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Wednesday, July 5, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Camp draws record numbers
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
The fourth edition of
the Great Northwest Cross
Country Running Camp drew
a record number of partici-
pants to the six-day training
event sponsored by Sisters
Park & Recreation District
and directed by Josh Nordell.
Seventy-five runners aged
8-17 spent the week build-
ing teamwork, rafting rivers,
competing, laughing, and, of
course, running.
Participants from through-
out Oregon, and two from
Idaho, made their homes
in big tents on the ath-
letic fields at Sisters High
School.
They ventured throughout
the area during the week.
A run up the road to Round
Lake on the first day culmi-
nated in a team contest on the
lake that featured eight to 10
runners in a canoe without
paddles, resulting in plenty of
wet fun.
Another day included a
1.6-mile assault up to the top
of Hoodoo that featured 1,035
feet of elevation gain. Sisters
High School entering fresh-
man Ethan Hosang not only
reached the top first, but broke
the previous record. Hosang
was one of two Outlaws at
the camp. The campers also
visited Smith Rock and the
Madras Aquatic Center.
Woven into each day were
“Olympic” contests among
camp teams that included a
water relay in which Dixie
cups were filled with water,
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
The camp included a wide variety of activities.
carried above runners’ heads
to determine who could fill
a bucket first. Other events
included a corn hole compe-
tition, tug-of-war, a lip sync
and a running relay. Points
earned from each event result-
ing in one of the eight teams
declared the overall winner at
the conclusion of the camp.
“The camp is to allow
these runners to have a great
week of training, but also
to be a little competitive
along the way as well,” said
Nordell.
Guest speakers presented
each evening after dinner
covering topics from shoes
to strength training as well as
the mental aspects of running.
Camp counselors who
helped direct many of the
daily activities and supervised
the camp at night included
Sisters graduates Patrick
Krevi, Dyut Fetrow, Katelyn
Meeter, and Brandon Pollard
as well as college students
from Corban University and
George Fox University.
“Our camp counselors
were of the highest quality
again this year, which makes
all the difference for enhanc-
ing the experiences of the par-
ticipants,” said Nordell.
Coaches from Newport and
McMinnville high schools, as
well as Sisters Middle School
track and Sisters High School
PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
Great Northwest Cross Country running campers perform a lip-synch as
part of the camp Olympics Thursday evening.
swim coach Bryn Singleton,
assisted Nordell. Executive
Director Liam Hughes over-
sees camps like this one for
Sisters Park & Recreation
District.
Tom Swinford, Newport’s
coach, has brought team
members to the camp since its
inception.
“I love the coast, but I also
lived in Burns and there is
nothing like the clear skies,
mountain air and wide open
landscape of this part of the
state,” he said. “Many of my
runners have never been on
this side of the mountains,
and I think that for them to
really appreciate their state
they need to spend time over
here.”
Singleton added, “It’s just
such a fun week. The kids
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Cheylah Volkers, a top
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