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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
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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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Jackson Bowe (21:26) also
competed for the Outlaws,
which ended up in 24th place
among the 25 teams.
“Even though we should
have probably run in a dif-
ferent division, the boys ran
tough and got the experi-
ence of being in a fast field
of teams,” said Nordell. “I
am satisfied with how they
competed.”
Medical Lake High School
of Spokane (WA) won the
Division 2 team title, and
Caleb Olson of Hanford High
School (WA) captured indi-
vidual honors with a time of
16:11.
The Outlaws are scheduled
to compete Friday, September
30, at the Oxford Classic at
Drake Park, which is hosted
by Bend High School. The
meet, which begins at 1 p.m.
and includes 29 teams, is very
spectator-friendly. Teams
from Idaho, California, and
Oregon are entered including
4A teams Henley, Klamath
photo by hArry pollArd
Anna Bartlett and Sophie Borders.
Union, Valley Catholic, Crook
County and Sisters.
“It’s good to have another
meet in our area so more of
our parents can come and
watch,” said Nordell. “Bend
High always puts on a good
meet.”
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