Flagstaff City Championships
October 12th, 2005
Flagstaff, AZ

Submitted by Regional Editor Steve Lurie


Sinagua's Matti Markowski, by way of Berlin, Germany, overtook Northland Prep's Tolan Thornton in the final strides to win the Flagstaff (AZ) City Championships Wednesday. And Flagstaff, five-time defending State 4A champs, outran the rest of the field to win the girls championship.

Markowski, a foreign exchange student, was in third place most of the way until his final surge overtook Thornton who is still coming back from knee injuries. It was Markowski's second major win in five days as the previous Saturday he had won the Jack Boehle Invitational, also at Buffalo Park.

Thornton's teammates followed in 3-5-7-15 to give the 1A school the boys title with a score of 32.

The Arizona Daily Sun was so impressed with there win that it wrote in an editorial subsequent to the meet:

"And speaking of upsets, when was the last time a city title in cross country didn't go to one of the big three: Flagstaff, Coconino or Sinagua? The record book was rewritten Wednesday when tiny Northland Preparatory Academy, a Class 1A school, defeated the three Class 4A high schools in the boys race. Northland Prep placed five runners in the top 15, despite an injury to star Tolan Thornton, who nevertheless finished a strong second.

Coconino sophomore Rochelle Kanuho (18:39) and freshman Kelli Triphahn took 1-2 in there girls race, but Flagstaff put across the next five runners to score an easy team victory.

Boys Team Scores:

1, Northland Preparatory Academy 32

2, Sinagua 49

3, Flagstaff 55

4, Coconino 80

Individuals:

1. Matti Markowski, Sinagua, 15:58

2. Tolan Thornton, Northland Prep, 15:58

3. Jerod Hughes, Northland Prep, 16:06

4. Jason Rande, Sinagua, 16:10

5. Tanner Carothers, Northland Prep, 16:21

6. Sam Robison, Flagstaff, 16:21

7. Logan Dwyer, Northland Prep, 16:24

8. Matt Vian, Flagstaff, 16:34

9. Eric Gustafson, Coconino, 16:46

10. Spencer Clark, Sinagua, 16:47

15. Sky Bitchoff-Matteson, Northland Prep, 17:37

Girls Team Scores:

1. Flagstaff 25

2. Coconino 53

3. Sinagua 66

4. Northland Preparatory Academy NS

Individuals:

1. Rochelle Kanuho, Coconino, 18:39

2. Kelli Triphahn, Coconino, 19:18

3. Sarah Goldberg, Flagstaff, 19:23

4. JJ Wykstra, Flagstaff, 19:32

5. Sarah Ring, Flagstaff, 19:48

6. Kate Aitchison, Flagstaff, 20:15

7. Jessica Keetso, Flagstaff, 20:21

8. Jojo Salay, Northland Prep, 21:01

9. Chloe Phillips, Flagstaff, 21:06

10. Becca Gazzar, Sinagua, 21:07

 

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