Cross country competes

Lake Roosevelt cross country runners went to Wapato Point in Manson to compete in the Trojan Invite on Sept. 17.

Noah Hunt was the fastest Raider boy in the 5,000-meter race, placing 14th out of 34 total runners with a time of 21 minutes, 28 seconds.

Kailah Leadingham placed 6th out of 12 runners in the girls’ 5,000-meter race with a time of 28:08.

“As far as the first race goes, I think it went pretty well,” Head Coach Matthew Timentwa said, adding that he was glad for the smoke to have cleared out before the day of the race.

“All of my kids who ran last year, ran as well as they ever have,” he said. “They all had either a personal record or close to a personal record compared to last year. At this point last year we had quite a few kids trying to get under 30 minutes, and all of them got under 30 on Saturday. It’s a matter of our kids taking the next step and finding the extra gear. It was a good race.”

The runners were scheduled to run at the Okanogan Invite yesterday, results of which will be reported next week.

On Saturday, Sept. 24, they are scheduled to run at the Can-Am invitational at the Kettle Falls Day Use Area, beginning at 10 a.m.

Timentwa is excited for the team to run that course as it’s one he liked himself as a kid, describing it as a gorgeous course that at times goes along the waterfront, running on trails and on sand at one point. 

Trojan Invite at Wapato Point results

Boys 5,000 meter

Place Grade Name Time

14. 10 Noah Hunt 21:28

27. 9 P.Hudson 24:49

28. 9 Connor Norton 25:00

30. 10 A. Palmanteer 25:37

31. 9 Tor Chaffee 27:00

33. 10 Jaxon Krohn 29:13

34. 10 Zane Chaffee 29:40

Girls 5,000 meter

Place Grade Name Time

6. 11 K.Leadingham 28:08