Quiet day for Lake County teams with Middletown a no-shot at Willits
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WILLITS >> Fort Bragg’s boys and St. Helena’s girls topped the field during North Central League I cross country action Wednesday on the 2.87-mile Brooktrails course in Willits where both Middletown teams were no-shows because the school has this week off for an intersession break.
“The week off always throws us off,” Middletown head coach Taylor Tiraterra said. “I could only get like half my kids to commit to it, the others were traveling.”
Boys
Among the complete teams (at least five runners) scoring at the meet, Fort Bragg finished with 40 points, Willits had 47, St. Helena 58 and Cloverdale 69.
Cole Lane of Willits topped the field in 16 minutes, 23 seconds, finishing well ahead of runner-up Johann Garcia of Fort Bragg (16:57). Walker Aycock of Fort Bragg was next at 17:19, and St. Helena’s Charlie Watson (17:58) and Oly Dodd (18:05) rounded out the top five.
Marcus Guerrero of Cloverdale was sixth in 18:09, edging out teammate Gael Lopez (18:16).
Maverick Watson of Kelseyville was the top Lake County finisher in the field, placing 17th in 19:56. Slade Coltharp of Upper Lake was 20th in 20:18.
Thirty-eight runners competed in the boys field.
Girls
There were only two complete teams in the girls field, led by St. Helena with 15 points and Kelseyville with 46.
Corinna Schlatter of St. Helena won the race in 18:00. Malia McGrath of Cloverdale ran second in 20:54 and Cloverdale’s Liz Silva was third in 21:48, Emily Olvera of Fort Bragg finished fourth in 22:03, and Cloverdale’s Kylee Vlasak rounded out the top five in 24:01.
Ellie Galvan of Upper Lake was the top Lake County finisher, placing 14th in 29:05. Finishing 16th through 19th were Kelseyville’s Skylar Olson (30:26), Valeria Muniz (30:31) and Taylor Wood (32:13), and Clear Lake’s Liala Kindle (32:36).
There were 23 runners in the girls field.
The NCL I teams take next Wednesday off before returning to action Oct. 22 in Kelseyville.