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Wednesday, October 18, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Personal bests abound at George Fox meet
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
With two weeks to go
before the state qualifying
Sky-Em District meet, the
Sisters Outlaws cross-country
teams needed a high-quality
meet on a fast course to reveal
their racing condition, and the
George Fox Invitational pro-
vided just that as nearly every
member of the team ran either
a personal or season best.
The meet, held at
Willamette Mission State
Park north of Salem, featured
dozens of schools of all clas-
sifications from throughout
Oregon, giving each of the
three divisional races, Gold,
Silver, and Bronze, quality
depth.
Sisters elected to run in
the Silver Division, 14 teams
from 4A, 5A and 6A clas-
sifications. After witnessing
personal records throughout
the boys’ and girls’ junior var-
sity races, the varsity Outlaws
runners were anxious to toe
the line.
Anna Bartlett, the team
leader, placed 10th, just four
seconds off her personal best
with a time of 20:01, while
the remaining six varsity run-
ners all ran season bests.
Ella Cole placed 35th
(21:08) just ahead of fellow
junior Amy Hills who placed
fortieth in 21:15. Tate Ricker
came in right on Hills’ heels
in 21:17 and Engracia Diez
completed the scoring for
the Outlaws in 64th place in
21:55 among 103 finishers.
Brooke Robillard (22:48)
and Iris Diez (23:20) both ran
significant PRs as the team’s
sixth and seventh runners.
“The times were quick
on a very fast course, which
is fun, but I was even more
pleased with just how the girls
packed together and really ran
as a team,” said Coach Josh
Nordell.
Sisters placed seventh
as a team with 176 points
among the fourteen teams in
the Silver Division. Siuslaw,
the only other 4A team in the
division, placed finished third
with 115 points. The Vikings
are ranked third in the lat-
est coaches’ poll, while the
Outlaws are ranked eighth.
The boys had an equally
good time as the “freshman
four” rallied behind senior
leader Jordan Pollard, who
finished fourth in 16:21.
Ethan Hosang blazed to
12th place in 16:39.7, which
puts him in rare company
among freshman in Oregon.
He is among the top ten fresh-
man of any classification in
Oregon.
Fellow ninth-graders
John Peckham (17:38),
Will Thorsett (17:49), and
Vicente Rebolledo (18:26)
rounded out the scoring for
Sisters, which looks forward
to the return of regular top-
five runner Josh Liddell, a
PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
The Outlaws cross-country team gets off to a good start in George Fox
Classic.
sophomore, who missed the
meet.
Jack Berg (18:41) ran a
personal best by over 40 sec-
onds, and Cole Pade ran near
his best ever (18:50) despite a
nagging leg injury.
The boys’ team, ranked
fifth in this week’s coaches’
poll, finished with 285 points
as the second 4A team in
the Silver Division. Fourth-
ranked Valley Catholic placed
sixth.
“We ran very well, but of
course we missed having Josh
in the race, so we look for-
ward to being at full strength
for District on October 26,”
said Nordell. “Jordan has
been stellar, and our freshmen
are as good as any in Oregon,
so I can’t really be more
pleased.”
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