CHATTAROY — Cy Marshall and Addyson Sychla, both freshman, won the boys and girls races, respectively, at the Inland Northwest JV Small School Championships held Saturday at Riverside High.

Marshall ran to a new personal best time of 17 minutes, 26 seconds and was unchallenged amongst the 37-runner field. Sophomore Riley Shadel finished second with a new personal best time of 17 minutes, 43 seconds for the Bulldogs, which put together a 1-2-3-4-5-6 finish in which all their runners produced new personal best times.

Priest River High junior Daniel Gunkle was seventh in a time of 18 minutes, 49 seconds for the Spartans.

In the girls race, Sychla ran to a time of 21 minutes, 51 seconds and beat out 19 other runners to win the meet while senior Hannah Ricks placed second in 21 minutes, 57 seconds.

For the Lady Spartans, junior Alannah McLaimtaig was fourth with a new personal best time of 22 minutes, 40 seconds. Senior Capri White was fifth in 23 minutes, 1 second.

The meet, previously known as the Rams Invite, featured both junior varsity and varsity runners from some teams.

BOYS

Length: 5,000 meters

Field: 4 teams; 37 runners

TEAM SCORES — 1, Sandpoint 15. 2, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls) 50. 3, Colville 89. 4, Riverside 95.

(Top 10)

1, Cy Marshall, Sandpoint, 17:26.35; 2, Riley Shadel, Sandpoint, 17:43.13; 3, Evan Brubaker, Sandpoint, 18:38.30; 4, Aaron Cornelius, Sandpoint, 18:39.40; 5, Thomas Esposito, Sandpoint, 18:43.12; 6, Wesley Gunter, Sandpoint, 18:46.01; 7, Daniel Gunkle, Priest River, 18:49.99; 8, Andrew Divine, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls), 18:50.87; 9, Jude VanDyke, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls), 19:14.09; 10, Julian Knight, Sandpoint, 19:14.54.

GIRLS

Length: 5,000 meters

Field: 2 teams; 20 runners

TEAM SCORES — 1, Sandpoint 17. 2, Riverside 42.

(Top 10)

1, Addyson Sychla, Sandpoint, 21:51.42; 2, Hannah Ricks, Sandpoint, 21:57.94; 3, Kaitlyn Martin, Kootenai Classical Academy, 22:37.83; 4, Alannah McLaimtaig, Priest River, 22:40.92; 5, Capri White, Priest River, 23:01.22; 6, Abby Eldore, Sandpoint, 23:15.84; 7, Nicole Lee, Riverside, 25:02.45; 8, Maren Rippy, Lakeside (Nine Mile Falls), 25:04.94; 9, Jean Marshall, Sandpoint, 25:22.97; 10, Alina Leiser, Sandpoint, 25:29.02.

    Sandpoint High freshman Cy Marshall leads the pack at the Inland Northwest Small School JV Championships this past Saturday.