A sweep for West
West swept the team titles and had seven finishes in the top five — four boys, three girls — to rule a four-team cross-country meet Saturday in Eagle River.
Chugiak's Ty Jordan, the defending Cook Inlet Conference champion, sailed to a 31-second victory in the boys race, clocking 16 minutes, 28 seconds. He was followed across the finish line by a pack of Eagles — Finn Walker (17:00), Luke Jager (17:20), Foster Birnbaum (17:31) and Cannen Burgess (17:38).
Victoria Mayer of West won the girls race in 20:02, about nine seconds ahead of Eagle River's Peyton Young. West's Lydia Blanchet (20:23) and Kayle Blackmore (20:39) placed third and fifth, respectively. Fourth-place Nikki Boggs (20:28) gave Eagle River two girls in the top five.
Boys
West 24, Eagle River 61, Chugiak 78, Bartlett 79
1) Ty Jordan (Ch) 16:28.8; 2) Finn Walker (W) 17:00.6; 3) Luke Jager (W) 17:20.6; 4) Foster Birnbaum (W) 17:31.5; 5) Cannen Burgess (W) 17:38.6; 6) Jacob Walsh (ER) 17:39.1; 7) Alec Smith (ER) 17:48.9; 8) Miguel Obregon (B) 17:50.6; 9) Brian Durr (B) 17:51.4; 11) Brian Britt (W) 17:57.4; 12) Joaquin Monterrosa (W) 18:10.1; 13) Jack Ginter (Ch) 18:16.4; 14) Charlie Latimer (Ch) 18:23.1; 15) Luke Mourcade (ER) 18:25.7; 16) Paul Butera (W) 18:31.7; 17) Michael Altenburg (ER) 18:38.1; 18) Atticus Everett (W) 18:40.2; 19) Keegan Crow (ER) 18:41.2; 20) Christian Fabacher (ER) 18:49.7; 21) Jacob Obrigewitch (B) 18:52.2; 22) Randol Denney (ER) 19:03.8; 23) Noah Ravens (W) 19:06.1; 24) Anthony Gabriel (B) 19:10.4; 25) Declan Reid (B) 19:13.8; 26) Gavin LeCrone (B) 19:14.1; 27) Logan Hemphill (Ch) 19:16.6; 28) Ryan Reid (B) 19:21.7; 29) Tommy McCormick (Ch) 19:24.4; 30) Bradan Tobin (ER) 19:25.4; 31) Garrett Nevells (Ch) 19:27.0; 32) Michael Thomas (ER) 19:33.5; 33) Ryan Dearborn (Ch) 19:34.0; 34) Robbie Pype (B) 19:42.0; 35) Joey Herr (ER) 20:14.9; 36) Zach Fleer (B) 20:36.7; 37) Brian Wing (Ch) 20:40.6; 38) Chris Fueg (Ch) 20:53.9.
Girls
West 26, Eagle River 47, Chugiak 52
1) Victoria Mayer (W) 20:02.7; 2) Peyton Young (ER) 20:11.4; 3) Lydia Blanchet (W) 20:23.0; 4) Nikki Boggs (ER) 20:28.3; 5) Kayle Blackmore (W) 20:39.3; 6) Sara Hartke (Ch) 20:45.2; 7) Molly Gellert (W) 20:45.8; 8) Brynn Kruchoski (Ch) 21:05.0; 9) Hannah Booher (Ch) 21:07.9; 10) Fiona Fick (W) 21:11.2; 11) Carolynn Pype (B) 21:14.0; 12) Veronica Stewart (ER) 21:21.0; 13) Summer Frazier (ER) 21:24.8; 14) Kaylee Manwaring (Ch) 21:26.2; 15) Emma Nelson (Ch) 21:27.0; 16) Kate Paskievitch (ER) 21:31.5; 17) Clare Cook (Ch) 21:33.9; 18) Claire Walker (W) 21:35.0; 19) Fiona Pedrick (B) 21:36.0; 20) Katja Gruman (W) 21:55.2; 21) Emma Tvelia (ER) 22:11.6; 22) Greta Pickett (W) 22:17.2; 23) Cinnamon Monterrosa (W) 22:17.7; 24) Shade Gopie (ER) 22:28.9; 25) Dani Owens (ER) 22:37.6; 26) Lauren Devine (Ch) 22:48.3; 27) Tessa Heagy (ER) 23:02.4; 28) Jania Tumey (W) 23:24.2; 29) Tamara Brabson (ER) 24:18.9.
Lash, Mitton cruise for South
South boasted both individual winners and walked away with the boys team title Saturday at a Cook Inlet Conference cross-country race Saturday at Service.
Morgan Lash was the only girl to break the 20-minute mark in the 5-kilometer race, finishing in 19 minutes, 46 seconds.
Spencer Mitton held off Dimond's Chandler Lokanin, winning by two seconds in 16:50.
South's boys scored 25 points for the team victory in the four-team meet. In the girls competition, Abby Amick placed second to lead a 2-3-4 finish for East, which scored 28 points to top the team standings.
Girls
East 28, South 32, Service 71, Dimond 97
1. Morgan Lash (So) 19:46; 2. Abby Amick (E) 20:07; 3. Acadia Graham (E) 20:23; 4. Megan Fink (E) 20:35; 5. Hannah Brown (So) 20:38; 6. Kaitlyn Bailly (So) 21:22; 7. Margeaux Bailey (E) 21:32; 8. Bryn Waite (Ser) 21:33; 9. Emily Evans (So) 21:35; 10. Meagan Bauer (Ser) 21:54; 11. Theresa Fernette (So) 22:05; 12. Mary Burr (E) 22:07; 13. Naomi Kiekintveld (So) 22:09; 14. Brooke Liland (D) 22:11; 15. Abbigail Osgood (So) 22:15; 16. Katie Hines (So) 22:31; 17. Sarah Souders (Ser) 22:31; 18. Sage Romey (Ser) 22:32; 19. Anna Campbell (So) 22:41; 20. Ally Carney (D) 22:54; 21. Alisa Pairmore (D) 22:55; 22. Alisa Aist (Ser) 22:57; 23. Maggie Meeds (So) 23:00; 24. Allison Brooking (Ser) 23:13; 25. Briannah Pugh (D) 23:24; 26. Quyanna Whittaker (Ser) 23:25; 27. Julya Robertson (Ser) 23:33; 28. Ali Keller (D) 23:38; 29. Emma Beeler (Ser) 23:52; 30. Trophe Brandt (D) 24:06; 31. Allison Gonzales (E) 24:15; 32. Allison Shafer (D) 24:40; 33. Sarah Freeman (E) 24:57; 34. Liesel Von Imhof (D) 25:02; 35. Allie Epke (D) 25:19; 36. Liberty Christianson (E) 31:04.
Boys
South 25, Service 49, Dimond 71, East 92
1. Spencer Mitton (So) 16:50; 2. Chandler Lokanin (D) 16:52; 3. Gillean Szweda-Mittelstadt (Ser) 17:11; 4. Hamish Wolfe (So) 17:12; 5. Derek Steele (So) 17:16; 6. Gus Schumacher (Ser) 17:23; 7. Will Balcao (So) 17:27; 8. Luke Meiwes (So) 17:29; 9. Zephan Ozturgut (E) 17:31; 10. Justin Carpenter (Ser) 17:40; 11. Lyle Chamberlain (So) 17:45; 12. Trevor Western (So) 17:56; 13. Hunter Thompson (Ser) 17:59; 14. David Mitton (So) 18:01; 15. Alex Schuerch (E) 18:06; 16. Jack Divelbiss (D) 18:12; 17. Luke Cvancara (D) 18:12; 18. Bailey Milani (Ser) 18:14; 19. Luke Twenhafel (So) 18:24; 20. Derek Stone (D) 18:31; 21. Fintan Nakada (Ser) 18:32; 22. Jae Ham (D) 18:33; 23. Aden Haywood (E) 18:41; 24. Paul Matyas (E) 18:46; 25. Dax Cvancara (D) 18:50; 26. James Janezich (D) 18:51; 27. Adam Garrigus (Ser) 18:53; 28. Richard Shaw (Ser) 18:55; 29. Parker Everett (E) 18:59; 30. Chris Biro (E) 19:07; 31. Duncan Wright (Ser) 19:19; 32. Callum Toohey (D) 19:20; 33. Zach Montoya (E) 19:48; 34. Ray Gerrety (E) 19:51; 35. Alek Heil (D) 19:55; 36. Jared Dempsey (E) 20:49; 37. Will Garrod (Ser) 30:04.