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WALLOWA – Typically, the Wallowa County Invitational provides a good idea of what to watch in the end of the season’s district cross country meets. This year proved to be no different.
The La Grande girls claimed the team title over a host of 2A and a 4A opponent led by one more race win by Tiger’s Emily Tubbs. The La Grande junior crossed the line in 20 minutes, 18.6 seconds for the individual title. Tubbs was followed closely by teammate Cecilia Villagomez in second and in third, Heppner’s Lily Nichols.
The Enterprise girls placed second in the team scoring led by a fifth-place finish by Mary Hellinger. The Union cross country team, with two runners in the top ten, placed third in the team standings.
Continuing their team dominance this year, the Union boys outdid the rest of the field in the team scores, placing first with 33 points. 4A Baker was second and 2A Heppner finished third.
Union senior Taylor Fox and Heppner senior Trevor Nichols continued their running battle with Fox coming out on top in Wallowa. Fellow Bobcat Eli Williams placed third.
Easternoregonsports.com is again standing out from other media sources by listing all the runners from eastern Oregon schools in the cross-country competitions. First or 41st, all these runners made it to the finish line. There is only a single runner with the best time, but there are many more stories worth mentioning afterwards.
Girls Results
Team scores: 1. La Grande, 49. 2. Enterprise, 56. 3. Union, 75. 4. Heppner, 83. 5. Baker, 97. 6. Clarkston, 151.
Individual results: 1. Emily Tubbs (La Grande), 20:18.6. 2. Cecilia Villagomez (La Grande), 21:26.9. 3. Lily Nichols (Heppner), 21:56.1. 4. Sofia Kaaen (Baker), 22:01.5. 5. Mary Hellinger (Enterprise), 22:15.8. 6. Piper Harvey (Enterprise), 22:16.7. 7. Kiah Carlson (La Grande), 22:26.0. 8. Paiten Braseth (Imbler), 22:31.7. 9. Hailey Davis (Union), 22:35.7. 10. Angel Shields-Marrs (Union), 22:36.1. 11. Riley Archer (Heppner), 23:04.7. 13. Saige Jensen (Heppner), 23:25.0. 14. Faith Calhoun (La Grande), 23:26.9. 15. Iona McDonald (Enterprise), 23:31.7. 16. Freyja Hostetter (Enterprise), 23:32.1. 17. Hannah Sheahan (Enterprise), 23:37.0. 18. Kaci Baxter ( Union), 23:40.7. 19. Cheyenne Skillman (Stanfield/Echo), 23:45.9. 20. Maddie Nordtvedt (Enterprise), 23:52.0. 21. Taylor Weishaar (Union), 23:52.5. 22. Emma Timm (Baker), 23:53.2. 23. Katie Spaugh (Baker), 23:54.2. 24. Kaleah Hines (Union), 23:58.6. 25. Danielle O’Reilly (Union), 24:03.4. 26. Jayda Blackburn (Union), 24:18.7. 27. Gwen Rasmussen (Baker), 24:21.7. 28. Karli Kretschmer (La Grande), 24:28.9. 29. Paige Marlia (Baker), 24:44.6. 30. Irelynn Kollman (Heppner), 24:53.2. 31. Zion Boyd (Enterprise), 25:09.1. 32. Caelyn Pullen (Riverside), 25:23.1. 33. Arianna Worden (Heppner), 25:32.1. 34. Tyler Gressley (Baker), 25:59.9. 35. Helen Gordon (Imbler), 26:13.9. 36. Dacceli Gonzalez (Umatilla), 26:15.3. 37. Dania Sather (Elgin), 26:52.5. 39. Ana Ramirez (Stanfield/Echo), 27:34.7. 40. Kierstyn Azure (La Grande), 27:35.9. 41. Samantha Weiss (Riverside), 27:40.0. 42. Anne Sweet (La Grande), 27:44.0. 43. Charlee Morehead (Elgin), 28:20.5. 47. Amber George (Elgin), 32:42.0.
Boys Results
Team scores: 1. Union, 33. 2. Baker, 62. 3. Heppner, 74. 4. Enterprise, 83. 5. La Grande, 115. 6. Clarkston, 168. 7. McLoughlin, 203.
Individual results: 1. Taylor Fox (Union), 16:53.5. 2. Trevor Nichols (Heppner), 17:00.7. 3. Eli Williams (Union), 17:12.7. 4. Grady Greenwood (Heppner), 17:17.1. 5. Cooper Gover (Pine Eagle), 17:39.4. 6. Nathaniel O’Reilly (Union), 18:07.2. 7. Habtamu Hurty (Stanfield/Echo), 18:17.3. 8. Daniel Brown (Baker), 18:27.8. 9. Jonah Lyman (Enterprise), 18:40.1. 10. Thaddeus Pepera (Baker), 18:44.2. 11. Jacob Finch (Heppner), 18:47.3. 12. Andrew Hurley (Enterprise), 18:59.3. 13. David McDonald (Union), 19:06.6. 14. Caleb Murie (La Grande), 19:09.8. 15. William Mallory (Union), 19:14.4. 16. Nathaniel Jensen (Baker), 19:19.5. 18. Karsten Cikanek (Baker), 19:29.4. 19. Noah Platz (Union), 19:34.2. 20. Hunter Bingham (Baker) 19:37.2. 21. Chaz Howard (La Grande), 19:41.9. 22. Weston Wolfe (Enterprise), 19:49.7. 23. Xander Perry (Enterprise), 19:49.9. 24. Jordan Mills (Baker), 19:54.6. 25. Jacob Peden (Elgin), 19:56.2. 26. Josef Simonis (La Grande), 19:57.0. 27. Jack Sperr (Stanfield/Echo), 20:01.3. 28. Tanner Prindle (Umatilla), 20:17.6. 29. Jacob Burton (Union), 20:19.1. 30. Lucas Goodrich (Enterprise), 20:23.3. 31. Andrew Nordtvedt (Enterprise), 20:40.3. 32. Colton Keffer (Enterprise), 20:42.7. 33. Carson Greenwood (Heppner), 20:47.0. 34. Hunter Luke (La Grande), 20:49.9. 35. Gideon Tubbs (Pine Eagle), 21:08.5. 36. Seth Mastrude (Baker), 21:10.5. 37. Kristian Takagi (Heppner), 21:13.1. 38. Spencer Hanna (La Grande), 21:15.8. 40. Thomas Conklin (La Grande), 21:20.8. 41. Cooper Wight (Heppner), 21:33.7. 42. Derek Antonson (McLoughlin), 21:38.6. 43. Gabe Brown (Pine Eagle), 21:40.5. 44. Jason Nelson (La Grande), 22:02.3. 46. Landon Bailey (Stanfield/Echo), 22:09.7. 47. Marcos Hernandez (McLoughlin), 23:00.9. 48. William Harris (Riverside), 23:11.8. 51. Michael Harris (Riverside), 23:29.7. 52. Parker Caldwell (Elgin), 23:44.1. 54. Ben Juan-Flores (McLoughlin), 24:36.2. 55. Evan Garlitz (La Grande), 24:38.3. 56. Gen Wintersteen (Elgin), 25:11.5. 57. Devon Wiltberger (Riverside), 25:41.9. 58. Zak Lamb (McLoughlin), 25:54.4. 59. Keagan Warne (McLoughlin), 25:58.6. 60. Declan Guguire (MCLoughlin), 26:56.5. 61. Vicente Campos (Umatilla), 27:00.2. 62. Cooper Funderburk (Umatilla), 28:28.6. 63. Alex Flores (Stanfield/Echo), 29:14.6. 64. Nate Ellsworth (Heppner), 29:27.1. 65. Curtis Steele (McLoughlin), 31:21.8. 66. Dalton Campo (Elgin), 31:35.5.
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