Cottonwood Chronicle

Shears finishes 1st at Spartan Invite, breaks school record at Lewiston meet
The Prairie Cross Country team competed at two meets last week. On Tuesday, Sept. 30 they traveled to Deyo Reservoir for the Spartan Invite. On Saturday, Oct. 4, they traveled to the Lewiston Orchards for the Inland Empire Meet.

Spartan Invite

The Prairie High School girls team took first place in the team competition at the Spartan Invite led by Sydney Shears and Evelyn Gehring, who finished 1-2. Shears had a time of 22:22.12. Gehring’s time was 23:38.75. Ella McLeod finished 11^th in 27:47.14 in her first action of the season after fighting injuries. Callie Remacle was 13^th in 28:37.03. Aubree Riener finished 16^th in 30:22.43. Lillianne Lustig was 19^th in 31:44.69. Bella Musick was 23^rd in 33:55.61.
The boys team was second behind Troy in the team competition. Chase VonBargen was 8^th in 20:39.76. Matthew Jones was 12^th in 22:12.15. Gabe DeCaria was 26^th in 26:25.59. Landon Riener was 27^th in 27:27.10. Phineas Fitch, in his first action of the season was asked to take it easy and finished 29^th in 27:41.82.
In the junior high races Madalynn VonBargen was 6^th in the girls race in 14:49.59.
The boys junior high team finished 4^th in the team competition behind Troy, Timberline and Lincoln Middle School of Clarkston. Cameron McLeod was the top finisher for Prairie with a 3^rd place finish in 11:29.10. Koyle Jones was 9^th in 12:41.95. Aiden DeLorenze was 28^th in 15:50.48. Isaac Riener was 29^th in 15:58.61. Eli Duman was 31^st in 16:20.95. Moses Musick was 36^th in 21:09.40.
Inland Empire Meet
At the Inland Empire Meet in the Lewiston Orchards on Saturday, Sydney Shears was Prairie’s top finisher with a 10^th place finish in the girls JV race. She set a new school record of 21:00 for a 5 K race breaking Ciara Chaffee’s record of 21:02.
Evelyn Gehring placed 29^th in 22:38. Aubree Riener was 62^nd in 25:00 and Bella Musick was 86^th in 28:50.
In the boys JV race Chase VonBargen was the top finisher with a 42^nd place in 18:06. Matthew Jones was 63^rd in 19:19. Phineas Fitch was 103^rd in 21:37. Gabe DeCaria was 119^th in 22:45. Landon Riener was 134^th in 25:24. Kade Hansen started the race but was unable to finish.
As a team the boys placed 11^th out of 14 teams with 318 pts.
In the junior high girls race Madalynn VonBargen placed 12^th in 12:10.
In the junior high boys race Cameron McLeod placed 3^rd in 9:00 over the 2500 meter course. Usually junior high races are 3000 meters. Koyle Jones was 8^th in 9:35. Isaac Riener was 23^rd in 11:08. Eli Duman was 28^th in 11:29. Aiden DeLorenze was 33^rd in 11:57 and Moses Musick was 46^th in 15:30.
As a team the boys placed third out of 4 school with at least 5 runners to field a team with 61 points.
The final two meets before District are the Prairie Invite this Thursday, Oct. 9 at 4 p.m. and the Genesee Invite next Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 4 p.m.

Sydney Shears nears the finish at the Inland Empire Meet in Lewiston. Her time of 21:00 broke the school record for a 5K cross country run that had been held by Ciara Chaffee.