Union CC takes fifth in Hermiston

Hermiston —Union placed fifth out of nine teams at the Hermiston Invitational Saturday.

“We were very happy to get fifth since we were the smallest school in the varsity division,” head coach Steve Sheehy said. "We were beaten by Boise, Richland (Wash.), Hermiston and The Dalles.  Against that type of competition, we’ll take what we can get.”

Tom Sheehy lead the boys team with a fourth-place finish, running in 17:09. Gabriel O’Reilly also ran a good time at 17:39.

Nur Sofe lead the La Grande boys finishing in 22nd place with a time of 18:07.17.

Kate Stewart led the girls team with a 16th-place finish in 22:16.  Madelaine Olsen, Kathryn Hepler, and Hanna Crow all ran very well for their first 5K races of the season.

Sophomore Mollee Shaw led the Tigers with a 23:05.55. She finished in 22nd place.

La Grande and Union run at the Catherine Creek Scamper Saturday hosted by the Bobcats. The races start at 2:30 p.m. at Catherine Creek State Park.

Boys results

1. Eric Fitzpatrick, 15:50.66, Boise;

2. Yonny Castillo, 16:54.99, Hrv; 3. Stuart Kretzschmar, 16:57.58, RICH; 4. Tom Sheehy,  17:09.99, Unin; 5. Kenton Freemuth, 17:11.54, BOIS; 6. Richard Wojan, 17:16.67, BOIS; 7. Javier Velasco, 17:22.04, Herm; 8. Casey Casillas, 17:22.39, Rich;

9. Miles Ranck, 17:22.73, Bois; 10. Samuel Wick, 17:23.10, Herm.

Girls results

1. Erin Hegarty, 18:41.65, HANF; 2. Kate Jamboretz, 19:13.66, Bois; 3. Angelica Rodrguez, 20:03.30, Herm; 4. Marisa Vander Malle, 20:05.68; Psco; 5. Janette Rodriguez, 20:36.68, Psco. 6. Shay Woodhouse, 20:56.09, Bois; 7. Dessie Weigel, 20:58.25, Bois; 8. Kimberly Macias, 21:11.41, Herm; 9. Marie Miller, 21:23.05, Tdw; 10. Evan Gustavsen, 21:32.22, Bois.

ELGIN — Morgan Reid, of Elgin, showed what a home course advantage means at the Huskies home cross country invite.

Reid set the course record with a mark of 24:52 on one of East Oregon’s most challenging course due to altitude and extreme terrain. 

Elgin’s varsity girls team snuck past Baker’s girls team by a single point.

On the boy’s side the Baker Boys team was led by Trevor Freese with a record setting time of 19:42. The Baker boys went on to take the top team title.  

Boys results

1. Trevor Freese, 19:42, Bakr; 2. Lucas Simpson, 19:58, McLo; 3. Erik Robertson, 20:56, Bakr; 4. Skyler Young, 21:01, Bakr; 5. Jacob Payton, 21:10, Bakr; 6. Steven Flippo, 21:19, Elg;  7. John Lonai,    22:07, McLo; 8. Daniel Flippo, 22:27, Elg; 9. Kaleb Taylor, 22:29, McLo; 10. Mitch Sandefur, 22:39, Bakr.

Girls results

1. Morgan Reid, 24:52, Elg; 2. Emily Childers, 25:02, McLo; 3. Felicia Schneider, 25:24, Bakr; 4. Melissa Clarke, 25:25, Bakr; 5. Emily Schmittle, 26:40, Elg; 6. Hannah Zwanziger, 26:53, Entr; 7. Jessie Bottger, 27:25, Elg 8. Sierra Burchell, 28:29, McLo; 9. Charlott Bowers, 28:48, Bakr; 10. Cortney Yokum, 29:23, Elg.