Emily Picard was the first girl to cross who wasn’t from a Bend school Saturday at the Oxford Classic cross country race at Drake Park.
Tri-Valley Conference rivals Crook County and Culver were also at the meet. The Bulldogs chose to compete in the JV Blue competition, while both Crook County and Madras ran their varsity teams in the varsity portion of the meet and also ran some individuals in the JV meet.
Picard was the top finisher not from 5A Summit or Caldera high schools. The senior finished in 10th place with a time of 20:43.00. Caldera’s Maddie Carney was the girls individual winner with a time of 18:47.00, while Summit edged the Wolfpack for the team title with 28 points to 29 for Caldera. Lakeview finished a distant third with 128 points. They were followed by Mountain View, 131, Cleveland, 133, Crook County, 147, Henley, 160, and Madras, 182. Several other schools also competed in the girls varsity race, but did not field complete teams.
Following Pickard for the White Buffalos were Zoe Kollen in 50th place with a time of 25:36.80, Sammy Romero, 52nd in 25:52.70, Alessandra Benitez, 55th in 26:11.70, Ruth Rodriguez, 58th in 27:17.70 and Gabby Marino, 64th in 29:39.60.
Summit won the boys race with a score of 26 points. Finishing a distant second was Cleveland with 89 points. They were followed by Crook County, 112, Bend, 127, Milwaukie, 130, Caldera, 137, Ridgeview, 158, Mountain View, 160, Gresham, 255, Madras, 271, Trinity Lutheran, 316, and Henley, 328.
Summit’s Hayden Boaz ran away from the field, winning by more than 30 seconds with a time of 15:32.90. The Cowboys were led by Adam Radabaugh in 15th place with a time of 17:41.90, while Kannon Whiting was 16th in a time of 17:43.00. Next in for the Cowboys was Taylor Harper in 22nd with a time of 17:51.20.
RedSky Waheneka was the first White Buffalo in, finishing in 27th place with a time of 18:15.40.
“I feel like our team’s season is going pretty good,” Waheneka said. “We’ve been going up in rank and we are also getting faster as a team, because last year we were not the fastest, but where we are right now, we are pretty fast and we’ve gone up two ranks in the league. We all need to just step up and focus. We all did pretty good today.”
Next in for the White Buffalos was Deklyn Parton in 48th place with a time of 19:26.80. Rounding out the scoring for Madras were Paydon Mitchell, 59th in 19:56.70, Julian Stwyer, 65th in 20:23.60, Lucas Hurd in 78th place with a time of 23:26.20 and Luke Fesler in 80th place in 24:06.40.
In the JV blue portion of the girls meet, Summit was the only school to field a complete team. Claire Affeldt of Madras finished in 11th place with a time of 26:42.30, while Culver’s Shelby Bunting finished 28th in a time of 32:06.60. The three Culver girls who ran all ran in a pack with Jolee Kuehl finishing in 29th in 32:36.40, while Morgan Johnson was 32nd in 35:26.20. No other Madras or Crook County runners were in the girls race.
The boys JV blue race had eight teams score with Summit taking first with 25 points, while Crook County was third, 92 points, and Culver finished in sixth place with 145 points.
Crook County’s Timathee Hussey finished in fifth place with a time of 20:12.90. He was followed by Wyatt Otnes in 17th with a time of 21:11.90, Ethan Peschel, 20th in 21:22.40, August Baertlein, 22nd in 21:36.20, Toby Allen, 49th in 23:42.10, Jaron Swick, 64th in 24:44.90 and Vernon Pifer, 82nd in 25:59.50.
Thayne Dickson was the first Culver Bulldog to finish, taking 26th place with a time of 21:55.70. He was followed by Greyson Ortiz in 29th place with a time of 22:09.00, Colin Hanvey, 35th in 22:39.40, Gary Wilson, 60th in 24:27.70, Julian Sanabria, 83rd in 26:24.50 and Hayden Hatcher, 85th in 26:30.20.
For Madras, Joshua White finished in 37th place with a time of 22:48.90, while Gabe Parker was 61st in 24:28.30 and Alex Irvine finished in 78th place with a time of 25:10.90.
“We just all need to step up and focus,” Waheneka said about the Madras squad as district nears. “We all have to have good nutrition and start eating good and training hard.”
White Buffalo Stampede
Next up for both Madras and Culver is the White Buffalo Stampede, which will be Wednesday, Oct. 9 at Juniper Hills Park in Madras. The boys JV race starts at 3, the girls JV race at 3:30, the boys varsity at 4 and the girls varsity at 4:30 p.m. Madras then travels to Estacada on Wednesday, Oct. 16th for the Estacada Invitational before returning to Estacada on Wednesday, Oct. 30 for the Tri-Valley District Championships.
Following the race in Madras, Culver travels to the Harrisburg Invitational on Thursday, Oct. 17, before competing at Crook County, then racing in their district meet on Friday, Nov. 1.
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