Cross country on to district meet

Raider Cross Country finished the regular season Oct. 25 at Liberty Bell, where the boys’ team finished third in the Central Washington District 6 B League Championships.

LR had 78 points, while champion and host Liberty Bell scored 27. Second-place Tonasket recorded 70. There were only 14 girls running at Liberty Bell, all scored as individuals.

“Each team member put in strong efforts at this league meet,” Raider Head Coach Gary Darnold said.

Chris Oates led the Raiders, finishing fifth with the 5km personal record time of 18 minutes and 13.39 seconds. Robert George was next for LR, taking 13th with a PR time of 19:31.97. Cole Trotter also PR’d at 20:52.83 for 24th. Cameron Tillman also recorded a new PR at Liberty Bell, finishing 28th at 21:21.19.

Will Friedlander 33rd in 21:58.33. Kaden Trotter finished 36th at 22:30. Quincy Williams finished at 23:05.76, his new PR, for 41st.

Aidan Derr finished 43rd, cutting his 5km time by almost two-and-a-half minutes for a PR of 25:20.59. Braxton Hernandez finished 45th with the new PR of 25:26.41.

Representing LR in the girls race were Kayla St. Pierre, Alyssa Oates, and Kianna Sam. St. Pierre led the Raider girls, finishing at 23:18.82 for her best overall placing of the season, taking home fourth place. Oates placed 12th overall with the time of 28:04.92. Sam finished 14th with the new PR time of 30:46.38.

On Saturday, the Raiders will compete in the Central Washington B Cross Country Regional at Walla Walla Point Park in Wenatchee starting at 11 a.m.

“We got to see over half next week’s regional teams at league,” Darnold noted. “We are looking forward to this week’s regional meet in Wenatchee, where we will compete against 14 other schools with the goal of qualifying for state in Pasco.”

From the regional race, three boys’ teams will move on to the state meet, but only one girls’ squad will move on.