State bound harriers

Douglas High’s Jackson Davis runs the downhill portion of the Class 5A regional cross country meet at Shadow Mountain Sports Complex next to Reed High School. Davis finished 10th and qualified for the state meet next Saturday at the same location.

Douglas High’s Jackson Davis runs the downhill portion of the Class 5A regional cross country meet at Shadow Mountain Sports Complex next to Reed High School. Davis finished 10th and qualified for the state meet next Saturday at the same location.
Photo by Carter Eckl.

By Carter Eckl

Monday, November 1, 2021

 Carson, Douglas and Sierra Lutheran cross country teams all had at least one individual qualify for the state meet this Saturday at Shadow Mountain in Sparks.
The Class 5A boys raced kicked off the regional meet with Douglas’ Jackson Davis taking the top spot of the area runners in 10th.
Davis said post-race his goal was to win the meet.
“I was just not feeling 100 percent,” said Davis. “The course definitely goes up and down and there are quite a bit of turns, which can make it tricky.”
The aptly named ‘Mickey’ loop course – which looks like the head of Mickey Mouse from above – was a two-lap design that went around the baseball fields before climbing up and down a hill.
The race concluded with a straightaway onto the track of Reed High School.
“I 100 percent could do a lot better,” said Davis. “I’m going to get them at state.”
As a team, Douglas was eighth while Carson took sixth. Only the top five teams in Class 5A qualified as a unit for the state meet.
The top seven individuals, not on qualifying teams, also earned a bid to the state meet.
The Senators had three individual runners earn one final race of the season in Ethan Bauerle, Dominic Valdez and Sawyer Macy.

Class 5A girls
The Senator girls were fourth Friday afternoon, led by senior McKenna Budd’s 10th place finish.
Claire Cartier was 15th in 22:27, Jinnie Ponczoch and Ella Dooley took 20th and 21st, respectively, for Carson.
Julia Kaiser (34th), Eleanor Romeo (36th) and Hannah McCoy (37th) rounded out the Senators runners.
Douglas’ Anna Elias was the Tigers’ top finisher in 41st in a time of 24:31.

(Carson High’s McKenna Budd runs with the front of the pack during the Class 5A girls regional cross country meet Friday afternoon. Budd took 10th for the Senators, who qualified for the state meet next Saturday as a team. / Carter Eckl)


Class 3A and 2A results 
The Sierra Lutheran boys’ team took third in the combined Class 2A/1A race, earning the Falcons a spot in the state tournament as a team.
Three of the Falcons’ harriers crossed the line in the top ten in Joshua Fox (8th), John Salonites (9th) and Max Woelfel (10th).
Chandler Ricks, Josiah Clark and Gabriel Basak all assisted in the team qualification.
All six of Sierra Lutheran’s runners are freshmen.
Saige Gregory was the lone Falcon girls’ runner, but will also be back in Sparks next week after a sixth-place finish in 24:13.
The Dayton High boys cross country team was seventh as a unit after being led by Brenden Larkin and his 36th place finish.
The Dust Devil girls had two individuals punch their ticket to the state meet this Saturday. 
Whitney Winward and Allison Hoffman were seventh and 22nd, respectively.

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