The Bonners Ferry women’s cross country finished in first place as a team, while the men were runners up at the Ben Castro Invite at Pinehurst Golf Course. 

In the women’s cross-country race, Bonners Ferry Sophomore Kylie Calderone finished in first place out of 26 athletes with a time of 20 minutes, 25 seconds. Junior Gia Roemer (5th, 22:23) and sophomore Cheyenne Schutte’s (9th, 23:26) strong races gave the lady badgers three entries in the top 10. Sophomores Kya Alderman (11th, 23:32), Abigail Huggins (17th, 26:32) and freshman Hailey Reeves (20th, 28:35) finished in the top 20. Freshman Kinzie Bradley (24th, 30:46) and sophomore Elle Sheets (25th, 31:02) rounded out the times for Bonners Ferry. 

For the men, Brecken Miller (3rd, 18:04) beat out his fellow Badger Jonathan Bollschweiler (4th, 18:06) by two seconds to claim 3rd place amongst 18 participants. Gordon Woelfle (8th, 18:56) Bonners Ferry also finished in the top ten. Brock Tuma (11th, 20:00) and Tyler Cordle (16th, 22:46) ran impressively. 

All five of the Bonners Ferry men’s cross-country team set personal records in the 5,000. 

The team will next run at the Inland Empire Championships on Oct. 4 before the 4A District Championships at home on Oct. 23.   

GIRLS 

Field: 3 teams; 26 runners  

Length: 5,000 meters 

Official Team Scores-- 1, Bonners Ferry 34. 2, Priest River Lamanna 41. 3, Kootenai 49. 

Top 10, (locals)   

1, Kylie Calderone, (Bonners Ferry), 20:25; 2, Angelique Averette, Post Falls, 20:45; 3, Emmalyn Sorensen, Post Falls, 21:15; 4, Juniper Stevenson, Kootenai, 21:43; 5, Gia Roemer, (Bonners Ferry), 22:23; 6, Capri White, Priest River Lamanna, 22:39; 7, Hazel Stevenson, Kootenai, 22:45; 8, Kyla White, Priest River Lamanna, 22:51; 9, Cheyenne Schutte, (Bonners Ferry), 23:26; 10, Alannah McLaimtaig, Priest River Lamanna, 23:31; 11, Kya Alderman, (Bonners Ferry), 23:32; 17, Abigail Huggins, (Bonners Ferry), 26:32; 20, Hailey Reeves, (Bonners Ferry), 28:35; 24, Kinzie Bradley, (Bonners Ferry), 30:46; 25, Elle Sheets, (Bonners Ferry), 31:02; 

BOYS  

Field: 2 teams; 18 runners  

Length: 5,000 meters 

Official Team Scores-- 1, Kellogg, 26. 2, Bonners Ferry, 30. 

Top 10, (locals) 

1, Tadhg McLaimtaig, Priest River Lamanna, 17:36; 2, Shadrach Creswell, Kellogg, 18:02; 3, Brecken Miller, (Bonners Ferry), 18:04; 4, Jonathan Bollschweiler, (Bonners Ferry), 18:06; 5, Daniel Gunkle, Priest River Lamanna, 18:17; 6, Davin Harju, Kellogg, 18:23; 7, Alex Cassidy, Kellogg, 18:42; 8, Gordon Woelfle, (Bonners Ferry), 18:56; 9, Ashton Lewis, Kootenai, 19:06; 10, Buck Coe, Kellogg, 19:34; 11, Brock Tuma, (Bonners Ferry), 20:00; 16, Tyler Cordle, (Bonners Ferry), 22:46; 

    The five finishers for the boys cross-country team, who all achieved personal bests in the 5,000