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Badgers arrive late, finish strong |
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September 29, 2016 |
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| Photos by
Rachel Ellis |
| Jordan
Young, Ada Bonnell, Abigail Gorton,
Austin Donn and Sam Gorton show off
their medal after a good run in Moscow.
Gorton ran a season best to win her
race. |
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Bonners Ferry cross country made its way to the
Elks Golf Course on the east edge of Moscow for
the Bob Weisel Invite Saturday. Moscow High
School hosted several distances, include a
1.5-mile middle school course, a 5k high school
course, and a 2k high school course.
Moscow also made the unique move of dividing
races into freshmen/sophomore and junior/senior
races and combining boys and girls into the same
competition. On a beautiful Wednesday afternoon,
the Badgers raced the 5k courses to great
success despite early setbacks.
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Badger senior
Eric Ellis had a good run, finishing the
course at 19:58. |
“The main issue was time,” said Coach Tyler
Warner. “We had some delays, including some
construction north of Moscow. Races were
supposed to start at 4 p.m., so when we rolled
into Moscow at 3:30, we told the freshmen and
sophomores they better start getting loose on
the bus and probably wouldn’t get to tour the
course until they were racing it.”
Typically, athletes get to walk the course prior
to competing so that they know what to expect
and avoid getting lost.
“They did really well,” assistant coach
Catherine DelSalle said. “It was a great lesson
in flexibility and trusting their training.”
The course featured a variety of hills and turns
which the coaches agreed were in favor of the
training Bonners Ferry had been doing.
Austin Donn and Sam Gorton led the way for the
boys, finishing in 19:29 and 19:32 respectively.
Nathan Olsen finished in 25:36.
Despite never having seen the course before,
Abigail Gorton ran an impressive 21:35 for a
first place victory and a season best time.
Lauren Stidham also ran the freshmen/sophomore
race and crossed the line at 27:05.
In the junior/senior race, Jordan Young made her
season debut after recovering from a knee
injury, taking third place and a 21:48 finish.
Ada Bonnell also attacked the hilly course to
take fourth place and a season best time of
24:00. Liz Cowley and Rayan Naylor, also
representing the Lady Badgers, finished in 27:02
and 28:26 respectively.
The junior/senior boys faced difficult
competition, but still posted strong times.
Dawson Thomas led the way for Bonners Ferry with
a 19:14 finish while senior Eric Ellis crossed
at 19:58. Nick Magdaleno, a junior, finished in
22:05 while senior Alex Urbaniak posted his best
time this season, 23:55. Will Colson rounded out
Bonners Ferry runners with a 26:42. |
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