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Badger cross-country opens season with
great meet at Post Falls |
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September 5, 2014 |
Badger cross country kicked off the 2014
campaign by shaking off the rust at Kiwanis Park
in Post Falls on Thursday. The team sports nine
new and eight returning runners this year,
including senior captain Jacob Perkins who
finished 11th at the State Championships last
season. Five freshmen boys also joined the team,
most having ran in middle school under coach
Melody Braden for 2 seasons.
The new-look Badgers ran a 5k (3.1 mile) course
with 3 loops and an intersection they had to run
through 5 times. The Post Falls course crew did
an excellent job of including a variety of
features such as hills, turns, and different
terrains in the technical course.
Early season racing usually affords the
opportunity to gradually introduce new runners
to competition. Post Falls offered a “citizen’s
race” to give spectators and newer athletes a
chance to run the course without the pressure of
team scoring or times. Standouts in the
“citizen’s race” included first-time runners
like junior Jack Wade and sophomore Nicole Donn.
Wade was the first Badger to cross the line in
the citizen’s run. Donn was the first Lady
Badger and the third girl overall in the race to
finish. Both appear to be poised to be great
contributors to the Badgers this season. Other
runners for Bonners Ferry included sophomore
Alex Urbaniak, junior Hannah Lysne, and
sophomore Makailah Dowell.
 Two
freshmen, Nick Magdaleno and Andrew McCoy ran in
the boys junior varsity race. In their first
high school race, Magdaleno and McCoy ran a
27:21 and 32:41 respectively. Assistant Coach
Mike Tymrak praised their positive attitudes
before and after the race as well as their
determination during competition.
The boy’s varsity squad saw freshmen Will Colson
and Dawson Thomas running with veterans such as
seniors Tucker Cavender and Jacob Perkins.
Against mostly 4A and 5A schools, such as Moscow
and Lake City, the Badgers finished 4th in team
scoring. Perkins led the way, running in at
18:25, good for a 4th place finish in the first
meet this season. After Perkins, Cavender
finished in 20:30. Junior
 Alva
Swanson, who ran with Cavender for most of the
race, finished just behind him at 20:32. Nolan
Stidham finished in 21:52 followed by Eric Ellis
at 21:59 to round out the scoring 5. The
freshmen Colson and Thomas ran well, especially
given it was their first competition against
very tough opponents. Thomas finished in 25:13
and Colson at 26:56.
The Badgers next meet will be Saturday,
September 6th at Hayden Canyon for the Coeur
d’Alene Jamboree. |
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