Crook County runners second at The Dalles meet

Both the Crook County Cowboys and Cowgirls finished second at the Bridget Nelson Invitational Cross Country Meet, which was held Friday afternoon, Sept. 27 in The Dalles.

Despite runners finishing first, third and fourth, the Cowboys were still edged by The Dalles for the boys team title, while the Cowgirls scored the same number of points as first place Sandy, but finished second due to the tiebreaker, which is the highest placing sixth runner on the team.

In the boys meet, The Dalles finished with 30 points, while Crook County had 35. Rounding out the scoring were Madras, 107, Sandy, 115, Estacada, 126, Portland Christian, 150, Umatilla, 169, and Riverside, 208.

In the girls event, both Sandy and Crook County finished with 57 points. They were followed by The Dalles, 59, Heppner, 68, Madras, 115, Umatilla, 172, and Portland Christian, 175.

Adam Radabaugh took first place in the boys race for Crook County with a time of 17:48.3. Caleb Caldwell of The Dalles finished second with a time of 18:04.4. He was followed by Crook County’s Kannon Whiting, 18:10.4 and Taylor Harper, 18:20.2. The Dalles runners finished in fifth through seventh places, while the first runner from Madras, RedSky Waheneka finished in ninth place with a time of 18:57.5. The fifth and final scoring runner from The Dalles finished in 10th place. Rounding out the scoring for Crook County were Hunter Davis in 13th place with a time of 19:11.4 and Josiah Swick in 16th place with a time of 19:27.3.

Also running for the Cowboys but not factoring in the scoring were Adam Crass in 25th place with a time of 20:12.3 and Justin Mitchell in 29th place with a time of 20:32.1.

Rounding out the scoring for the White Buffalos were Theron Young in 20th with a time of 19:52.8, Deklyn Parton, 21stin 20:02.0, Julian Stwyer, 30th in 20:58.8, Paydon Mitchell, 31st in 20:59.4, Bayan Boldbayar, 41st in 23:05.6 and Luke Fessler, 48th in 24:01.5.

Alaina Casady of The Dalles finished in first place in the girls race with a time of 20:21.6. Emily Picard of Madras finished third with a time of 21:24.4. Crook County’s Ruby Snider finished in fourth place with a time of 21:34.7. Next in for the Cowgirls was Pati Carne in sixth place with a time of 22:02.0, while Natalia Crass finished in ninth place with a time of 22:45.9.

Rounding out the scoring for Crook County were Jane Rice, 23rd in 25:22.9, Ellie Klann, 26th in 25:28.1, Claire Lachat, 32nd in 26:51.6.

Zoe Kollen was the second runner in for the White Buffalos, finishing 32nd with a time of 26:51.3. Also running for the White Buffalos were Tessa Camas, 35th in 27:23.4, Alessandra Benitez, 36th in 27:55.6, Ruth Rodriguez, 37th in 28:06.4, Sammy Romero, 38th in 28:33.0 and Gabby Marino, 46th in 31:23.0.

Crook County took first in the JV boys race with Riddley Barker finishing third with a time of 20:03.8, while Timathee Hussey was fourth in 20:57.6 and Wyatt Otnes finished in fifth with a time of 21:01.2. Also running for the Cowboys were Ethan Peschel, eighth in 21:12.0, Josh Belz, 10th in 21:59.2, August Baertlein, 12th in 22:43.8, Sawyer Woolsey, 15th in 23:31.1. Vernon Pifer, 18th in 24:21.6, Jaron Swick, 22nd in 25:20.3, Toby Allen, 23rd in 25:27.6 and Holden Peschel, 27thin 26:04.7.

For the White Buffalos, who did not have enough runners to count in the JV team scoring, Lucas Hurd finished in 21st place with a time of 25:17.7, while Gabe Parker was 28th, in 26:34.0, Alex Irvine finished 32nd in 26:45.0 and Liam Circle took 33rd with a time of 27:13.1.

The JV girls meet was won by The Dalles, while Sandy was the only other school to field a complete team.

For the Cowgirls Emily Rice finished sixth with a time of 27:25.9, while Louanna Stacy finished in 14th place with a time of 30:27.6. For Madras Kiahna Allen was their lone runner, finishing in 16th place with a time of 32:00.3.

Both Crook County and Madras will compete at the Oxford Classic at Drake Park in Bend this coming Saturday.