helping him get to the next level.

“It really helped keep my muscles really loose and I felt a lot better this year and didn’t have any pain running,” Davis said. “The course was really fast today, especially in that first mile. Everyone started really fast, and I felt good getting out of the start.”

Davis added that after a mile and a half, his legs started to get cold, allowing Rogers to pull away.

“It was cold and my legs got really cold at that point,” Davis said. “Going from where I was last year to this year, it really gives me confidence going into my senior year.”

5A: Kaley Bohl was 21st and Leah Holding 56th for Post Falls, which beat out Eagle by 16 points for second.

“We had a good gap between our fourth and fifth runner, so I wasn’t really sure where we'd finish,” Trefry said. “To have two in the top 10, another in the top 20, it set us up really well.”

Due to coronavirus concerns, Post Falls lost key meets at Missoula (Mountain West Championships) and Cheney (Battle for the 509) earlier this fall. State was originally scheduled for Eagle Island State Park, but moved on Oct. 15 to Pocatello so fans would be allowed to attend.

“We hadn’t been in a super fast meet until today,” Trefry said. “But our kids handled it well.”

Post Falls finished fourth at state in 2019 at Pocatello, where elevation is at 4,400 feet.

“Our kids were excited to come back here because they ran so well here last year,” Trefry said. “Having ran here last year, and training at Schweitzer (Mountain Resort in Sandpoint) last year, our kids knew what to expect.”

Post Falls seniors Brycen Kempton (14th) and Alex Peters (16th) finished as medalists after placing in the top 20.

Idaho Falls, which claimed the 4A boys title before moving up a classification this fall, ran away with the boys team title with 23 points.

Nathan Green of Borah High in Boise won his third straight individual title. Samantha Smith of Boise won the girls championship.

4A: Sandpoint senior Nikolai Braedt finished 14th as the Bulldogs finished fourth.

Preston (boys) and Skyline (girls) won team titles.

3A: Freshman Jacob Barnhart (16th) and senior Dylan Royce (18th) earned medalist honors for the Timberlake boys, which finished fifth.

5A

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Idaho Falls 23. 2, Rocky Mountain 78. 3, Madison 91. 4, Kuna 124. 5, Timberline 133. 6, Rigby 142. 7, Boise 159. 8, Post Falls 166. 9, Meridian 228. 10, Eagle 244. 11, Lewiston 321.

STATE MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Nathan Green, Borah, 15:26.53. 2, Mitchell Athay, Idaho Falls, 15:39.07. 3, Zac Bright, Idaho Falls, 15:45.17. 4, Luke Athay, Idaho Falls, 15:55.94. 5, Jared Harden, Highland, 15:55.99. 6, Will Dixon, Madison, 15:57.27. 7, Marcus Heemeyer, Rocky Mountain, 16:05.79. 8, Ryan Stutz, Madison, 16:12.39. 9, Hayden Bostrom, Timberline, 16:14.26. 10, Joseph Ereaux, Idaho Falls, 16:21.36. 11, Porter Elison, Idaho Falls, 16:23.42. 12, Zac Pollack, Rocky Mountain, 16:27.80. 13, Cayden Tupper, Rocky Mountain, 16:29.85. 14, Brycen Kempton, Post Falls, 16:30.19. 15, Daniel Godrey, Madison, 16:30.67. 16, Noe Kemper, Boise, 16:31.46. 17, William Richardson, Kuna, 16:31.67. 18, Alex Peters, Post Falls, 16;31.80. 19, Seth Bingham, Thunder Ridge, 16:34.66. 20, Ryver Mills, Kuna, 16:42.86.

LOCALS — 33, Ethan Garner, Coeur d’Alene, 17:04.38. 45, Braden Dance, Coeur d’Alene, 17:18.44. 47, Neil McCarthy, Post Falls, 17:19.25. 52, Maximilian Bazler, Lake City, 17:23.45. 62, Gavin Calkins, Post Falls, 17:49.65. 64, Drew Padgett, Post Falls, 17:56.52. 79, Luke Roberts, Post Falls, 18:40.84. 82, Sawyer Crenshaw, Post Falls, 18:48.14.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Boise 18. 2, Post Falls 104. 3, Eagle 120. 4, Idaho Falls 125. 5, Timberline 146. 6, Rocky Mountain 149. 7, Madison 169. 8, Mountain View 177. 9, Thunder Ridge 215. 10, Coeur d’Alene 222. 11, Meridian 256.

STATE MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Samantha Smith, Boise, 17:45.34. 2, Rosina Machu, Boise, 18:17.83. 3, Allie Bruce, Boise, 18:22.46. 4, Lizzie Dildine, Eagle, 18:49.41. 5, Logan Smith, boise, 18:55.40. 6, Sammie Wood, Post Falls, 18:55.41. 7, Annika Zuschlag, Boise, 18:18:59.20. 8, Rilyn Stevens, Mountain View, 19:06.43. 9, Anna Peters, Post Falls, 19:16.32. 10, Brighton Heywood, Rocky Mountain, 19:20.42. 11, Lydia Nance, Boise, 19:23.54. 12, Tiffany Thomas, Capital, 19:23.59. 13, Anastasia Russell, Timberline, 19:28.81. 14, Hailey Thueson, Thunder Ridge, 19:34.01. 15, Elanor Eddington, Idaho Falls, 19:39.70. 16, Jamie Hamlin, Boise, 19:41.72. 17, Afton Fillmore, Eagle, 19:41.74. 18, Allison Lemons, Idaho Falls, 19:41.98. 19, Alyssa Britton, Eagle, 19:42.27. 20, Alahna Lien, Post Falls, 19:44.50.

LOCALS — 21, Kaley Bohl, Post Falls, 19:46.85. 22, Angelyca Chapman, Lake City, 19:49.10. 24, Anne Marie Dance, Coeur d’Alene, 20:02.80. 31, Elliana Rietze, Coeur d’Alene, 20:18.37. 34, Clara Stephens, Lake City, 20:22.60. 46, Abby Buzolich, Coeur d’Alene, 20:51.34. 56, Leah Holding, Post Falls, 21:12.51. 63, Gracie Averill, Coeur d’Alene, 21:25.60. 71, Taylah Chapman, Lake City, 21:58.91. 79, Emily Lindsey, Post Falls, 23:16.43. 80, Erica Mundt, Post Falls, 23:24.12. 81, Lilian Smith, Coeur d’Alene, 23:28.80. 82, Riley Yake, Coeur d’Alene, 23:31.48.

4A

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Preston 49. 2, Pocatello 66. 3, Blackfoot 89. 4, Sandpoint 126. 5, Bishop Kelly 128. 6, Twin Falls 170. 7, Skyline 207. 8, Jerome 223. 9, Mountain Home 223. 10, Vallivue 223. 11, Ridgevue 230. 12, Middleton 317. 13, Shelley 325.

STATE MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Shane Gard, Pocatello, 15:42.29. 2, Xander Thompson, Century, 15:51.21. 3, Brevin Vaughan, Pocatello, 15:57.45. 4, Samuel Fish, Vallivue, 16:05.42. 5, Sam Jeppsen, Preston, 16:06.82. 6, Edison Leffler, Preston, 16:07.34. 7, Ryker Holtzen, Canyon Ridge, 16:07.96. 8, Eli Gregory, Blackfoot, 16:10.02. 9, Garrett Hale, Preston, 16:10.10. 10, Brody Kemble, Middleton, 16:18.90. 11, Nikolai Braedt, Sandpoint, 16:24.41. 12, Tyler Mesaros, Bishop Kelly, 16:24.60. 13, Justin Whitehead, Blackfoot, 16:26.14. 14, Dawson Leffler, Preston, 16:27.31. 15, Brody Burch, Pocatello, 16:28.31. 16, Cyress Wilson, Caldwell, 16:28.59. 17, Parker Wade, Ridgevue, 16:28.63. 18, Daniel Russell, Bishop Kelly, 16:29.78. 19, Cruz Flores, Caldwell, 16:30.14. 20, George Showers, Jerome, 16:31.72.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Skyline 62. 2, Preston 67. 3, Pocatello 90. 4, Bonneville 120. 5, Blackfoot 153. 6, Bishop Kelly 164. 7, Mountain Home 182. 8, Twin Falls 195. 9, Sandpoint 255. 10, Nampa 263. 11, Middleton 291. 12, Jerome 295. 13, Vallivue 300.

STATE MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Nelah Roberts, Skyline, 17:52.06. 2, Bailey Bird, Pocatello, 18:04.73. 3, Alivia Johnson, Bonneville, 18:06.96. 4, Kayelee Austin, Middleton, 18:44.46. 5, Kennedy Kunz, Bonneville, 18:58.91. 6, Cassandra Vasquez, Nampa, 19:14.88. 7, Angelie Scott, Preston, 19:15.35. 8, Sariah Harrison, Skyline, 19:24.87. 9, Anna Ranieri, Bishop Kelly, 19:29.87. 10, Reagan Hart, Skyline, 19:31.19. 11, McKinley Scott, Preston, 19:32.91. 12, Emily Despain, Blackfoot, 19:37.77. 13, Maren Leffler, Preston, 19:39.39. 14, Charlize Lawson, Mountain Home, 19:39.72. 15, Hailey Renzello, Pocatello, 19:46. 16, Elly Jeppsen, Preston, 19:50.26. 17, Alexia Corona, Ridgevue, 19:50.68. 18, Julia Gilbert, Mountain Home, 19:52.65. 19, Marina Renna, Skyline, 19:58.18. 20, Sarah Despain, Blackfoot, 20:00.88.

3A

BOYS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Sugar-Salem 30. 2, Teton 111. 3, Gooding 118. 4, Snake River 131. 5, Timberlake 146. 6, Buhl 153. 7, Parma 168. 8, Fruitland 189. 9, McCall-Donnelly 190. 10, Coeur d’Alene Charter 229. 11, Kellogg 279.

STATE MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Owen Rogers, Gooding, 16:21.50. 2, Logan Davis, Cd’A Charter, 16:44.62. 3, Porter Holt, Sugar-Salem, 16:50.12. 4, Brigham Dalling, Sugar-Salem, 16:50.81. 5, Carter McLaughlin, Gooding, 16:51.17. 6, Mason Lewis, Sugar-Salem, 16;53.21. 7, Dakoda Lamb, Parma, 16:56.88. 8, Parker Dupree, Sugar-Salem, 16:58.39. 9, Mason Smith, Sugar-Salem, 16:58.71. 10, Tanner Baggett, Sugar-Salem, 16:59.33. 11, James Allen, Teton, 17:18.91. 12, Jens Christensen, South Fremont, 17:19.41. 13, Teagan Dalling, Sugar-Salem, 17:19.74. 14, Nathan Nelson, McCall-Donnelly, 17:23.08. 15, Lincoln High, Snake River, 17:25.33. 16, Jacob Barnhart, Timberlake, 17:29.47. 17, CG Woiwode, Teton, 17:30.99. 18, Dylan Royce, Timberlake, 17:31.60. 19, Ben Child, Kimberly, 17:32.72. 20, Makai Peak, Kellogg, 17:35.75.

LOCALS — 26, Dakota Smith, Timberlake, 17:49.42. 41, Sterling Crupper, Cd’A Charter, 18:19.01. 49, Mason Zollinger, Timberlake, 18:32.98. 55, Spencer Hegstad, Timberlake, 18:47.70. 61, Taylor Menti, Timberlake, 19:06.44. 65, Nathan Russell, Cd’A Charter, 19:38.77. 70, Nolan Oyler, Cd’A Charter, 20:06.24. 71, Noah Barnes, Timberlake, 20:06.37. 77, Jack Rigg, Cd’A Charter, 21:02.62. 80, Connor Smith, Cd’A Charter, 21:16.71. 82, Luke Zawis, Cd’A Charter, 22:59.96.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES — 1, Sugar-Salem 43. 2, Snake River 71. 3, South Fremont 85. 4, Kimberly 114. 5, McCall-Donnelly 164. 6, Timberlake 165. 7, Filer 169. 8, Parma 192. 9, Coeur d’Alene Charter 206. 10, Weiser 238.

STATE MEDALISTS (Top 20) — 1, Sophie McManus, McCall-Donnelly, 18:47.66. 2, Jaresa Jackson, Sugar-Salem, 19:38.58. 3, Mckenzie Winegar, South Fremont, 19:59.83. 4, Hailey Raymond, Snake River, 20:01.41. 5, Ryley Klingler, Sugar-Salem, 20:06.51. 6, Mackenzie Lee, Teton, 20:06.99. 7, Kate Dickson, Sugar-Salem, 20:11.10. 8, Alli Stastny, Kimberly, 20:23.17. 9, Cori Hatfield, McCall-Donnelly, 20:29.35. 10, Breklynn Gee, South Fremont, 20:29.44. 11, Lucy Whitney, Kimberly, 20:35.60. 12, Morgan Sensenbach, Snake River, 20:35.75. 13, Maya Kelsey, Filer, 20:45.71. 14, Brooklyn Smith, Sugar-Salem, 20:52.27. 15, Sage Lyon, South Fremont, 20:54.17. 16, Angela Carpenter, Parma, 20:54.95. 17, Allister Dillow, Snake River, 20:56.58. 18, Lacey Medina, Kellogg, 20:57.32. 19, Ethnie Hamblin, Sugar-Salem, 20:59.39. 20, Kylee Morgan, Snake River, 21:01.20.

LOCALS — 22, Haileyann Johnson, Timberlake, 21:11.10. 24, McKenna Kozeluh, Cd’A Charter, 21:25.10. 29, Peyton Duffield, Cd’A Charter, 21:39.75. 32, Sarah Zerfas, Timberlake, 21:54.27. 36, Natal Davis, Cd’A Charter, 21:59.80. 40, Izabella Cornell, Timberlake, 22:25.12. 46, Clara Puller, Timberlake, 23:06.46. 48, Gillian Kennedy, Timberlake, 23:10.73. 54, Emma Howard, Timberlake, 24:03.40. 62, Lacey Peterson, Timberlake, 24:50.03. 68, Lily Van Middlesworth, Cd’A Charter, 25:46.79. 74, Anna Pierowski, Cd’A Charter, 30:50.22.