10 Wednesday, October 30, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon XC girls primed for district meet By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent The Sisters Outlaws girls cross-country team tuned up for the Oregon West District Championships with a meet on the beautiful Creekside Golf Course in Salem on Wednesday, October 23. Ella Thorsett and Kate Bowen each had breakout races. Thorsett, fellow fresh- man Olive Nye of Bend High and senior Hannah Hernandez of Philomath broke away from the field early and battled throughout the hilly, tree-lined course. Nye got the win in 18:15.9 with Thorsett on her heels in 18:19.1. Hernandez came through in 18:30. For Thorsett, it was not only the fastest time of her career, but the first time in three meetings she placed ahead of Hernandez, who until Wednesday had been the top runner in the Oregon West Conference. The pair are likely to lock horns again at District Saturday, November 2. Beyond that, Thorsett now owns the top time among all 4A girls along with Anika Thompson of Junction City, who ran basically the same time (18:19.8) on the same day at a different meet.