Bulldogs sweep varsity, JV district XC meets

| October 27, 2015 7:00 AM

SANDPOINT — The Sandpoint cross country team swept the 4A team titles at the Regional Cross Country meet last Thursday at Farragut State, with both the boys and girls teams claiming their third straight district win.

Led by sophomore Katherine Kaul, the two-time 4A defending state champs scored a tidy 20 points to win, dominating Lakeland and Moscow. Kaul led the girls team with a 19:47, placing second in the race. She was followed by Hannah Davidson in 3rd, Cori McClelland 4th, Rainey Woodward 5th, Sharon Rowe 6th, Claire Pierce 8th and Niah Brass 10th out of the 21 runner field.

“It was a dominant performance as the girls won their third straight title and brushed up for the state Meet,” said Bulldogs head coach Matt Brass, whose team will race on the same Farragut course on Saturday, Oct. 31, with the 4A girls race at 10:30 a.m. and the boys race at noon.

The boys team scored 30 points in the race. Senior leader Jacob Graham, who was out sick, watched from the sidelines as his team used a solid pack to dominate the race.

Leading the boys was sophomore Fin Lund-Andersen, who placed 4th in a 17:12. Cole Dillon was 5th, Reilly Wolfe 6th, Mark Kennaly 7th, Clay Rasmussen 8th, Peik Lund-Andersen was 9th and Dutt Rogers was 10th out of the 21 runner field.

In the closest race of the day, the girls JV team won the title with a score of 28, edging the Bears, who scored 35. Farli Boden won the race with a time of 21:58. Dana Beaty was next in 22:17, Chloe Braedt was 6th, Clara Sallent 8th, Erin Meek 12th, Saydee Brass 14th and Lindsay Baumman 17th to round out the top seven in the field of 39 runners.

The boys JV finished in dominant fashion, winning the team title with a 17 points. Leading the way was Sloan Woodward, who won the 4A race with a time of 19:03. Next was James Bradley in 2nd, Riley McGinnis 3rd, Daniel Radford 5th, Quinn Donnely 6th, Gabe Merithew 8th and Wyatt Hagen 9th to round out the scoring seven in the field of 44 runners. The low finishes is a strong sign for the future of the program.