CROSS-COUNTRY: Baker’s Daniel Brown places 7th at 3 Course Challenge at Seaside; Pine Eagle competes at Wallowa Lake Invitational

Published 8:54 pm Saturday, September 21, 2024

By Baker City Herald

Baker's Sofie Kaaen competes in the Catherine Creek Scamper on Sept. 13, 2024.

SEASIDE — Baker senior Daniel Brown placed seventh in the boys hard course at the 3 Course Challenge at Seaside on Saturday, Sept. 21, one of the bigger high school cross-country meets in the Northwest.

Brown finished the 5-kilometer course in 18:49.8. Baker’s Jack Joseph was 58th on the hard course, and William Spriet was 61st.

On the girls hard course, Baker senior Sofie Kaaen was the Bulldogs’ top runner, placing 19th. Ruby Heriza was 28th and Liz Timm was 49th.

Baker also had runners competing on the moderate and easy courses, although Baker coach Suzy Cole said those adjectives are somewhat misleading.

“Even though the first course is called easy, it is anything but that,” Cole said. “All three courses had two big mud pits this year and plenty of hills with a wide variety of  terrain. The moderate and the hard course just each have more hills, a longer course and more sand. I was so impressed with how well our new runners performed, as this meet can be very intimidating between the difficulty of the courses and there being 69 teams participating.

 

“On the girls side of the meet, Ruby Heriza ran a great race on the difficult course,” Cole said. “Daniel Brown continues to have a really strong season placing seventh overall and first in our division. I was super proud of all the kids. We are looking forward to our home meet on Thursday at the Quail Ridge Golf Course.”

 

The Baker Invitational will start at 2 p.m. with the middle school girls race, followed by middle school boys, high school girls and high school boys, followed by a senior recognition ceremony. Quail Ridge is at 2801 Indiana Ave.

 

3 Course Challenge

Boys difficult course

Baker individual results

Daniel Brown, 7th, 18:49.8; Jack Joseph, 58th, 21:06.8; William Spriet, 61st, 21:12.8

Boys moderate course

Baker individual results

Jace Whitford, 47th, 21:09.6; Harris Gaslin, 133rd, 23:52.5; Judah McBride, 136th, 23:58.5; Theodore Pepera, 191st, 25:34.1

Boys easy course

Baker individual results

Jarrin Bott, 22nd, 19:50.4; Kegan Bott, 50th, 21:24.3; Jarren Cikanek, 89th, 22:35.8; Brandon Rosales, 123rd, 23:51.7; Joseph Chastain, 124th, 23:58; Zayne Hills, 233rd, 29:23.5; Gage Bingham, 250th, 31:01.4

Girls difficult course

Baker individual results

Sofie Kaaen, 19th, 24:03.9; Ruby Heriza, 28th, 24:51.7; Liz Timm, 49th, 26:17

Girls moderate course

Baker individual results

Arianah Andersch, 59th, 27:06.3; Grace Tracy, 62nd, 27:18.6; Hannah Sullivan, 88th, 28:54.7; Kara Regan, 121st, 30:56.3

Girls easy course

Baker individual results

Anna Johnson, 38th, 26:26; Anne Hindman, 52nd, 27:44.2; Anaya Sanchez, 72nd, 29:21.5; Jericha Hearne, 147th, 35:47.9

BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL

Baker and Pine Eagle middle school runners, and Pine Eagle High School runners, competed in the Wallowa Lake Invitational on Friday, Sept. 20. Pine Eagle freshman Lindsey Brown was second in the girls race, and Pine Eagle senior Gabe Brown was seventh in the boys race.

Wallowa County Invitational

High School Boys

Pine Eagle individual results

Gabe Brown, 7th, 18:28.6; Peter Davis, 8th, 20:11.7; Dallin Guerts, 32nd, 21:55.9

High School Girls

Pine Eagle individual results

Lindsey Brown, 2nd, 20:06.9; Evie Davis, 33rd, 28:35.1

Middle School Boys 

Team scores

La Grande, 1st, 32; Union, 2nd, 44; Heppner, 3rd, 92; Enterprise, 4th, 100; Baker, 5th, 126; Timberline, 6th, 126

Baker and Pine Eagle individual results

Colin Davis (PE), 11th, 10:43.3; Soren Kaaen, 14th, 11:04; Josiah Hearne, 28th, 11:40.3; Gavin Tubbs (PE), 29th, 11:41.9; Easton Stocks, 32nd, 11:48.7; Will Hindman, 39th, 12:15.6; Lane Collier, 40th, 12:19.8; Walt Anderson, 42nd, 12:23.2; Adam Kirby, 44th, 13:03.7; Max Jacoby, 46th, 13:08.2; Lucas Kolilis, 47th, 13:10.2; Cedar Hassmiller, 48th, 13:10.4; Liam Conklin, 49th, 13:10.6; Kashton Anderson, 53rd, 14:08.6; Bentley Boulter, 60th, 18:31.6

Middle School Girls

Team results

Union, 1st, 45; Heppner, 2nd, 51; Baker, 3rd, 74; Enterprise, 4th, 77; La Grande, 5th, 82

individual results

Iris Young, 4th, 11:03.4; Elena Taylor, 10th, 11:59.1; Joy Kerns, 20th, 13:02.5; Diana Schwartz, 23rd, 13:07.5; Mayli Taylor, 26th, 13:20.8 

Sixth grade individual results, boys

Jaden Halley, Pine Eagle, 10th, 12:18.1

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