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Jordan Young burns up Kellogg course |
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October 20, 2016 |
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| Photo by Rachel
Ellis |
| Coach Tyler
Warner has a lot of pride in this year's
gang of Badger cross country runners,
who ended a good regular season in fine
style last week at the Ben Castro
Kellogg Invite, bringing home more
hardware to grace the trophy case. |
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Rain and grass do not usually generate fast
cross country times. During the Ben Castro
Kellogg Invite, held at Pinehurst Golf Course, a
flat course and talented runners managed some of
the fastest times of the season.
The 5k course navigated the perimeter of the
golf course and took place almost entirely on
natural surfaces. Competing teams included
Bonners Ferry, Kellogg, Priest River, Coeur
d’Alene Charter, IC Academy, Lakeland, and
others.
The Ben Castro Invitational, named for the
legendary late coach of Kellogg Cross Country,
divided races by gender. Girls started the rainy
afternoon of races following the combined middle
school race.
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| Photo by Jack |
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Junior Jordan
Young, shown here running a week earlier
in Sandpoint, is poised to earn her
place in the Badger record books and be
ranked among the top elite runners in
school history. |
Jordan Young beat her previous time of 20:06 to
run a 19:55, just four seconds short of Melody
Braden’s 2007 school record.
“Cross country records are tricky,” said Coach
Tyler Warner. “A lot of it depends on the
course, unlike track, which is always uniform.
Still, when you have girl runners breaking 20
minutes you are usually entering the realm of
the elites.”
Young placed first overall and now has the
seventh fastest time that has been run in Idaho
Women’s 3A Cross Country.
Coming in second place was freshman Abigail
Gorton at 20:30. Ada Bonnell was the next Badger
across at 23:28. Lauren Stidham broke her
previous best by 50 seconds with a time of
24:05. Elisabeth Cowley also ran a personal best
26:14. Rayan Naylor was next with a 27:27 and
Serenity Fahey rounded out the Lady Badger squad
with a personal best 27:43.
In team scoring the girls placed third behind
first place Lakeland in 1st and Coeur d’Alene
Charter in second.
The boys race commenced shortly thereafter.
Dawson Thomas ran his best time of the season
with an 18:20, followed by Eric Ellis at 18:39,
which was also a season best.
Austin Donn ran his best time as well with an
18:42. Sam Gorton came in behind Donn at 18:44.
Nick Magdaleno and Ryne Rae both broke the 20
minute barrier for the first time with times of
19:46 and 19:53 respectively. Alex Urbaniak also
continued his senior campaign by posting a
personal best 22:58. Brady Bateman was behind
Urbaniak at 24:14, also a personal best.
Cameron Rae and Nathan Olsen finished close
together with times of 24:36 and 24:45. Finally
for Bonners Ferry Will Colson ran a season best
25:07. The boys finished in second place behind
Priest River. |
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