PREP CROSS COUNTRY: Storms, Maltby run Sandpoint girls to fifth place

- Extended recap from Sunday's paper

AIRWAY HEIGHTS — Sophomore Elizabeth Storms and freshman Gracie Maltby both ran 5,000-meter times of 20 minutes and 42 seconds, finishing 30th and 31st, respectively, and the Sandpoint High girls placed fifth out of 27 teams in the Varisty Red Race at the Battle for the 509 Invitational held Saturday at the Spokane Polo Grounds.

Junior Hannah Ricks placed 58th (21:31), freshman Katelyn Duke 73rd (21:49), sophomore Abby Eldore 80th (21:55) out of 219 runners to round out the Lady Bulldogs' top five.

For the boys, freshman Kai Budensiek paced the Bulldogs with a time of 16 minutes and 47 seconds, finishing 68th out of 181 runners. Sophomore Jack Lovin placed 84th (17:01), freshman Wyatt Lemon 89th (17:04), senior Fletcher Barrett 162nd (18:18), freshman Hobbes Conley 165th (18:25) for the Bulldogs, which placed 19th out of 22 teams.

Sandpoint returns to action Thursday for the Live Nation Invitational at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Wash.

GIRLS (Varisty Red)

TEAM SCORES — 1, Moses Lake 126; 2, Cheney 145; 3, Lake City 156; 4, Timberlake 172; 5, Sandpoint 216; 6, Selah 246; 7, Ferris 254; 8, Eastmont 260; 9, Lewis and Clark 261; 10, Lakeland 261; 11, Moscow 265; 12, East Valley (Yakima) 339; 13, Richland 343; 14, North Central 354; 15, Southridge 358; 16, Pullman 376; 17, University 426; 18, Freeman 466; 19, Valley Christian 477; 20, Shadle Park 499; 21, Chewelah 517; 22, Gonzaga Prep 517; 23, College Place 547; 24, Colville 553; 25, Riverside 563; 26, Chesterton Academy Of Notre Dame 580; 27, Deer Park 614.

WINNER, LOCALS — 1, Ella Menard, Ferris 19:18.70; 30, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint, 20:42.10; 31, Gracie Maltby, Sandpoint, 20:42.10; 58, Hannah Ricks, Sandpoint, 21:31; 73, Katelyn Duke, Sandpoint, 21:49.70; 80, Abby Eldore, Sandpoint, 21:55.80.

BOYS (Varisty Black)

TEAM SCORES — 1, Coeur d'Alene 44; 2, Kamiakin 76; 3, Cheney 108; 4, Mead 135; 5, Hermiston 172; 6, Ellensburg 195; 7, Central Valley 241; 8, Valley Christian 289; 9, North Central 295; 10, Walla Walla 315; 11, Gonzaga Prep 316; 12, University 338; 13, Moses Lake 341; 14, Lakeland 365; 15, Meridian 378; 16, Lake City 388; 17, Ferris 403; 18, Shadle Park 429; 19, Sandpoint 461; 20, Hanford 46; 21, Wenatchee 552; 22, Ridgeline 560.

WINNER, LOCALS — 1, Maximus Cervi-Skinner, Coeur d'Alene, 14:42.50; 68, Kai Budensiek, Sandpoint, 16:47.40; 84, Jack Lovin, Sandpoint, 17:01.60; 89, Wyatt Lemon, Sandpoint, 17:04.90; 140, Trace Evans, Sandpoint, 17:55.80; 162, Fletcher Barrett, Sandpoint, 18:18.90; 165, Hobbes Conley, Sandpoint, 18:25.60.