Here is a recap of all nine races from Saturday's Oregon State Meet.
Boys 2A/1A
The first race of the day saw Curtiss Heier of Illinois Valley take a big lead a mile into the race. Over time Wyatt Jacobson of Knappa gradually cut into the lead. By the finish, Heier was able to maintain his lead for the win at 16:31.3. Union-Cove narrowly beat Knappa by three points to take the 2A/1A boys title.
Girls 3A/2A/1A
Senior Dailey Lalonde of East Linn Christian won this event two years ago and was determined to recapture her title. Lalonde won the race by sixteen seconds over Lauren Tittel of OES. In a repeat from the boys 2A/1A race in the previous race, we had another close team battle. OES won the team title by three points over Enterprise-Joseph-Wallowa.
Boys 3A
Clayton Wilson of Siuslaw ran 19:19 last year at the State Meet for Reedsport. Now running for Siuslaw, Wilson ran over three minutes faster to win the 3A title in a time of 15:37.8. Jett Leavitt of Enterprise-Joseph-Wallowa finished second in a time of 15:41.0. In another close team race, Banks and Valley Catholic tied and Banks won in the sixth runner tiebreaker.
Girls 4A
The last few cross country state meet's, the La Grande girls typically lead the 4A races. This year is the same as Brooke Parry and Cecelia Villagomez-Edvalson took the early lead. Perry went on the win in a time of 18:36.5 and Alaina Casady of The Dalles broke up the La Grande leaders and finished second. Philomath won another Oregon State title with Klamath Union finishing second.
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Boys 4A
Carter Bengtson of Cottage Grove won his second consecutive 4A title with a 15:41.2 win and Conor Thompson of Marist finished second. Newport boys won the 4A title despite missing one of their top runners in Finn Collson. The Dalles finished second in the 4A boys.
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Girls 5A
There was history on the line at the 5A girls. Emily Wisniewski of Crescent Valley successfully defended her 5A title in a time of 17:14.5 and became the first girl to win four Oregon cross country titles. Jayden Kipe of Wilsonville finished second. Summit girls came in to the meet with fifteen consecutive state cross country titles. What made the streak even more impressive and the streak included 6A titles with 5A titles. Crater girls ended the streak with a team victory and Summit finished second.
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Boys 5A
Tayvon Kitchen of Crater won this race last year and Hayden Boaz of Summit was determined to make Kitchen work for the repeat title. Kitchen won in a time of 14:43.3 and Boaz finished second. Crater boys easily won the 5A team title and Summit finished second.
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Girls 6A
Chloe Huyler of Lakeridge entered the 6A race undefeated this season and continued the streak with a 6A title in a time of 17:11.6. Nelida Dalgas of North Salem finished second. The team battle see-sawed throughout the race and in the end Lincoln won with Lake Oswego finishing second.
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Boys 6A
Malachi Schoenherr of Sheldon made the Eugene crowd proud with his 15:04.3 6A victory. Sawyer Marquis of Forest Grove finished second. Jesuit with its bevy of junior athletes dominated the 6A team title and Central Catholic finished second.
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