Cross country team competes at Elko Invitational

Despite a long trip to Elko, Nev., the Mountain Home girls and boys cross country teams ran well at the Elko Invitational cross country meet.

The Mountain Home girls finished fourth with 98 points. Spring Creek, Nev., won the girls meet with 25 points, Elko was second with 38, and Wells third with 85. Lowry came in behind Mountain Home with 131 points.

Elisabeth Stephens led Mountain Home, finishing 10th in a time of 22 minutes, 20 seconds. Emily Lampman came in 16th in 23:10. Alexis Georgianna was the 30th runner to finish, running the three miles in 24:13. Whitney Sandberg was 35th (24:30.8), Shilo Clark came in 39th (24:49), Bianca Shrader finished 46th with a personal best time of 26:23, and Aundrea Dickinson finished 57th with a new personal record of 28:40.

Spring Creek also won the boys race, finishing with 23 points. Elko was second with 47, Mountain Home was third with 77, Lowry fourthwith 94, West Windover fifth with 145 and Jackpot sixth with 17.

Anthony DeSantis led the Mountain Home boys, with the top five Tigers finishing under 20 minutes. DeSantis, finished ninth, with a time of 18:25. Kyle Pendleton was three back at 12th (18:35), John Goodell, 15th (19:00), Josh Robinson 18th (19:09), and Christopher Payne finished 24th with a new PR of 19:42. Nolan Pasqualetti finished 33rd (20:35), Riley Urquidi, 43rd (21:25), and Sky Rabchenuk 53rd with a new PR of 22:42.

Mountain Home Tigers cross country coach Doug Root was pleased with his teams' efforts.

"Everyone ran well. Chris Payne and Sky Rabchenuk ran personal records. The most important thing we noticed is the kids are starting to race people, not just running three miles. This is a great improvement with the state qualifying meet coming up this week."

The Tigers will host the District III 4A cross country meet Thursday, Oct. 23, at Desert Canyon Golf Course. Bishop Kelly, Caldwell, Kuna, Middleton and Skyview will join the Tigers hoping to earn spots at the state meet on Nov. 1.

"At district, the top three teams and the top 14 individuals will qualify for state, said Coach Root, adding, "We'd like to thank the staff at Desert Canyon Golf Course for their support this year, and to the golfers who allowed us to run on their course."

The district meet is Thursday. JV girls will race at 2;15 p.m. The JV boys race starts at 3 p.m. The varsity girls race begins at 3:45 p.m., and the varsity boys will race at 4:30 p.m.