Lady Spartans place third at Hayden Lake Invitational
(Photo by MARY MALONE) Priest River senior Sharnai Hogan barrels downhill at the Coeur d’Alene Invitational at Hayden Canyon on Sept. 14. Hogan finished the 5K-course in 22:35.6 — good for ninth place in the Varsity B race.
HAYDEN — Led by top-ten finishes from Annika Rantala (seventh, 21:55.9) and Sharnai Hogan (ninth, 22:35.6), the Priest River girls’ cross-country team placed third at the Coeur d’Alene Hayden Lake Invitational on Sept. 14.
Izzie Schmidt and Erika Swoboda finished third and fourth for the Spartans, respectively, while Lily Freitas ran a season-best 27:39.2 to round out the varsity scoring.
The Lady Spartans were a mere nine points off of second-place Bonners Ferry, whom Priest River will compete against for the 3A IML title at districts later this fall.
On the boys’ side, sophomore Kaden Fulton’s fourth-place finish, the Spartans’ boys cross-country team placed sixth out of seven scoring teams.
“Kaden Fulton [showed] his stuff,” Lance Clark wrote in an email. “He not only ran a time of 17:53, but he also got fourth in the varsity race. This was only 20 seconds off of second place.”
The Spartans will run at the Nike Battle of the 509 in Cheney, Washington this Saturday at 4:15 p.m.
Coeur d’Alene Invitational
At Hayden Canyon, 5 kilometers
Priest River athletes in bold
VARSITY B (Small schools) — 1, Deer Park 28. 2, Bonners Ferry 55. 3, Priest River 64. 4, Lincoln County 74.
RESULTS — 1, Abigail Gorton, Bonners Ferry, 20:18.5. 2, Marion George, Deer Park, 21:08.3. 3, Josie Yovichin, Cd’A Charter, 21:13.5. 4, Andrea Loos, Deer Park, 21:16.3. 5, Chloe Jones, Newport, 21:20.4. 6, Layne Lathrop, Deer Park, 21:52.6. 7, Annika Rantala, Priest River, 21:55.9. 8, Savannah Story, Deer Park, 22:25. 9, Sharnai Hogan, Priest River, 22;35.6. 10, McKenna Kozeluh, Cd’A Charter, 23:01.6.
VARSITY B (Small school) — 1, Lincoln County 21. 2, Bonners Ferry 75. 3, Kellogg 96. 4, Deer Park 105. 5, Chewelah 118. 6, Priest River 124. 7, Newport 131.
RESULTS — 1, Chaidh Lochridge, Lincoln County, 16:54.9. 2, Isaac Reynolds, Lincoln County, 17:33.6. 3, Gavin Bates, Lincoln County, 17:49.1. 4, Kaden Fulton, Priest River, 17:53.6. 5, Connor Alexander, Bonners Ferry, 18:00. 6, Logan Davis, Cd’A Charter, 18:05.3. 7, Kellen Souza, Immaculate Conception, 18:06.9. 8, Hunter Smith, Bonners Ferry, 18:14.3. 9, Joe Darakjy, Immaculate Conception, 18:21.1. 10, Henry Cooke, Lincoln County, 18:41.7.