Boise girls surprise
NW#10 Boise ID girls 129
surprise NW#2
Jesuit Portland OR 134, with NW#3
Snohomish WA 187 third and other ranked teams
trailing. NW#7 Central Catholic
Portland OR boys 114 over NW#6
Boise ID 134, with HL#1
Liberty MO 143 third. . Crater's Isaac
Stoutenburgh wins photo finish over
Central Catholic's Kenny
Klotz. Both runners came in
at 15:03 for the 5000m distance. (below,
photo by Carl Laney)
 Great
action from Portland, OR where Kenny
Klotz from
Central Catholic OR dualed it out with Isaac
Stoutenburgh from Crater
OR. The pack of 3 runners, including Jeff
Helmer from
Jackson HS, came down the homestretch still undecided
of the victor. Klotz was sitting in 3rd place, and
made a huge burst to go around Helmer and Stoutenburgh;
leaning desperately at the line. (left,
photo by Carl Laney) Helmer was left
in 3rd overall (15:04), while a photo finish was apparent
for Klotz and Stoutenburgh. After about 10 mintues
of deliberation, it was declared that Stoutenburgh
(right
in photo) was the winner (15:03),
with Klotz in 2nd with the same time. The difference
in time was only .29 seconds! In the end, Klotz's placing
was good enough to push NW#7
Central Catholic OR to the
winner's podium over NW#6 Boise
ID 114
to 134. Coming up 3rd place for teams was visiting HL#1
Liberty MO (143). NW#3
Hermiston OR was
4th, and Los Gatos managed 5th. NW#5
Jesuit OR had
a disappointing day; only able to finish 15th overall.
Boys Start - Courtesy of Nick Quatrochi
Kenny Klotz (left) (Central
Catholic OR) & Issac Stoutenburgh (Crater
OR) -
by Nick Quatrochi
In the Girls Division 1, Megan
O'Reilly (Mt Spokane)
crushed the field with a winning time of 17:12; just
about minute ahead of her next competitor, Dana
Morgan of Boise (18:11). Shelby
Brennan of host Aloha High School
was 3rd overall with a time of 18:14. Morgan was able
to help NW#10 Boise ID to
a surprise victory over NW#2
Jesuit OR 129 to 161. NW#3
Snohomish WA managed to finish 3rd overall
(187). Other notable ranked teams were HL
#9 Rapid City
(SD) Stevens (5th), HL#10
Liberty MO (6th), NW#5 Bellermine
Prep WA (9th),
and NW#8 Sunset OR (10th).
Start of the Girls Division 1 Race - Courtesy of Colleen
Collins
FULL RESULTS
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