Cross country tunes up for league race

Raider Cross Country runners ran their last tune-up race at the Oroville Invitational Oct. 18, when nearly the entire team broke personal records.

"Both Girls and Boys ran strong races and are looking toward the end of the season matchups," Head Coach Gary Darnold said. "We are battling with Tonasket. After beating them two weeks ago, they got us by five in Oroville."

Tonasket finished fifth in the boys' race with 115 points, and the Raiders took sixth with 121.

Loryn Moore continues to lead the Raider girls. She finished seventh overall with a three-mile PR time of 20 minutes, 59 seconds.

Kayla St. Pierre was the second Raider across the line, finishing with a PR of 21:56. Alyssa Oates is the most improved Raider as she trimmed her three-mile time by over three minutes, finishing 37th at 25:13. The fourth Raider girl at Oroville was Kianna Sam, who finished 47th in 30:14.

In the varsity boys race, LR was led by Chris Oates, who improved his three-mile time to 17:25 to finish 11th. Ray Yazzie was next for the Raiders at 18:21 for 20th.

Robert George recorded a new PR at Oroville, finishing 29th in 18:55. Cole Trotter came in 34th with a new PR of 19:16.

Jerry Palmer also recorded a new PR, completing the race in 19:53 for 46th place. Cameron Tillman came across the line in 53rd place with the time of 20:22. Will Friedlander rounded out the Raiders at Oroville, taking 62nd in 21:44.

Over at the boys' junior varsity race, the Raiders finished second with 50 points; Chelan took first with 15. Kaden Trotter was the first Raider across the line at 20:35, a PR time for 12th place. Quincy Williams finished 17th with a four-minute PR time at 21:01. Theron Nault was right at Williams' heels, finishing 18th at 21:06. Bradley Wilder came in at 25th with a new PR of 22:24. Aidan Derr was right behind Wilder at 26th, breaking his old record by almost five minutes in 22:33, which makes him the most improved Raider boy for the week. Braxton Hernandez came in over a minute faster than his last three-mile race, improving his PR to 24:03.

The Raiders look ahead to this Saturday's race at Liberty Bell, starting at 11 a.m., with the girls' race followed by the boys at 11:40. The race course centers on Liberty Bell High School. This is the District 6 portion of the Central Washington B League championships.