THE DALLES harrier Emily Morin (right) hustles through her 5,000-meter race Friday for the Oxford Classic in Bend. Morin had a time of 21 minutes and 11.4 seconds to score a fifth-place finish.
THE DALLES harrier Emily Morin (right) hustles through her 5,000-meter race Friday for the Oxford Classic in Bend. Morin had a time of 21 minutes and 11.4 seconds to score a fifth-place finish.
Rolling up against a varied lineup from Idaho and Oregon, Emily Morin notched her fifth consecutive top-10 finish with a time of 21 minutes and 11.4 seconds to secure fifth place at the Oxford Classic Cross Country run at Drake Park in Bend.
Also on the varsity side, sophomore boy’s standout Jony Nelson had another striking performance, as he kicked off a time of 17:59.7 for 15th place.
Following Morin on the varsity girl’s ticket was Avery Cardosi, who enjoyed a top effort in 23:14.4, and Molly Nelson scurried for a 23:32.6 for 58th place out of the field of 110.
Senior Kellina Coy rounded out the Riverhawk varsity girls for 76th place in a respectable 24:24.4.
After Nelson, the boys had four of their other five harriers churn out times of less than 20 minutes.
Andy Felderman clocked in at a top-25 rate by crossing the wire in 18:40.9.
Johnny Miller (19:26.1), Luke McLean (19:29.7), Ian Corey (19:55.5) and freshman Spencer Honald (20:21.2) rounded out the varsity card. With those times, TD ended up in eighth place in the 20-team field with 228 points.
The junior varsity boys had 17 signed up for running duties in the tough 5,000-meter course and with the solid marks, they racked up 153 points for fourth place, behind South Eugene (23), Centennial (51) and Borah (56).
Pacing the Riverhawk JV athletes was sophomore Tyrell Evans, who grabbed a time of 20:49.8.
Murphy Goldsberry (21:00.4), Ethan Shubert (21:11.5), Robert Westhafer (21:27.3), Paul Clark (21:31.4), Isaac Garcia (21:36.2) and Mark Felderman (21:58.1) capped the team’s top-7.
Sant Strassheim (22:24.6), Jacob Mekediak (22:49.8), Bill Burns (23:16.7) and Quinn Strassheim (23:21.2) followed up the first bunch for the top-11.
The Riverhawk junior varsity girls had eight participants penciled in for the event and five had final tallies of less than 28 minutes.
Senior Maddie Wood, in her first race of the 2014 campaign, had a time of 24:10.7.
Bailey Nearing (24:26.2), Allie Wood (27:25.4), Tai Rogers (27:27.0), Whitney Scott (27:57.0), Samantha Beall (30:40.2), Madeleine Morgan (31:19.6) and Rebekah Kohltfarber (36:50.4) rounded out the women’s field of JV runners, who placed seventh of the nine teams with 153 points.
TD coach Bob Thouvenel said it was a good opportunity for his team to race against some new competition, including programs representing Idaho.
“It was a good meet for us,” Thouvenel said. “The times weren’t great, but no one’s times were great. Apparently, the course this year was different than last year with the possibility of a longer course.”
The Dalles next makes a trip to California for the Crystal Springs Invitational Saturday at 9 a.m. in Belmont.
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