Mtn. Home runners compete at Firman Invitational race

Last Saturday was the annual Bob Firman Invitational cross country meet at Eagle Island State Park with thousands of runners running at various levels from junior high all the way up to college level.

The Mountain Home Tiger cross country runners ran in the freshman, JV and varsity levels of competition and won words of praise from Tiger cross country coach Doug Root.

"The kids ran very well. Almost everyone ran seasonal personal bests. Most of the ones that ran the course last year improved their times this year. Our (varsity) girls established themselves number two in the district behind Bishop Kelly and number four in the (4A) state behind Bishop Kelly, Twin Falls, and Preston."

Mountain Home won the freshman girls race.

Arisha Karren won the freshman girls race with a new PR of 21:01.47. Jaisyn Sarrett was 22nd with a new PR of 24:50.93. Shalonda Reed was 39th (26:54.31), Carolie Powell 40th (26:57.44) and Tracy Gordon 62nd (31:08.87).

In the freshman boys race, Jake Schaefer finished 20th, with a new PR of 19:40.29. Peyton Cline came in 42nd (20:24.33), Chris Burke was 66th (21:32.33) and Andy Croft 75th (22:07.17).

Sarah Richins finished 6th in the JV girls race with a time of 22:24.87. Shelby Henrick finished 35th (24:08.58) and Alicia Reynolds was 62nd (25:38.62).

Aaron Menhart came in 114th in the JV boys race with a time of 21:39.75. Coby Bobzien was 152nd (22:46.63), Taylor Croft 160th and Andrew Turner came in 167th (23:31.19).

Jordan Vivier led the Mountain Home varsity girls with a 27th-place finish in a time of 20:45.65.

Kacee Cameron was 53rd (21:21.71), Haley Schaefer 69th (21:44.21), McKenzie Dorr 127th (22:38.72) and Ashley Mayberry 232nd (25.41.73).

Dylan Johnson led the Tiger boys varsity with a 105th-place effort in a time of 18:09.14.

Mike Price was 112th (18:15.04), John Dodge 198th (19:24.36), Daniel Courtright 214th, besting his PR for the fourth time (19:43.39), and Steven Kreyche was 221st with a new PR of 19:58.06.

The Tigers travel to Smith's Ferry Saturday for the Warrior Forrest Classic, hosted by Meridian.