STATE CROSS COUNTRY: Lamanna leads all area runners with fourth-place finish in 3A
- Extended recap from Sunday's paper
EAGLE — To finish off what was arguably the best year of all-time for a Spartan cross country runner, Priest River High senior Brayden Lamanna had the fastest time among all area runners, finishing fourth out of 98 competitors at the 3A state meet held Saturday at Eagle Island State Park.
Lamanna, who placed 14th at the state meet last year, finished the 5,000-meter course in an impressive 16 minutes and 25 seconds. On the season, he finished among the top five at six different invitationals and now holds the school record by a large margin at 15 minutes and 42 seconds, which was set Oct. 12 at Lewis-Clark State College's Inland Empire Invitational.
Sophomore Alannah McLaimtaig also punched her ticket to the state meet after finishing fifth at the 3A Central Idaho League District Championship held at Pinehurst Golf Course on Oct. 24. She finished 48th out of 72 runners and ran to a time of 23 minutes and 43 seconds, her second best time of the season.
In 5A, sophomore Jack Lovin, who won the 5A Inland Empire League District Championship on Oct. 24, finished 22nd out of 105 runners in 16 minutes and 51 seconds for Sandpoint, which placed 12th out of 13 scoring teams. Freshman Wyatt Lemon added a 41st place finish with a time of 17 minutes and six seconds; he was the race's fourth overall freshman. Freshman Kai Budensiek was 77th (17:52), sophomore Trace Evans 77th (18:00), freshman Hobbes Conley 83rd (18:11) to round out the Bulldogs' top five.
On the girls side, sophomore Elizabeth Storms led the Lady Bulldogs to a 11th place team finish out of 13 scoring teams, running to 57th out of 103 runners in a time of 21 minutes and 15 seconds. Junior Hannah Ricks was 64th (21:25), freshman Delaney Barron 68th (21:33), both running to new personal best times. Sophomore Abby Eldore (21:43) and freshman Katelyn Duke (21:44) finished back-to-back in 72nd and 73rd with new personal bests to round out the Lady Bulldogs' top five.
In 2A, Clark Fork High junior Westin Caven, competing at state for the second straight year, finished 28th out of 108 runners with a time of 18 minutes and 16 seconds, his second best time on the year.
5A
BOYS
TEAM SCORES – 1, Skyline 66. 2, Idaho Falls 67. 3, Century 99. 4, Bishop Kelly 137. 5, Preston 156. 6, Twin Falls 193. 7, Bonneville 203. 8, Middleton 207. 9, Burley 209. 10, Vallivue 221. 11, Moscow 234. 12, Sandpoint 241. 13, Jerome 296.
WINNER, LOCALS – 1, Jack Tobin, Bishop Kelly, 15:48.18. 22, Jack Lovin, Sandpoint, 16:51.67. 41, Wyatt Lemon, Sandpoint, 17:06.70. 73, Kai Budensiek, Sandpoint, 17:52.61. 77, Trace Evans, Sandpoint, 18:00.92; 83, Hobbes Conley, Sandpoint, 18:11.91. 90, Paul Kent, Sandpoint, 18:20.89. 105, Fletcher Barrett, Sandpoint, 19:41.42.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES – 1, Twin Falls 63. 2, Bishop Kelly 71. 3, Preston 93. 4, Idaho Falls 95. 5, Shelley 129. 6, Skyline 148. 7, Jerome 177. 8, Century 178. 9, Lakeland 248. 10, Wood River 282. 11, Sandpoint 283. 12, Vallivue 285. 13, Skyview 313.
WINNER, LOCALS – 1, Raelee Richardson, Twin Falls, 18:15.12. 57, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint, 21:15.87. 64, Hannah Ricks, Sandpoint, 21:25.19. 68, Delaney Barron, Sandpoint, 21:33.01. 73, Abby Eldore, Sandpoint, 21:43.19. 74, Katelyn Duke, Sandpoint, 21:44. 77, Siena Todd-Murray, Sandpoint, 21:47.69. 80, Gracie Maltby, Sandpoint, 21:55.24.
3A
BOYS
TEAM SCORES – 1, Ririe 73. 2, Malad 90. 3, West Side 100. 4, Nampa Christian 107. 5, Soda Springs 108. 6, North Fremont 138. 7, Kellogg 167. 8, Firth 230. 9, New Plymouth 259. 10, Ambrose 263. 11, Parma 283. 12, Melba 320. 13, Grangeville 356.
WINNER, LOCALS – 1, Corbin Johnston, North Fremont, 15:47.46. 4, Brayden Lamanna, Priest River, 16:25.34.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES – 1, Ririe 48. 2, Soda Springs 55. 3, North Fremont 89. 4, Malad 98. 5, Firth 100. 6, Parma 168. 7, Nampa Christian 209. 8, Ambrose 228. 9, Grangeville 248. 10, New Plymouth 288.
WINNER, LOCALS – 1, Megan Atkinson, Parma, 19:00.17 (course record; previous, Cameron Moore, Ambrose, 19:05.8, 2021). 48, Alannah McLaimtaig, Priest River, 23:43.80.
2A
BOYS
TEAM SCORES – 1, Rockland 68. 2, Logos 88. 3, Grace 100. 4, Victory Charter 115. 5, North Star Charter 168. 7, Valley 191. 8, Raft River 201. 9, Tri-Valley 206. 10, Rimrock 227. 11, Genesee 244. 12, Alturas Prep 268. 13, Prairie 305.
WINNER, LOCALS – 1, Hayden Smith, Rockland, 16:24.70. 28, Westin Caven, Clark Fork, 18:16.40.
GIRLS
TEAM SCORES – 1, Victory Charter 29. 2, Grace 56. 3, Raft River 87. 4, Valley 130. 5, Butte County 131. 6, Tri-Valley 132. 7, Logos 140. 8, Prairie 181. 9, Camas County 215.
WINNER, LOCALS – 1, Cally Coleman, Grace, 18:47.15 (course record; previous, Allie Black, Raft River, 19:20.7, 2021).