STATE CROSS COUNTRY MEETS: What a run! ... Coeur d'Alene boys, Timberlake boys claim team titles; Eggleston wins first individual girls title in Timberlake history

POCATELLO — The plan was perfect.

But the execution on Saturday, that’s what was the difference for the Coeur d’Alene boys cross country team.

Senior Wyatt Carr, who has verbally committed to run at Syracuse next year, broke free of junior teammates Wyatt Morgenstern and Rowan Henry to win the state 6A cross country championship in a course record 15 minutes, 10.8 seconds at the Portneuf Wellness Complex on Saturday.

“I was just enjoying the last 400 yards,” said Carr, who is Coeur d’Alene’s first individual champion since Michael Armon in 2004. “Max (Cervi-Skinner, former Viking standout now running at Wake Forest) told me that if I’m ever in that position, to just smile and enjoy it no matter what. It was definitely a full-circle moment and I wanted to take everything in. I just wanted to enjoy it across the line.”

“I knew he wanted it, and I wanted it for him,” said third-year Coeur d’Alene coach Emry Carr, who is Wyatt’s dad. “I’m happy he got it. On the coaching side, I just wanted them to perform and execute. We’re in championship season, so this is where we needed to put it all together and they did that today.”

Morgenstern finished 10 seconds later, Henry seven seconds after that for the Vikings, who claimed a fourth straight state team title with 32 points. The Vikings also won in 2011. Their first title came in 2023 on the same course.

“We just wanted to execute our race plan to run and share the workload up front,” said Wyatt Carr, who was runner-up at state last year at Lewiston Orchards. “I’m just so proud of the guys. My sophomore year, we wanted to do a 1-2-3 at state, and just couldn’t get it done. Just seeing the guys pull through, I’m just super happy. They’ve put in the work year in and year out.”

Timberlake coach Shawn Lawler trusted Lola Eggleston throughout the season to compete at the highest of her capabilities.

Saturday, she might have saved her best for last, winning the state 4A girls race in 17:54.4, becoming the first individual female champion in school history.

“I just wanted to win and go sub-18 (minutes),” said Eggleston, who was third at state last year. “I was really happy with my time. It’s a little surreal to think about to be honest. I had such a tough track season, and just wanted to prove to myself that I could do this. Coming in with the top time, I didn’t want to guarantee or say it was going to happen. But it was amazing and I had such a great time in that race.”

It might have been 364 days later, but the Timberlake Tiger boys got the moment they’d waited on, with the program’s first state team title.

“We’ve only won three state titles on the boys side (in all sports) at Timberlake,” said Lawler, who started the program 22 years ago. “We’ve been runner-up and on the podium, but just never won it. They were in a good position a year ago (Timberlake was third at state in 2025), but just came up short. The level of intensity increased and we just had good senior leadership and chemistry with the boys team this year.”

Sandpoint junior Kai Budensiek was 10th, junior Hobbes Conley 12th, senior Jack Lovin 14th and Landon (Thor) Connor 19th to lead the Bulldogs to a runner-up finish in 5A, the program’s highest finish.

"The boys had an A race. We wanted four in the top 20 all-state, and we got that," Sandpoint coach Mike Ehredt said. "It's a fantastic group of kids who believe they can win everything. When you have that, there's an incredible commitment and dedication to that." 

6A: Henry was third at state, Morgenstern sixth last year for Coeur d’Alene.

“This just felt special for all of us,” Henry said. “The older guys, they made a YouTube channel a few years ago and I was excited to watch those videos and someday be a part of that.”

Senior Gabriel Heule (10th) and junior Blaise Howard (17th) were also state medalists for Coeur d’Alene. The top 20 finishers earn medals.

“We wanted Gabe and Blaise to run together as well,” Emry Carr said. “Blaise has been dealing with some sickness and he ran phenomenally. Going into NXR (Nike Northwest Regionals on Nov. 21 at The Course Spokane Valley), our expectation is that the gap closes and we’re ready to compete with anyone in the region.”

Coeur d’Alene sophomore Victoria Howard was 11th, freshman Jordyn Coy 12th and junior Anna Christman 13th for the Viking girls, who finished sixth. The top four teams earn trophies.

“I really liked the course, even if it wasn’t as fast as I’d expected,” Howard said. “Coming into the race, we didn’t know how Anna was going to feel, so we’d planned to be around her and that helped. To be able to finish with her was great. I was really thankful for the opportunity because it worked out today.”

Christman had an iron infusion on Tuesday to help with an iron deficiency.

“It was not where I wanted to be, and I wasn’t having the best day because I was having problems getting oxygen to my legs," Christman said. "I kept hearing along the course that Tori (Howard) and Jordyn were right behind me, so that helped. We wanted to close the time gap, and we accomplished that. Even though I didn’t finish where I wanted, I was happy we were able to work together.” 

Boise won the girls team title with 84 points.

Freshman Adalyn Bello of Eagle won the girls race in 17:57.5.

5A: Sandpoint freshman Olivia Betz was seventh, junior Delaney Barron 16th for the Bulldogs, who finished fourth with 105 points.

"For the girls, you know, to finish fifth last year, they were like, 'Oh, damn, we were really close.' And then that became their fuel for this year to be on the podium," Ehredt said. "For a while there during the season, I thought maybe on a special day, you know, better things might happen. But just to see how far they've come in two years is pretty special."  

Lakeland sophomore Olivia Meredith was 20th.

Bishop Kelly won the girls team title with 68 points.

Skyline of Idaho Falls won the boys team title with 59 points.

Twin Falls senior Raelee Richardson won the girls race in 18:35.5 to repeat as champion.

Senior Ethan Hansen of Century High in Pocatello won the boys race in 15:11.9 for his second straight individual title.

4A: After having high expectations last year, Timberlake senior Caleb Royce just enjoyed the ride on Saturday.

Royce finished third, followed by senior Jonathan Barnhart in fifth, sophomore Eli Royce in 14th and junior Joseph Sateren in 15th for the Tigers, who finished with 49 points.

“I just saw Jonathan at the finish,” said Caleb Royce, who finished eighth last year. “I’m not really a math guy, so I let Chris (Perry, a teammate) do that and looking to see where everyone else was finishing at. I went into the race with less expectations than last year and just focused on putting my best effort in.”

Barnhart missed last week’s district championship race at The Course Spokane Valley with a hip pointer, but received a medical exemption to compete at state.

“I was mostly worried at the start that it was going to act up again,” Barnhart said. “I started off super slow and realized I couldn’t be scared. I was looking at Caleb and saw Adam (Willis of Sugar-Salem) was right by him, and thought, ‘what do I do here?’ Luckily, Caleb had a second wind and performed really well.”

Lawler has coached the Timberlake girls to state titles in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2025. The Tiger girls were sixth this year.

“It’s really awesome,” Barnhart said. “Coach Lawler has always wanted something like this. It felt good to prove him right and we were valuable enough and good enough to get it done for him.”

Lawler had also coached three previous individual boys champions Frank Lagrimanta (2005, 2006), Logan Hunt (2019) and Jacob Barnhart (2022).

“I told our boys it’s been 22 years since I started the program,” Lawler said. “I had doubts it would ever come, but I had no doubts they could bring it home.”

Eggleston’s time was the fastest female time in any classification on Saturday.

“She had some race day nerves like you’d expect,” Lawler said. “But I trusted her to run her race and everything just came together. Once she had an early lead, she was fantastic. It’s wild to think that that fastest girl in the state is from Spirit Lake. And to do it by yourself, it speaks volumes to the race she ran.”

Snake River won the girls title with 56 points.

Sugar-Salem junior Darrel Dickson won the boys race in 15:07.5.

3A: Nampa Christian (boys) and Malad (girls) won team titles.

Soda Springs freshman Anna Uskoski won the girls race in 19:20.4.

Senior John Harris of Sun Valley Community School won the boys race in 15:59.7. 

2A: Victory Charter swept the team titles.

Freshman Ben Forsmann of Deary won the boys race in 16:59.

Senior Libby Stockett of Victory Charter won the girls race in 18:58.8. It was the third straight girls title for the Vipers of Nampa.

6A BOYS

TEAM SCORES – 1, Coeur d’Alene 32. 2, Boise 92. 3, Eagle 113. 4, Rigby 123. 5, Rocky Mountain 150. 6, Owyhee 159. 7, Highland 161. 8, Meridian 169. 9, Centennial 216. 10, Capital 224. 11, Thunder Ridge 225. 12, Lake City 336.

TOP THREE, LOCALS – 1, Wyatt Carr, Coeur d’Alene, 15:10.8. (new classification course record; previous, Nate Stadtlander, Meridian, 15:12.9). 2, Wyatt Morgenstern, Coeur d’Alene, 15:20.5. 3, Rowan Henry, Coeur d’Alene, 15:27.2. 10, Gabriel Heule, Coeur d’Alene, 16:13.1. 17, Blaise Howard, Coeur d’Alene, 16:30.4. 25, Cody Morgenstern, Coeur d’Alene, 16:45.9. 43, Samuel Reade, Lake City, 17:08.7. 48, Finn Scarborough, Coeur d’Alene, 17:12.7. 79, Tristan Alvarez, Lake City, 17:58.2. 84, Kilen Keon, Lake City, 18:03.7. 89, Caleb Flom, Lake City, 18:25. 90, Evan Horan, Lake City, 18:28.7. 91, Paxton Polfer, Lake City, 18:36.7. 92, Boston Anderson, Lake City, 18:41.1. 

6A GIRLS

TEAM SCORES – 1, Boise 84. 2, Eagle 104. 3, Centennial 109. 4, Capital 115. 5, Rocky Mountain 119. 6, Coeur d’Alene 136. 7, Timberline 150. 8, Mountain View 151. 9, Rigby 219. 10, Highland 237. 11, Thunder Ridge 289. 12, Post Falls 335.

TOP THREE, LOCALS – 1, Adalyn Bello, Eagle, 17:57.5. (new classification course record; previous, Ruby Ihmels, Timberline, 18:06.9). 2, Annie Herd, Centennial, 18:14.1. 3, Betsy Reeder, Eagle, 18:19.9. 11, Victoria Howard, Coeur d’Alene, 18:57.1. 12, Jordyn Coy, Coeur d’Alene, 18:58. 13, Anna Christman, Coeur d’Alene, 19:00.1. 43, Brooklyn Caywood, Coeur d’Alene, 20:08.8. 47, Dorothy Pope, Post Falls, 20:17.3. 48, Madison Zimmerman, Lake City, 20:19.4. 65, Gracie McVey, Coeur d’Alene, 20:56.7. 68, Ainsley Parker, Post Falls, 21:02.7. 72, Katherine Baker, Coeur d’Alene, 21:15.6. 75, Kaitlyn Martin, Post Falls, 21:26.4. 85, Kamilah Luna, Post Falls, 22:27.3. 86, Meah Yetter, Post Falls, 22:34.1. 88, Grace Callahan, Coeur d’Alene, 23:08.1. 89,Emmalyn Sorensen, Post Falls, 23:13.1. 90, Emily Taylor, Post Falls, 23:14.7. 

5A BOYS

TEAM SCORES – 1, Skyline 59. 2, Sandpoint 71. 3, Bishop Kelly 108. 4, Blackfoot 116. 5, Century 120. 6, Idaho Falls 135. 7, Burley 177. 8, Moscow 213. 9, Twin Falls 264. 10, Vallivue 268. 11, Mountain Home 289. 12, Skyview 318. 13, Minico 366. 

TOP THREE, LOCALS – 1, Ethan Hansen, Century, 15:11.9. 2, Davis Roberts, Skyline, 15:34.4. 3, Ammon Bitton, Century, 15:41.4. 10, Kai Budensiek, Sandpoint, 16:20.6. 12, Hobbes Conley, Sandpoint, 16:32.7. 14, Jack Lovin, Sandpoint, 16:37.6. 19, Landon (Thor) Connor, Sandpoint, 16:46.9. 28, Cy Marshall, Sandpoint, 16:55.3. 36, Wyatt Lemon, Sandpoint, 17:07.8. 40, Frank McCarthy, Lakeland, 17:12.4. 45, Parker Sterling, Lakeland, 17:21.6. 61, Riley Shadel, Sandpoint, 17:59.2. 

5A GIRLS

TEAM SCORES – 1, Bishop Kelly 68. 2, Twin Falls 90. 3, Century 91. 4, Sandpoint 105. 5, Skyline 142. 6, Jerome 149. 7, Shelley 168. 8, Blackfoot 179. 9, Vallivue 216. 10, Lakeland 219. 11, Nampa 282.

TOP THREE, LOCALS – 1, Raelee Richardson, Twin Falls, 18:35.50. 2, Clare Murphy, Bishop Kelly, 18:58.80. 3, Adyson DeClark, Century, 19:22.30. 7, Olivia Betz, Sandpoint, 20:10.20. 16, Delaney Barron, Sandpoint, 20:37.30. 20, Olivia Meredith, Lakeland, 20:40. 24, Elizabeth Storms, Sandpoint, 20:52. 36, Maddison Chapple, Lakeland, 21:07.20. 37, Charli Hall, Sandpoint, 21:09.38, Theresa Hurt, Sandpoint, 21:09. 44, Ruthie Laughridge, Sandpoint, 21:21. 58, Sophie Brubaker, Sandpoint, 21:51.70. 61, Galena Dyk, Lakeland, 21:57.60. 68, Bristol Burnside, Lakeland, 22:20.80, 69, Piper Peterson, Lakeland, 22:25.70. 75, Annie Mattila, Lakeland, 23:02. 83, Savannah O’Hara, Lakeland, 25:27.90. 

4A BOYS

TEAM SCORES – 1, Timberlake 49. 2, Sugar-Salem 56. 3, Preston 70. 4, South Fremont 98. 5, McCall-Donnelly 124. 6, Kimberly 164. 7, Snake River 165. 8, Cole Valley Christian 175. 9, Filer 206. 10, Weiser 256. 

TOP THREE, LOCALS – 1, Darrel Dickson, Sugar-Salem, 15:07.5. (new classification course record; previous, Logan Hunt, Timberlake, 15:48.36, 2019). 2, Charlie Spiers, McCall-Donnelly, 15:14.1. 3, Caleb Royce, Timberlake, 16:15.7. 5, Jonathan Barnhart, Timberlake, 16:20.1. 14, Eli Royce, Timberlake, 17:01. 15, Joseph Sateren, Timberlake, 17:03.2.  22, Cameron Barnhart, Timberlake, 17:17.5. 45, Christopher Perry, Timberlake, 18:04.5. 53, Micah Miller, Timberlake, 18:32.7. 

4A GIRLS

TEAM SCORES – 1, Snake River 56. 2, Preston 82. 3, Sugar-Salem 99. 4, McCall-Donnelly 109. 5, Teton 144. 6, Timberlake 160. 7, Cole Valley Christian 162. 8, Fruitland 184. 9, Filer 212. 10, Kimberly 216. 11, Bonners Ferry 285.

TOP THREE, LOCALS – 1, Lola Eggleston, Timberlake, 17:54.4. (new classification course record; previous, Sophie McManus, McCall-Donnelly, 18:47.7, 2020).  2, Paetyn Polatis, Snake River, 19:19.7. 3, Ella Smith, Fruitland, 19:20.4. 24, Emily Wright, Timberlake, 21:02.9. 26, Kayla Hyle, Timberlake, 21:07.1. 43, Kylie Calderone, Bonners Ferry, 22:18.7. 44, Camas Horsmon, Cd’A Charter, 22:19.5. 51, Aleigha Persyn, Timberlake, 22:50.8. 56, Hailey Reeves, Bonners Ferry, 23:19.8. 63, Kya Alderman, Bonners Ferry, 23:45.8. 64, Chloe Crum, Bonners Ferry, 23:48.7. 65, Delaney Wenstrom, Timberlake, 23:53.6. 72, Marissa Pruitt, Bonners Ferry, 24:50.2. 76, Makenna Long, Timberlake, 25:15.7. 77, Alina Norton, Timberlake, 25:39.9. 78, Kinzie Bradley, Bonners Ferry, 25:54.7. 79, Abigail Huggins, Bonners Ferry, 26:23.5. 

3A BOYS

TEAM SCORES – 1, Nampa Christian 63. 2, Malad 67. 3, North Fremont 79. 4, Marsh Valley 95. 5, Ririe 95. 6, Ambrose 168. 7, Compass Honors 176. 8, Firth 219. 9, Declo 248. 10, Parma 285. 11, New Plymouth 293. 12, Kellogg 311. 13, Priest River 353. 14, Buhl 378.

TOP THREE, LOCALS – 1, John Harris, Community School, 15:59.7. 2, Jasper Lakefish, Community School, 16:29.7. 3, Jace Nalder, Malad, 16:43.8. 43, Shadrach Creswell, Kellogg, 18:20.5. 53, Will Miller, Kellogg, 18:44.7. 58, Buck Coe, Kellogg, 18:53.7. 70, Seth Paschetag, Priest River, 19:12.6. 87, Tadhg Conor McLaimtaig, Priest River, 20:06.4. 96, Maxwell Hewitt, Priest River, 20:27.3. 97, Noah Keiser, Priest River, 20:41.2. 102, Alex Cassidy, Kellogg, 21:25.5. 103, Manik Sharma, Kellogg, 21:25.8. 105, Rafael Uribe, Kellogg, 22:11.7. 108, Jonathan White, Priest River, 24:43.8.

3A GIRLS

TEAM SCORES – 1, Declo 47. 2, Malad 70. 3, Nampa Christian 101. 4, North Fremont 122. 5, Firth 133. 6, Ririe 139. 7, West Side 151. 8, Ambrose 220. 9, Buhl 264. 10, Parma 272. 11, Compass Honors 299. 12, Grangeville 322. 

TOP THREE, LOCALS – 1, Anna Uskoski, Soda Springs, 19:20.4. 2, Phoebe Mitchell, Nampa Christian, 19:20.7. 3, Eliza Bingham, North Fremont, 19:41.9. 65, Abagail Shaulis, Priest River, 24:43.1. 81, Alannah McLaimtaig, Priest River, 25:28. 

2A BOYS

TEAM SCORES – 1, Victory Charter 41. 2, Liberty Charter 62. 3, Rockland 85. 4, Logos 110. 5, Troy 126. 6, Leadore 137. 7, Oakley 182. 8, Challis 233. 9, Raft River 249. 10, Rimrock 249. 11, Timberline 252.

TOP THREE, LOCALS – 1, Ben Forsmann, Deary, 16:59. 2, JD Wiley, Victory Charter, 17:01. 3, Santiago Pena, Victory Charter, 17:10.8. 

2A GIRLS

TEAM SCORES – 1, Victory Charter 37. 2, Logos 53. 3, Rimrock 96. 4, Tri-Valley 114. 5, Butte County 123. 6, Raft River 145. 7, Rockland 155. 

TOP THREE, LOCALS – 1, Libby Stockett, Victory Charter, 18:58.8. 2, Livvia Rench, Logos, 19:48.6. 3, Ava Kelpin, Liberty Charter, 20:00.6. 

    Courtesy photo The Timberlake boys cross country team won the program's first state team title, winning the 4A championship at the Portneuf Wellness Complex in Pocatello on Saturday. In the front row, from left are Micah Miller, Caleb Royce, Eli Royce, Christopher Perry and assistant coach Stacie Lawler. In the back row are head coach Shawn Lawler, Cameron Barnhart, Jonathan Barnhart, Joseph Sateren and Jeremiah McLachlan.
  

    Courtesy photo Timberlake senior Lola Eggleston won the state 4A girls cross country championship on Saturday, finishing the race in 17 minutes, 54.4 seconds at the Portneuf Wellness Complex.
  

    Courtesy photo The Sandpoint boys and girls cross country teams — Landon Connor, Riley Shadel, Wyatt Lemon, Jack Lovin, Kai Budensiek, Hobbes Conley, Cy Marshall, Olivia Betz, Delaney Barron, Elizabeth Storms, Charli Hall, Theresa Hurt, Ruthie Laughridge and Sophie Brubaker; and coaches: Demi Pfarr, Alex Peters and Mike Ehredt — stand for a picture holding their state runner-up, fourth-place and all-academic trophies in Pocatello on Saturday.
  

    Courtesy photo Coeur d'Alene senior Wyatt Carr runs to the finish line during the state 6A cross country championship race at the Portneuf Wellness Complex in Pocatello.
  

    Courtesy photo Timberlake senior Lola Eggleston comes across the finish line during the state 4A cross country championship race at the Portneuf Wellness Complex in Pocatello.
  

    Courtesy photo The Sandpoint High boys cross country team finished second in the state 5A cross country meet at the Portneuf Wellness Complex in Pocatello on Saturday. In the front row, from left, are assistant coach Demi Pfarr, Landon Connor, Riley Shadel, Wyatt Lemon and head coach Mike Ehredt. In the back are Alex Peters, Jack Lovin, Kai Budensiek, Hobbes Conley and Cy Marshall.