National Regionals Began This Weekend In Boise, Idaho
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The first of nine national regionals began in Boise, Idaho on Saturday, and without surprise, it produced both to, and against, type.
The Team Northwest Regional saw title-contender Tyrone Gorze, a high school senior out of Crater High School and the No. 3 ranked runner on the MileSplit50, take the overall boys championship in resounding fashion, with the Washington recruit going 14:51.60 on the course, a full 12 seconds ahead of second-place Weston Brown of Bozeman (15:03.70).
From there, the race for a national qualifier was on, as the next three athletes would automatically lock-in their berths to Team Nationals on Dec. 3 in Portland.
Brown's teammate, Nathan Neil, was third in 15:05.00, while Portland Jesuit's Jacob Nenow was fourth in 15:05.80 and Coos Bay Marshfield's Alexander Garcia-Silver was fifth in 15:06.20.
As the team race shaped up, however, more spots opened up, giving two more tickets to Sehome's Zack Munson, who finished sixth in 15:13.7, and Rocky Mountain's Landon Heemeyer, who was seventh in 15:24.1.
Which brings us to the team race.
No. 4 Rocky Mountain, No 6 Portland Jesuit and No. 11 Crater all lined up on Saturday.
The end result?
A complete flip-flop of those teams, with Crater taking the overall team title with 75 points, while Jesuit was second with 101 and Rocky Mountain third in 129.
Both Crater and Jesuit locked in automatic qualifiers for their teams to nationals, and with Gorze's and Nenow's top five finishes, also opened up the door for Munson and Heemeyer to get to the dance.
However, that third-spot is where things get tricky. Has Rocky Mountain done enough to be one of the additional teams selected from the at-large candidate pool?
If that is the case -- and we believe it is -- then Heemeyer's finish would cancel out and it would open up the door for Bishop Blanchet's Vincent Recupero. Time will only tell if that will be the case.
Pl Athlete Yr # Team Score Time Gap Avg. Mile Avg. kM
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1 GORZE, Tyrone SR 1879 Southern Oregon Proj 1 14:51.6 --- 4:46.7 2:58.3
2 BROWN, Weston SR 241 Bozeman XC 2 15:03.7 12.1 4:50.6 3:00.7
3 NEIL, Nathan JR 251 Bozeman XC 3 15:05.0 13.4 4:51.0 3:01.0
4 NENOW, Jacob SR 2020 Stumptown XC Club 4 15:05.8 14.2 4:51.3 3:01.2
5 GARCIA-SILVER, Alexande SR 2301 Unat-Garcia-Silver-A 15:06.2 14.6 4:51.4 3:01.2
6 MUNSON, Zack SR 1351 Mariners XC Club 15:13.7 22.1 4:53.8 3:02.7
7 ANDERSON, Samy SR 729 Forest Park XC 5 15:22.5 30.9 4:56.6 3:04.5
8 HEEMEYER, Landon JR 930 GRIT XC 6 15:24.1 32.5 4:57.1 3:04.8
9 RECUPERO, Vincent SO 875 Green Lake Harriers 7 15:27.0 35.4 4:58.1 3:05.4
10 TOSTENSON, Josiah SO 1883 Southern Oregon Proj 8 15:28.7 37.1 4:58.6 3:05.7
11 CERVI-SKINNER, Maximus SO 1515 North Idaho Distance 9 15:29.5 37.9 4:58.9 3:05.9
12 LAW, Logan SR 2340 Unat-Law-Logan 15:29.7 38.1 4:58.9 3:05.9
13 HARTLEY, Brody SR 2310 Unat-Hartley-Brody 15:30.7 39.1 4:59.3 3:06.1
14 SAINSBURY, Tyler SR 949 GRIT XC 10 15:31.3 39.7 4:59.5 3:06.3
15 BRUCE, Evan SR 1868 South Central Spokan 11 15:31.5 39.9 4:59.5 3:06.3
16 STEVENS, Stockton SR 1493 MV Runners 15:31.9 40.3 4:59.6 3:06.4
17 COLESCOTT, Finneas SR 1115 Hellgate XC 12 15:32.1 40.5 4:59.7 3:06.4
18 CLEVENGER, Gus SR 2019 Stumptown XC Club 13 15:35.0 43.4 5:00.6 3:07.0
19 CLOUGH, Austin SR 2042 Swag Fellas 14 15:38.0 46.4 5:01.6 3:07.6
20 CONTRERAS, Juan Diego SR 2280 Unat-Contreras-Juan 15:38.3 Boys Championship 5K
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Rank Team Score Avg Total Spread 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Southern Oregon Project 75 15:36 1:17:59 1:07.7 1 8 18 22 26 38 119
2 Stumptown XC Club 101 15:44 1:18:38 1:15.7 4 13 17 19 48 64 69
3 GRIT XC 129 15:53 1:19:25 1:07.6 6 10 16 37 60 87 122
4 Cherry City XC 177 16:08 1:20:40 0:46.7 15 29 34 43 56 94 118
5 Bozeman XC 196 15:58 1:19:49 1:42.2 2 3 40 71 80 144 147
6 Forest Park XC 203 16:10 1:20:47 1:18.5 5 25 47 53 73 114 137
7 North Idaho Distance Proj 235 16:16 1:21:17 1:42.3 9 30 39 42 115
8 Adelphia Track Club 259 16:22 1:21:46 1:06.8 21 24 50 65 99 100 138
9 Mt. Spokane Distance Proj 289 16:29 1:22:24 0:54.1 31 41 54 61 102 110 117
10 Sammamish Wolfpack 293 16:31 1:22:31 0:36.1 35 36 63 77 82 On the flip side, the biggest storyline in the girls race was in the team standings.
No. 16 Boise Senior, No. 17 Summit and honorable mention picks Portland Jesuit (No. 36) and Rocky Mountain (No. 47) squared off.
The end result may have given us a huge storyline to follow in December.
Despite being four years removed from their own team title in 2018, could Summit still be considered a possible contender?
The squad from Bend, Oregon, landed the overall victory with 58 points, downing both Portland Jesuit (77) and Boise Senior (153) rather dramatically.
The first three members of the Storm's starting lineup posted finishes in the top 25, while runners No. 4 and 5 were 34th and 50th, respectively.
This team isn't so far removed from that title. The program's four seniors in the top seven were in the eighth-grade when the team last finished first at Team Nationals.
Could those memories push them forward toward this year?
It would only make the championship that much more interesting.
Summit's Barrett Justema was fifth overall in 18:04.8 while Camille Broadbent was 16th and Claire McDonald was 22nd.
Skyline's Anna Callahan won the overall race in 17:35.9, while Logan Hofstee was second in 17:40.3, Nelah Roberts was third in 17:49.8 and Emily Wisniewski was fourth in 17:53.9.
Keira Saavedra, in sixth, also locked up a berth to Team Nationals in sixth in 18:10.4.
Girls Championship 5K
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Rank Team Score Avg Total Spread 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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1 Storm over Bend 58 18:44 1:33:37 1:08.4 2 7 11 16 22 28 32
2 Stumptown XC Club 77 18:58 1:34:46 0:41.5 8 12 14 20 23 54 72
3 Boise XC 153 19:20 1:36:39 1:33.4 4 30 31 38 50 58 95
4 GRIT XC 172 19:32 1:37:36 0:28.2 24 27 36 37 48 64 75
5 Gig XC 176 19:29 1:37:23 1:52.1 10 17 19 56 74 91
6 Silverdale Elite 183 19:28 1:37:16 2:16.8 6 13 35 52 77 83 99
7 Forest Park XC 191 19:27 1:37:11 2:00.5 3 18 47 57 66 84
8 Preston Club 222 19:44 1:38:37 0:13.8 39 41 45 46 51 60 65
9 Apollos XC 253 19:55 1:39:35 1:49.4 21 25 53 67 87 93
10 Grizz XC SRI 266 19:53 1:39:21 3:12.0 1 15 73 88 89
The Scoop:
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Page 4: Delaware State Championships were on the calendar
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Page 6: Big-time moments from the New York State Championships