Wednesday, October 30, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Boys impressive at Creekside meet
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Dry land training...
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Over the 3.1 miles of a
5,000-meter course, most
winners bide their time before
putting down the hammer and
separating themselves from
the rest of the pack. That has
been true for juniors John
Peckham and Will Thorsett
most of the season as the pair
have come in at or near the
top of all of their races this
fall.
Until last Wednesday.
Before the first mile of the
race was over at the Creekside
Invitational, held at Creekside
Golf Club in Salem, Peckham
and Thorsett had pulled away
from the 150-plus field of run-
ners and never looked back on
their way to establishing the
top two times among all 4A
runners thus far this season.
Peckham crossed the line
in 16:01.2, just three seconds
ahead of his friend and team-
mate Thorsett, who finished
in 16:04.2. Third place came
through nearly 20 seconds
later.
<They just took charge of
the race early and that was
that,= said Head Coach Josh
Nordell. <We worked hard on
Monday at practice, but this
just showed what great con-
dition these two boys are in,=
said Nordell. <I thought they
might be a little flat, but they
just dominated.=
The pair9s efforts weren9t
quite enough for the team to
hold off rival Philomath as
Warriors won the team title
with 55 points, eight ahead of
the Outlaws.
Philomath got the advan-
tage by placing four runners
ahead of the Outlaws9 num-
ber three runner, Josh Liddell,
who ran a lifetime best of
16:51.9 and all seven runners
in front of Sisters9 fifth scorer,
Sam May, who also ran a
personal best (17:19). Ethan
Hosang placed right behind
May in 17:24.
<Philomath9s first four
boys run in a very tight group
and their five, six, seven
guys do the same thing,= said
Nordell. <For us it9s our top
two way up front and the rest
running in a good pack as
well, so overall we are pretty
much dead even with them
when you add up the scores.
Our two teams are so evenly
matched, it9s going to be a
barn-burner at District,= said
Nordell.
Vicente Rebolledo (17:02)
and Max Palanuk (17:47)
also ran personal bests for
the Outlaws, leaving Nordell
smiling.
<All these guys have
shown such improvement
over the last few weeks,= he
said. <They run smart and
with heart.=
In the final coaches9 poll
PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
John Peckham and Will Thorsett broke away early and never looked back,
placing 1-2 at the Creekside Invitational.
of the season Philomath is
ranked number one and the
Outlaws are ranked third,
with Baker jumping up into
the number-two spot.
The teams will square off
once again at the Oregon West
District meet on Saturday,
November 2 at the course at
Stayton Middle School. The
varsity girls run first at 11:30,
followed by the varsity boys
at 12:15.
The top two teams at the
meet qualify for the OSAA
State Championships set
for the following week,
November 9, at Lane
Community College in
Eugene.
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