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Badger ladies take second at invite |
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October 3, 2016 |
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| Photo by Tyler
Warner |
| The Badger
girls, (back row, l-r) Lauren Stidham,
Mia Hosterman, Serenity Fahey, Elisabeth
Cowley, Rayan Naylor and Abigail Gorton
and (front row) Ada Bonnell and Jordan
Young, show off the trophy they brought
home from Priest River Saturday. |
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Bonners Ferry cross country enjoyed a warm,
sunny day in Priest River for the Ivan Benson
Invite at PRLHS. The 5k course drew several area
schools including 4A Lakeland, 3A Kellogg, IC
Academy, and Classical Christian Academy.
“We really enjoy going to Priest River,” said
head coach Tyler Warner. “It attracts schools
that we can be competitive with and gives us an
opportunity to check where we stand in the
district. We usually have a good day there.”
The race chose to run girls’ races and boys'
races rather than the usual JV and varsity
designation. Races began at about 5 p.m.
following the conclusion of the middle school
races. Bonners Ferry started quick out of the
gate in the girls’ race, with Jordan Young
starting to regain her old form after returning
last week from injury.
“Jordan has been patient,” said assistant coach
Catherine Delsalle. “She still has to trust the
recovery process, but she is looking strong
already.”
Young finished the course in second place with a
time of 21:16, an improvement over her season
debut last week at Moscow. Freshman Abby Gorton
was third in the race at 22:03. In eighth place
from Bonners Ferry was junior Ada Bonnell with a
season best 23:56.
“Ada is gaining confidence as the season goes
on,” Warner said. “Mentally she has started to
put pieces together and has hit season best
times the last couple of weeks.”
Lauren Stidham was next for Bonners Ferry,
coming in at 25:44, also a season record.
Elisabeth Cowley finished in 27:51 and freshman
Serenity Fahey made her season debut at 28:06
with a powerful finish in the last 100 meters.
Finally for Bonners Ferry, Rayan Naylor finished
in 29:56.
Lakeland would finish first in team scoring with
a score of 28. Bonners Ferry took home a second
place trophy with a score of 40. Priest River
girls finished third with 70 points.
In the boys’ race, Cooper Haney of Lakeland set
a blistering pace and a near course record with
a time of 17:24. The pace would prove hard to
keep for the rest of the competition. Senior
Eric Ellis was the first Badger across in ninth
place with a finish of 18:55. Dawson Thomas
finished not far behind in tenth with a time of
19:24. Austin Donn posted a personal best 19:27
for eleventh place behind Thomas. Sam Gorton
battled through for a 19:52 finish while Nick
Magdaleno posted Bonners Ferry’s final points at
21:04. Alex Urbaniak would cross the line at
23:23, a season best, and Will Colson finished
in 25:22. Nathan Olsen would put in a powerful
finish with a time of 25:43.
In team scoring, Priest River took advantage of
breakout performances to take first place with a
score of 38. Lakeland was second with 50 points.
IC Academy placed third with 74 points, edging
Bonners Ferry in fourth with 77 points. Kellogg
was fifth with 109 and Classical Christian
Academy scored 169 points.
Cross country season will run its penultimate
race in Sandpoint at Travers Park on Saturday,
October 8, with races starting at 9:45 a.m. |
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