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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Runners make
strides in records
Team competes
at Burns-Idlewild
Meet Saturday
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
MILTON-FREEWATER
– Grant Union cross country
coach Sonna Smith said her
boys varsity team is right on
track.
The group took on com-
petition at McLoughlin High
School last Friday in Mil-
ton-Freewater.
“The course has a 600-me-
ter hill at 2.5 kilometers that
was aptly named ‘Gut Buster
hill,’” she said.
Out of 40 boys varsity rac-
ers, Tanner Elliott placed 10th
with 19:53; Sam Bentz, 18,
21:21; Bo Olson, 26, 22:21.
“For all of the athletes to
get their season’s best time
on the course shows that our
training is right on track and
they are making great im-
provements both physically
and mentally in their racing,”
Smith said.
The team travels to the
Burns-Idlewild Meet on Sat-
urday to compete at Devine
Ridge Summit near Burns.
B REAKING N EWS A LERTS
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Ladies at the Rally for the Cure prepare to release balloons with special
messages at the John Day Golf Club.
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Cassie Robertson of Prineville
putts the ball during last
weekend’s Rally for the Cure
golf scramble.
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Her team dressed up in shorts with
matching fuschia leggings with the word
“love” written on them, and wore match-
ing T-shirts with the phrase, “Family
gives me strength, Faith gives me hope.”
Ward said nine teams competed in the
scramble last Saturday, and seven co-ed
teams participated Sunday.
She noted the men enjoy competing,
too, and some wear pink shirts.
The Sunday scramble was a 50-50
contest, and the winners donated their
winnings back to the Rally.
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“It was another opportunity to ¿ ght
against cancer,” she said. “We always
have a fabulous, crazy, fun time.”
A dessert auction was also held, and
all funds raised are given to the Susan G.
Komen Foundation.
The Donna Edmundson Memorial
Award and a pink putter donated by the
Foundation was given to Farrell for being
the ninth person to sign up.
Farrell said Edmundson, a former Prai-
rie City resident, lost her battle to cancer
and since then Edmundson’s daughters
and other family members honor her
memory with the Rally for the Cure prize.
Janie Cole, who won closest to the
pin, was awarded a golf bag. Other results
were unavailable at press time.
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Teaming up at the Rally for the Cure are Virginia Miller, Kathleen Lee
and Kim Ward, all of Mt. Vernon, and Ward’s mom Gail Burton of Dallas.
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School: Monument
Grade: 12
Parents: Kristi Emerson and Dan
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Sport: Football
What I like best about my sport: “I enjoy football for the
Rob Raschio of John
Day gives his daughter
Annabelle Rose, 3, a lift
during the event.
physical aspect of the game. As a running back, I have to make quick
decisions. I enjoy playing with my teammates.”
Coach’s Comment: “He is a senior who is stepping into a
leadership role for the team, and he is a great competitor who works
hard every practice and game.”
– Coach Nathaniel Ashley
Photos by The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Above photo: Fun run participant Brian McKrola of John Day is plastered with
pink as he passes one of the color stations run by Byron Grant and Megan
Grant of Portland and Cody Bowden (behind McKrola) of John Day. A mother
and her child are also blasted with the nontoxic powder.
Left photo: Sara Burns, left, of Burns and Sena Raschio of John Day show
plenty of spirit during last Saturday’s Color Me Free Fun Run.
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tion and running the six color
stations – and there was even
more colored paint powder to
go around this year.
Each walker/runner also re-
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throw at their friends along the
way.
Outreach/advocate Tammy
Larkin said the fun run is not a
fundraiser, but an outreach event.
“Our main priority is to let
the community know who we
are and what we do, which is
bring awareness to domestic vi-
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and healthy lifestyles,” she said.
“That’s the most important
message – we’re there for any-
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