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Clockwise from top: Siuslaw freshman Brea Blankenship paces herself for a sixth-place fin-
ish during the final lap of Thursday’s district meet at Tugman State Park; senior Kaylee
Graham shares congrats with junior teammate Naomi Shoji after clinching first place; sen-
ior and district champion Isaac Griffes offers his congratulation to junior Robert Mans in
the finishing chute after an unofficial announcement that the Viking boys had won the Far
West League title.
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personal best time (17:22.33),
and senior Jordan Northrop,
who also PRd at 17:25.72.
Sophomore Jared Northrop
was 12th overall and 6th for
the Viks in 18:11.85.
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they did what they’ve done all
season and stepped up for
each other when it matters.
“And today it mattered
most.”
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Vikings all season, followed
by Griffes and either Kiger
Johnson or Northrop vying for
third,
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finishing
sequence was completely dif-
ferent. According to Chris
Johnson, it’s the group’s abili-
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ty to be almost interchange-
able that is its strength.
“Any one of our top four
runners could have won today,
but today it was Isaac who
took the lead because it’s what
needed to happen,” said
Johnson. “And Jordan, who
has been our sixth guy most of
the season, stepped it up
because we needed him to.
“The order changed, but the
end result was the same,
which is pretty impressive.”
In the girls’ race, sopho-
more Hannah Rannow led the
Lady Vikings with a second-
place finish individually in a
time of 20:08.33.
F r e s h m a n B r e a
Blankenship was the second
Siuslaw runner and sixth indi-
vidually to cross the finish
(20:23.96), followed by soph-
omore Anne Wartnik with PR
time of 20:30.85 for 7th place.
“Anne ran a picture-perfect
race,” said Johnson. “She was
patient and just kept moving
up the whole time.”
Fellow sophomore Chloe
Madden
finished
ninth
(20:59.69) and freshman
Gracie Freudenthal took 14th
place (21:43.75) to finish out
the team’s top five.
Senior Kaylee Graham was
20th overall and sixth for the
Viks with a time of 22:36.53.
“The girls came in fired up,
with a strategy that didn’t real-
ly go according to plan.”
Johnson said. “Even though
they won, they were a little
disappointed. I just told them
to take what they learned here
and bring it to the state meet.”
The girls team took the title
with a 27-point advantage
over second-place South
Umpqua, 38-55. North Bend
was a close third place (58),
followed by Marshfield (70).
In the boys’ division, the
Vikings came in with 28
points,
followed
by
Marshfield (49), North Bend
(86), South Umpqua (99) and
Brookings-Harbor (116).
“I’m proud of them,” said
Johnson, who will take both
teams to the OSAA 4A State
Championships on Nov. 4.
“Both teams were really on-
point in both races. Now, we’ll
get ready for the other race
that matters most. If everyone
is healthy, there’s no telling
what order they’ll cross the
finish line in.”
The state meet will take
place at Lane Community
College in Eugene.