STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEETS AT A GLANCE

Courtesy photo Timberlake's Caleb Royce, left, and Jacob Barnhart navigate a trail during the 3A District 1 cross country race on Oct. 19 at Farragut State Park in Athol. The state meet in all classifications is Saturday at the Portneuf Wellness Complex in Pocatello.

| October 27, 2023 1:10 AM

Meets scheduled for Portneuf Wellness Complex, Pocatello

Times PDT

Saturday’s races

5A girls, 9 a.m.; 2A girls, 9:30; 3A girls, 10; 5A boys, 10:30; 2A boys, 11; 3A boys, 11:30; 1A girls, noon; 4A girls, 12:30 p.m.; 1A boys, 1; 4A boys, 1:30.

Last year’s champions: Rocky Mountain boys, Boise girls.

Returning individual champions: Landon Heemeyer, Rocky Mountain.

Local qualifiers: Coeur d’Alene boys and girls; Post Falls girls; Lake City boys; Hazel Kunkel, Lake City; Kyliegh Chapman, Lake City.

Notes: Coeur d’Alene, with state medalists (top 20 finishers) Max Cervi-Skinner (third), Lachlan May (fourth), Zack Cervi-Skinner (11th), Jacob King (13th) finished third in last year’s meet at the Lewis-Clark State Course in Lewiston Orchards … Lachlan May of Coeur d’Alene holds the fastest time in the state among the 5A boys at 15:00.4 at the Battle for the 509 … Heemeyer won the boys race in 14 minutes, 38.79 seconds … Coeur d’Alene sophomore Olivia May finished sixth as a freshman … Boise has won five straight girls team titles dating back to 2018.

Last year’s champions: Bishop Kelly boys; Preston girls.

Returning individual champions: Nelah Roberts, Skyline.

Local qualifiers: Parker Sterling, Lakeland; Maddison Chapple, Lakeland; Sandpoint boys and girls.

Notes: Both Sterling and Chapple are freshmen … Preston is the two-time defending girls champion … Roberts also won in 2021 …

Last year’s champions: Kimberly boys; Sugar-Salem girls.

Returning individual champions: Jacob Barnhart, Timberlake.

Local qualifiers: Timberlake boys and girls; Coeur d’Alene Charter boys and girls;

Notes: Barnhart, a senior, is aiming to be Timberlake’s first two time champion since Frank Langrimanta (2005, 2006) after winning last year’s race … Barnhart was 16th as a freshman in Pocatello in 2020 … Sugar-Salem has won five of the last six girls team titles … Coeur d’Alene Charter’s girls finished fourth last year .. Sugar-Salem had a seven-year run of boys titles ended by Kimberly last year in Lewiston.

Last year’s champions: West Side boys; Soda Springs girls.

Returning individual champions: Corbin Johnston, North Fremont.

Local qualifiers: Makai Peak, Kellogg; Ryken White, Kellogg; Zoie Lawson, Kellogg.

Notes: Peak, who was seventh at state last year, currently holds the fourth fastest time in 2A at 16:26.

Last year’s champions: Victory Charter boys; Raft River girls.

Returning individual champions: Allie Black, Raft River.

Local qualifiers: Westin Craven, Clark Fork.

Notes: Allie Black won the previous two girls titles … Victory Charter has won the last three state boys titles.