The "Run-Down": All-League @ Hudson's Bay

 

Our All-League meet changed venue this year for the first time in my coaching stent at Washougal. The meet was hosted by Hudson's Bay High School, a brief 20 minute bus ride downstream on the Columbia. The time schedule also shifted as two boys and one girls race were on the docket.

 

The Future Varsity Panther boys were near full strength as 8th runner Tanner Lees was moved up to Varsity as we sat out Freshman ace Gabriel Dinnel. The field was more than likely the largest ever for this race: 101! Placing in the top 10 was a lofty goal for many, and two Panthers achieved that honor. Freshmen Ian Palmer and Jeffrey Wells found themselves in 5th and 9th place when all was said and done. Two more freshmen ended their season with PR's. Andrew McElhaney (20:13) and Trent Lowe (21:11) both bested their previous PR from way back at the HRV meet. Sophomore Michael Stevens (20:34) was the reliable 5th runner on this day running his second best race ever, barely securing 2nd place for the team by 2 points over Hockinson. Another Freshman Ben Adams saved his best for last as he PR'ed with a time of 21:48. But the performance of the day came from Junior Ryan Perkins (24:06) as he chopped off nearly 3 minutes off his time from George Fox XC Classic 12 days earlier! Incredible!

 

The girls race was combined Varsity and Future Varsity, with the levels being scored separately at the finish. The Varsity score put the girls in 4th of the 7 teams, but only 8 points away from 2nd in a hotly contested race for "runner up." Junior Hannah Swigert had her best game-face on as she went with the leaders from the get-go. She even momentarily took the lead on the slight downhills in the first half of the race. With a half mile to go, she faded to third, but came on super strong the last 400 meters as she blasted to a huge PR of 19:36, the second fastest legitimate Panther 5K time ever recorded. Another noteworthy performance came from Junior Signe Zacho as she nearly out-kicked Woodland's super star sprinter, and just missed her ultimate goal of 23 flat by a mere 5 seconds. Senior Meredith Collins showed signs of healthiness as she ran a season's best by over a minute and a half while our two freshmen, Annabelle Palmer and Brooklyn Bausch each shaved about 20 seconds off of their PR's. At the Future Varsity level, Sophomore Jeannine Jones ran over a 3 minute seasons best and a 3 second PR. Her previous PR was from the League meet the year before where she ran a 2 1/2 minute PR... she really likes this meet!!!

 

Without Gabriel, the boys ran a respectable race, placing a comfortable 2nd place. Five of the Panthers achieved PR's. Senior Bailey Duncan (16:37) missed by just 4 seconds as he placed 3rd in the race. Junior Aiden Pullen (16:41, PR by 10 seconds) was hot on his heels and they flew down the last hill. Other PR's came from Freshmen Troy Prince-Butterfield (17:23) and Koy Chaston (17:47), Sophomore Tanner Lees (18:04) and Senior Collin Manning (17:43), his first official sub 18 performance.

 

A side note on the course, it was not the same course as the expected Run-A-Ree course and appears to be slightly slower than expected. That is encouraging as we felt we ran our best team races of the season considering the Panthers we placed on the starting line. As usual, the Panthers really know how to finish the season!

 

 

Coach Terry L. Howard

 

Here are the line scores:

 

Varsity Boys

 

1 Mile

2 Miles

5000 M

 

Bailey

3rd

5:08

10:41

16:37

Aiden

4th

5:10

10:40

16:41

P.R.

Troy

13th

5:22

11:15

17:23

P.R.

Collin

16th

5:22

11:16

17:43

P.R.

Koy

19th

5:22

11:20

17:47

P.R.

Tanner

22nd

5:32

11:35

18:04

P.R.

Luke

28th

5:32

11:42

18:23

 

Of 44

 

 

 

 

Future Varsity Boys

 

 

 

 

Ian

5th

5:37

11:58

18:44

Jeffrey

9th

5:37

11:58

18:57

Warren

19th

5:38

12:36

19:48

P.R.

Andrew

25th

5:58

11:58

20:13

P.R.

Michael

31st

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13:01

20:34

Trent

46th

6:34

13:32

21:11

P.R.

Gabe

54th

6:34

13:45

21:45

 

Ben

55th

6:34

13:50

21:48

 

Preston

57th

7:10

14:30

22:06

 

Ryan

81st

7:20

15:27

24:06

P.R.

 

Of 101

 

 

 

Varsity Girls

 

 

 

 

Hannah

2nd

5:57

12:24

19:36

P.R.

Brooklyn

17th

6:48

14:12

22:11

P.R.

Annabelle

19th

6:48

14:20

22:18

P.R.

Signe

41st

7:07

14:55

23:05

P.R.

Meredith

42nd

7:32

15:35

24:09

Lydia

41st

7:32

16:01

25:22

 

Tabby

65th

7:40

16:27

26:02

P.R.

 

Of 48

 

 

 

 

Future Varsity Girls

 

 

 

 

Abby

9th

 

 

26:54

 

Jeannine

11th

 

 

27:22

P.R.

Sonata

18th

 

 

30:26

 

 

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