West Salem’s cross country program had quite a state championship meet Saturday at Lane Community College.
The Titans finished third in the Class 6A boys team race with a score of 98, and the girls placed sixth with 163.
Jesuit swept both the boys and girls titles at 6A. Sprague’s boys (489) were 17th, and South Salem’s girls (462) were 16th.
Individually, Jack Meier placed fourth in the 6A boys race with a time of 15:20.7.
Individually on the girls side, the top Mid-Valley finisher for 6A was North Salem’s Nelida Dalgas, who was sixth with a time of 18:26.0.
In Class 5A, the Dallas girls placed sixth, with Kelsey Rodli leading the way with an 11th-place finish. The Silverton girls were 13th.
In Class 4A, Stayton’s girls placed fifth as a team, led by Haley Butenschoen’s 11th-place finish and Hope Bridge’s 12th-place finish. Cascade’s boys were 12th.
Kennedy was 12th in Class 3A/2A/1A girls, and Western Christian was eighth in 2A/1A boys.
Class 6A
Boys
Individual state champion: Jacob Nenow (Jesuit) 15:06.3
Top-3 locals: 4. Jack Meier (West Salem) 15:20.7; 7. Brady Bliven (West Salem) 15:30.5; 29. Garrett Fenske (West Salem) 16:08.0
Team state champion: Jesuit (33)
Girls
Individual state champion: Ana Peters (Lake Oswego) 17:56.8
Top-3 locals: 6. Nelida Dalgas (North Salem) 18:26.0; 10. Sara Abbott (Sprague) 18:33.6; 15. Gitte Lonigan (West Salem) 18:53.3
Team state champion: Jesuit (40)
Class 5A
Boys
Individual state champion: Tyrone Gorze (Crater) 14:37.9
Top-2 locals: 15. JD Arthur (Silverton) 16:13.1; 24. Ty Cirino (Central) 16:35.3
Team state champion: Crater (30)
Girls
Individual state champion: Emily Wisniewski (Crescent Valley) 17:58.6
Top-3 locals: 11. Kelsey Rodli (Dallas) 19:10.8; 28. Ah Pymm McDaniel (Dallas) 20:08.0; 30. Marley Lamb (Dallas) 20:30.2
Team state champion: Summit (36)
Class 4A
Boys
Individual state champion: Alexander Garcia-Silver (Marshfield) 15:22.2
Top-3 locals: 28. Ethan Kuntz (Cascade) 17:54.3; 57. Trevor Reese (Cascade) 18:28.3; 70. Arlen Kuenzi (Cascade) 18:45.2
Team state champion: The Dalles (57)
Girls
Individual state champion: Kyla Potratz (Phoenix) 18:47.5
Top-3 locals: 11. Haley Butenschoen (Stayton) 20:22.2; 12. Hope Bridge (Stayton) 20:29.0; 37. Makaila Kuenzi (Cascade) 21:52.8
Team state champion: La Grande (62)
Class 3A
Boys
Individual state champion: Benjamin Bourne (Santiam Christian) 15:57.2
Top local: 25. Brennan Hake (Amity) 17:50.6
Team state champion: Siuslaw (52)
Class 3A/2A/1A
Girls
Individual state champion: Daisy Lalonde (East Linn Christian) 18:43.7
Top-3 locals: 17. Kalkidan Ellis (Western Christian) 20:17.2; 25. Clara Persons (Regis) 20:48.0; 43. Averie Peterson (Santiam) 21:36.2
Team state champion: Enterprise (63)
Class 2A/1A
Boys
Individual state champion: Trevor Nichols (Heppner) 16:10.0
Top-3 local: 20. Luke Ellis (Western Christian) 17:59.2; 33. Jesus Cortez (Kennedy) 18:39.0; 40. Noah Lutz (Blanchet) 19:04.2
Team state champion: Knappa (53)
