State cross country at a glance

STATE CROSS COUNTRY AT A GLANCE

All meets at Lewis-Clark State Cross Country Course, Lewiston Orchards

Times PDT

Today’s races

2A girls, 10 a.m.; 5A girls, 10:30; 6A girls, 11; 11:30, 2A boys; 5A boys, noon; 6A boys, 12:30 p.m.; 3A girls, 1; 4A girls, 1:30; 3A boys, 2; 4A boys, 2:30.

6A

Last year’s champions: Coeur d’Alene boys, Rocky Mountain girls.

Returning individual champions: none.

Local qualifiers: Coeur d’Alene boys and girls; Post Falls boys and girls; Conner Johnson, Lake City; Madison Zimmerman, Lake City.

NOTES: Coeur d’Alene junior Wyatt Carr (sixth), junior Gabe Heule (13th), sophomore Rowan Henry (14th) and senior Mitchell Rietze (16th) are returning state medalists after finishing in the top 20 at state last year at Eagle Island State Park …. Coeur d’Alene’s boys are ranked fourth in the nation in the latest DyeStat.com rankings … Rocky Mountain of Meridian won three straight boys titles from 2016 to 2018 … Viking sophomore Wyatt Morgenstern has the second-fastest time in the state (14:59.3), three seconds behind Centennial senior Drew Donahue according to Athletic.net …. Coeur d’Alene senior Olivia May was fifth at state in 2022 as a freshman and has the ninth-fastest time in the state (17:55.3) … Post Falls senior Talia Bonville is eighth in the state (17:52) … Annastasia Peters, the former Post Falls High star, holds the state record at Lewiston Orchards after winning the 2022 meet in 16 minutes, 56.1 seconds.

5A

Last year’s champions: Skyline boys; Twin Falls girls.

Returning individual champions: Raelee Richardson, Twin Falls

Local qualifiers: Frank McCarthy, Lakeland; Parker Sterling, Lakeland; Charlie Mattila, Lakeland; Lakeland girls.

NOTES: Lakeland junior Frank McCarthy holds the sixth fastest time in the classification at 15:44 … Freshman Olivia Meredith is 21st at 19:43.

4A

Last year’s champions: Sugar-Salem boys, Sugar-Salem girls.

Returning individual champions: Annabelle Carr, Coeur d’Alene Charter.

Local qualifiers: Timberlake boys and girls; Coeur d’Alene Charter girls.

NOTES: Carr, who recently committed to run track and field at Oregon, won the 2024 title at Eagle Island State Park in 18:50.72, beating Timberlake’s Vanessa McLachlan by 20 seconds … Carr was 18th as a freshman in 2022 in Lewiston … Junior Lola Eggleston (14th) and senior Malia Miller (20th) were state medalists last year for the Timberlake girls, who finished third … Carr (17:44.9) and Eggleston (18:19) lead the state girls rankings … Timberlake junior Caleb Royce (third at 15:31) and Jonathan Barnhart (fourth at 15:41) are ranked in the top five by Athletic.net … Timberlake’s Jacob Barnhart won the 2022 boys race at Lewiston Orchards … McKenna Kozeluh, the former Coeur d’Alene Charter star, holds the Lewiston Orchards record, winning in 17:43.8 in 2022.

3A

Last year’s champions: Ririe boys, Ririe girls.

Returning individual champions: none.

Local qualifiers: Kellogg boys; Priest River girls.

NOTES: Sun Valley Community School junior John Harris holds the fastest time in the state (16:17.3) … Ririe senior Lucy Boone leads the girls (18:58.8).

2A

Last year’s champions: Rockland boys; Victory Charter girls.

Returning individual champions: none.

Local qualifiers: Ashton Lewis, Kootenai; Juniper Stevenson, Kootenai; Hazel Stevenson, Kootenai.

NOTES: Rockland’s boys are running for a third straight title.