Raiders have "great day" at cross country meet

The Raider cross country team ran at the Trojan Invitational on Saturday in Wapato Point Park in Manson and is already showing improvement from the week before.

"They ran really well," said Head Coach Brian Daniels. "I think being able to place and having runners who medaled was a good confidence boost for them."

Kyona Edmo placed third out of the 23 girl runners, finishing the 5,000-meter race with a time of 23 minutes, 4 seconds.

Hannah Wapato and Kayla St. Pierre also finished in the top 10, with Wapato placing seventh and St. Pierre 10th.

"The girls all shaved about a minute off of their time from last week," Daniels noted.

The course was mostly grass, with some parts running on a gravel path. The temperature was in the 70s with just a bit of smoke in the air, which Daniels said didn't seem to affect their running.

Kyle Edmo and Adam George were the top runners for Lake Roosevelt in the boys' race, finishing 10th and 11th respectively.

"It was a great day, and I was really proud of them," Daniels said. "It was a good boost, a good success for a lot of those runners."

The next cross country event will be the Wenatchee Invitational at Walla Walla Point Park at noon on Saturday, Sept. 23.