Cross country competes in Tonasket, heads to Omak

by Jacob Wagner

Lake Roosevelt cross country runners competed at Tonasket High School Sept. 29. 

Caden Portch was the fastest Raider runner there, finishing the 5,000-meter race with a time of 20 minutes, 54.06 seconds, followed by Noah Hunt who finished in 22:44.52.

In the girls’ race, Kailah Leadingham finished in exactly 31 minutes.

“It’s a pretty tough one, pretty challenging,” Head Coach Matthew Timentwa said about the course. “You get a little bit of everything. It starts on the track there at Tonasket, then you go onto grass and run around their different fields like their soccer field, then behind the fields are hills and a dirt road. Those hills are pretty grueling.”

“It’s a badge of honor type of thing to run that,” he continued. “Everybody ran as best as they could. As a coach, that’s all you can ask for sometimes.”

The Raiders next meet is scheduled for today, Oct. 5, at East Side Park in Omak, with races beginning at 3:45 p.m.

Then on Saturday, Oct. 8, at Liberty Bell High School, the Raiders are scheduled to compete again with races beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Raider results in Tonasket

Place Grade Name Time

Boys

14. 9 Caden Portch 20:54.06

24. 10 Noah Hunt 22:44.52

29. 11 Brandon Pino 24:16.76

30. 10 Aidan Palmanteer 24:58.42

31. 9 Connor Norton 24:58.90

38. 9 Pharoah Hudson 26:46.32

39. 9 Tor Chaffee 27:11.21

41. 11 Gaven White 31:07.05

44. 10 Zane Chaffee 31:38.88

46. 12 Jamie Senator 34:37.99

Girls

6. 11 Kailah Leadingham 31:00.00