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8 Wednesday, September 28, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Season records fall at Portland cross-country meet By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent Invite strong cross-country teams from throughout the western U.S. to a flat, fast course, and quick times are a likely result. Such was the case for many of the Outlaws runners at last Saturday’s Nike Portland XC meet. The meet attracted more than 100 teams to compete in four different high school var- sity divisions showing that the sport of cross-country may be more popular than any time in history. Nearly 4,000 runners completed races at the meet. The Outlaws competed in Division 2 in order to give the girls team a real test as the season enters its sec- ond month and things begin to get more focused toward the District and State meets, which come up in late October and early November. Anna Bartlett and Sophie Borders led the team through the first half of the race, but Bartlett pulled away in the second half to come through as the first finisher for Sisters in 18th place among 165 finishers. Her time of 20:26 established a career-best for the junior. Borders ran a season- best of 20:49 for 33rd place, while Tate Ricker cracked the 22-minute mark with a time of 21:56 for 76th place. Engracia Diez (22:35) and Molly photo by hArry pollArd Jordan pollard ran a career-best race. Winter (23:05) completed the scoring for the Outlaws team, which finished 10th among 24 teams in the division. Northwest High School of Seattle won the team race after putting three girls in the top 10. Malia Pivec of Lynnwood (WA) won the race in a fine time of 18:28. The team hopes to be back to full strength in the com- ing weeks with the return of Amy Hills, Serena Salisbury, and Zidane galant-Laporte, who missed the meet due to illness, injury, and scheduling conflicts. “It was a good test for the team and they responded well,” said Head Coach Josh Nordell. “We have more work to do of course, but I am feel- ing good about our progress.” The boys team was over- matched in Division 2, but the quality of the runners in the race resulted in good times for much of the squad. Jordan Pollard kept contact with the lead pack through two miles before fading a bit in the last 1,000 meters, but still ran a career-best of 16:43 to finish in 16th place. Freshman Josh Liddell ran a solid race to also establish a personal record with a time of 18:07. Cole Pade, battling chronic shin splints, gutted out the race in 18:31 which was his best ever, while fel- low junior Peyton Myhre flirted with going under 20 minutes with a time of 20:13. 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