Badger XC earns PRs at Farragut
FARRAGUT — Bonners Ferry cross country had a sneak preview of the district course on Sept. 9 as they took part in the Timberlake Farragut Invitational Farragut State Park, with many Badgers earning PRs.
“We're continuing to improve, but this early in the season we're still focused on the long-term goal of qualifying for state, which just so happened to be on this course,” said Bonners Ferry head coach Tyler Warner. “I think the team learned a lot about how the course runs, particularly the hills, and how much harder it is to try to push on hills the second time around on the two-loop course.”
A few runners are working through injuries, and others are still working on being eligible by reaching 10 practices, making the Badgers short of runners for a girls team and unable to participate in team rankings.
For the girls, one runner is working on eligibility and two others are working through injuries, Warner said.
“Likewise, on the boys side, we should be adding a guy this Saturday once he gets his practices in,” he said.
“As far as our performance goes, Piper Banning had a big PR [new personal record]. We had a tough week of practice with track workouts and hill repeats, but in spite of that, she still found reasons to persevere and had a great day on a tough course. She’ll likely only get stronger as the season progresses,” Warner said.
Banning improved her time by nearly 35 seconds from the Libby Invite, the season opener.
Newcomer Jackson Fiedler earned a PR of around 20 seconds as compared to the season opener.
“He's starting to learn how to push himself and is getting more fit as we progress. We had several course records as well, and folks who were knocking on the door of PRs or course records,” he said.
Badger cross country is hosting a race at home on Saturday at 9 a.m. for the girls at 9:40 a.m. The race will start and finish in Kenny Mendenhall Stadium with the majority of the course going out onto the Badger Trail behind the high school.
The trail was recently upgraded thanks to the High Five Grant that the cross country team received a few years ago.
BOYS
TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d'Alene 33. 2, Lewis and Clark 113. 3, Kamiakin 115. 4, Mt. Spokane 132. 5, Sandpoint 165. 6, Capital 166. 7, Borah 250. 8, Meridian 268. 9, Lake City 293. 10, University 339. 11, Timberlake 339. 12, Moscow 352. 13, McCall-Donnelly 368. 14, Post Falls 372. 15, Post Falls 384. 16, Lewiston 444. 17, Lakeland 488. 18, Kellogg 497. 19, Grangeville 518. 20, Valley Christian 522. 21, Logos 533. 22, Libby 549. 23, Colville 571. 24, Lincoln County 621. 25, Bonners Ferry 744.
TOP 10 — 1, Nate Stadtlander, Meridian, 15:37.1. 2, Kade Brownell, Mt. Spokane, 15:38.6. 3, Maximus Cervi-Skinner, Coeur d’Alene, 15:42.2 4, Ezra Teeples, Kamiakin, 15:49.9. 5, Jacob King, Coeur d’Alene, 15:53.2. 6, Zack Cervi-Skinner, Coeur d’Alene, 16:09.7. 12, Isaac Anttonen, Capital, 16:15.1. 8, Kyler Harris, Florence-Carlton, 16:15.4. 9, Parker Westermann, Mt Spokane, 16:18.0. 10, Lachlan May, Coeur d’Alene, 16:22.2.
BF Boys: Micah Thomson, 20:24.5; Cole Phillips, 20:49; Jack Woods, 21:59.3; Matthew McCabe 22:19.8; Jackson Fielder, 23:37.6; Nate Murray 24:58.1.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES — 1, Mt Spokane 103. 2, Coeur d'Alene 114. 3, Borah 135. 4, Capital 140. 5, Post Falls 165. 6, Sandpoint 183. 7, University 184. 8, Moscow 187. 9, Kamiakin 207. 10, Meridian 213. 11, McCall-Donnelly 235. 12, Logos 245. 13, Timberlake 267. 14, Lake City 299. 15, Colville 360. 16, Lewiston 482. 17, Libby 518. 18, Lincoln County 556.
TOP 10 — 1, Paisley Taylor, Meridian, 19:09.7. 2, Annabelle Carr, Coeur d'Alene Charter, 19:33.4. 3, Lily Sullivan, Capital, 19:34.7. 4, Jane Wycoff, Mt Spokane, 19:37.1. 5, Dakota Keyworth, Coeur d’Alene, 19:42.9. 6, Talia Bonville, Post Falls, 19:45.2. 7, Hazel Kunkel, Lake City, 19:45.8. 8, Kaylynn Misner, Post Falls, 19:56.4. 9, Olivia May, Coeur d'Alene, 20:05.9. 10, Sara Casebolt, Logos, 20:08.9.
BF Girls: Sydney Beckle, 22:58.8; Matisyn Stiern, 24:10.7; Braylyn Bayer, 25:22.7; Piper Banning, 28:59.6.
