Wednesday, November 4, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Outlaws shine at state
cross-country meet
By Charlie kanzig
Correspondent
For the third time in
school history the Sisters
girls cross-country team
placed second at the OSAA
State Championships held
Saturday, October 31, at
Lane Community College in
Eugene.
The Outlaws gave cham-
pion Siuslaw a bit of a scare,
but could not overcome the
Vikings’ speed up front, as
junior Celie Mans earned the
individual title to give her
team 89 points. Sisters totaled
105 for second with Molalla
right behind with 112. South
Umpqua snagged the fourth-
place trophy with 136 points.
Junior Sophie Borders
once again paced the
Outlaws, placing 12th in
20:26. Anna Bartlett, a soph-
omore, finished strongly in
20:53 for 20th place. Senior
Megan Calarco completed
her career with a personal
record of 21:03 to place 23rd.
Macadia Calavan and
Serena Salisbury worked
together throughout the race
and finished just one second
apart in 43rd and 45th place in
21:54 and 21:55, respectively.
Engracia Diez ran her best
time of the season to place
54th (22:18) and Amy Hills,
battling a side-ache, came
through in 68th place in 22:
58.
“The girls ran very well,
photo by harry pollard
the Sisters outlaws girls cross-country team placed second at state; it’s just the third time in school history.
overall,” said Coach Josh
Nordell. “We knew that
Siuslaw would be a challenge
to get in front of, but we did
everything we could to keep
the team race close. I am
extremely proud of how they
performed at state and all sea-
son long.”
Tony Hooks stole the
show for the boys team as
he contended throughout the
race for the individual title,
coming up just short in sec-
ond place in a personal best
of 16:18.
Eulises Cruz-Vieyra of
Tillamook, Michael Brown
of North Bend, Bradley
Rzewnicki of Seaside and
Hooks pulled away from the
rest of the pack by the mid-
way point of the meet and it
still looked like anybody’s
race with 600 meters to go.
Cruz-Vieyra faltered and
Rzewnicki opened a gap
approaching the track. Hooks
got by Brown to move into
second and did everything he
could to stay close over the
final 250 meters, but ended
up five seconds short.
Hooks’ finish was the
highest ever by a Sisters run-
ner at the state cross-country
meet.
“We knew T.J. was as
strong as anyone in the field
and would give it his all no
matter what,” said Nordell.
“He is such a great kid and
the best kind of competitor.”
The Outlaws did not
expect to challenge for a top-
four finish, but hoped to fin-
ish in the upper half of the
14-team field, which they
were able to do as they placed
seventh with 208 points.
Seaside placed three run-
ners in the top 10 on their
way to the state title with 49
points. Phoenix placed second
(65), Tillamook third (78),
and Newport fourth (134).
Sophomore Jordan Pollard
helped the cause by placing
30th in 17:36. Seniors Izaak
Kanzig and Dyut Fetrow fin-
ished together on the track
in 18:30, while fellow senior
Patrick Krevi completed the
scoring for the team with a
personal best of 18:55.
Rounding out the team
were Cody Martin (19:29)
and Will Werts (19:32).
“I think we got all we
could out of our boys this
year,” said Nordell. “Winning
the district title and coming
through with a strong finish
at state met my expectations
and more.”
photo by harry pollard
Seniors Dyut Fetrow and Izaak kanzig helped the boys team to a seventh-
place finish at the state cross-country meet.
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