PREP XC: Priest River boys defeat multiple 3A opponents at Ivan Benson Invite

PRIEST RIVER — The Priest River boys cross country team finished third out of six teams at the Ivan Benson Invite held at Priest River Lamanna High School on Thursday. The Spartans defeated Kellogg, Immaculate Conception Academy and Bonners Ferry.

Junior Brayden Lamanna paced Priest River, finishing in fifth place out of 58 runners. Lamanna posted a new season-best 5K time of 17:26. Not far behind was Colm McLaimtaig who finished sixth and also ran a new season-best time (17:29). Caeden McLaimtaig, Jacob Sateren and Devon Banning rounded out the top 5, all finishing among the top 25.

For the girls, freshman Alannah McLaimtaig finished in fifth place, cruising to a new season-best 5K time of 24:18.

Priest River will be back in action Saturday, Sept. 30, at the 6th annual Battle for the 509 Invitational located in Cheney, Wash.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES – 1, Lakeland 46. 2, Post Falls 47. 3, Priest River 65. 4, Kellogg 80. 5, IC Academy 131. 6, Bonners Ferry 133.

TOP 10 – 1, Makai Peak, Kellogg, 16:48.97. 2, Austin Averette, Post Falls, 16:55.62. 3, Parker Sterling, Lakeland, 16:58.89. 4, Ryken White, Kellogg, 17:19.44. 5, Brayden Lamanna, Priest River, 17:26.32. 6, Colm McLaimtaig, Priest River, 17:29.01. 7, Cannon Simpson, Post Falls, 17:38.73. 8, Jayden Dan-Johnston, Lakeland, 17:46.26. 9, Frank McCarthy, Lakeland, 17:48.32. 10, Noah Wells, Post Falls, 17:53.77.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES – 1, Lakeland 28. 2, Bonners Ferry 28. (Lakeland wins tiebreaker)

TOP 10 – 1, Sydney Beckle, Bonners Ferry, 021:08.76. 2, Matisyn Stiern, Bonners Ferry, 21:57.39. 3, Melia Gilbert, Lakeland, 22:31.96. 4, Maddison Chapple, Lakeland, 22:47.55. 5, Alannah McLaimTaig, Priest River, 24:18.88. 6, Savannah Spalding, Lakeland, 24:21.09. 7, Braylyn Bayer, Bonners Ferry, 24:31.86. 8, Payton Sterling, Lakeland 24:48.54. 9, Ruby Law, Bonners Ferry, 25:08.70. 10, Samantha Guadagnini, Lakeland, 25:21.76.