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Friday, October 16, 2015 - Bainbridge Island Review
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BAINBRIDGE TOPS BRACKETS AT HOME
Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review
The start of the mens event at the sole home meet of the Bainbridge High cross country team’s season last week at Battle Point Park. BHS took first place in both the mens and womens divisions, beating out runners from Eastside Catholic, Franklin and Chief Sealth.
Spartans claim top spots at Battle Point meet ery time and [have] a good couple weeks of training before the Metro and District Championships.” Those pivotal meets are slated for Thursday, Oct. 22 and Saturday, Oct. 31, respectively. The state meet is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7. The team’s next regular meet took them back on the road, to Lower Woodland Park in Seattle, to run against Bishop Blanchet, Eastside Catholic, GC Racing, Holy Names Academy, Lakeside (Seattle), O’Dea and Seattle Prep on Thursday.
BY LUCIANO MARANO Bainbridge Island Review
In most sports, the ebb and flow of home and away games often decides the tone of the season. Home often and early on tends to leave teams with a solid foundation and a great record, but perhaps a little spoiled and less prepared for the tougher challenges they’ll face away later. On the other hand, being on the road a lot is a rough way to start a season. For this year’s Bainbridge High cross country team, it’s all road, all the time. Except for last week. Wednesday, Oct. 7 was the team’s first and only home meet of the year at Battle Point Park, and the Spartans were charged with defending their house against runners from Eastside Catholic, Franklin and Chief Sealth. They did. Oh, boy, did they ever. Bainbridge took the top spot in both the womens and mens bracket at the meet by considerable margins, dominating throughout the course. In the womens event, BHS finished with a team score of 20. Eastside Catholic claimed second place with 45, Franklin was third with 92 and Chief Sealth managed 93. In the mens division, the Spartans again topped the results with a team score of 21, followed by Eastside Catholic (52), Franklin
BHS VS. EASTSIDE CATHOLIC / FRANKLIN / CHIEF SEALTH
Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review
Luciano Marano | Bainbridge Island Review
The speediest Spartan: BHS senior Ryan Cox is way out in front as he sprints toward the finish line at last week’s home meet. Cox finished in 16:32.5.
Devon Reynolds sprints toward the finish line during last week’s home cross country meet. He finished in 17:17.1 as the third fastest male runner.
(70) and Chief Sealth (110). The squad had entered the meet coming off of stellar showings at the past two events, explained BHS Head Coach Anne Howard Lindquist, and looking to impress the gath-
ered home town crowd. “You can see from the Twilight meet results we’ve had some serious personal records [set] at our last two meets,” she said. “Fortunately, we have planned some recov-
WOMENS RESULTS First: Ashlyn Ramos 19:35.8 Eastside Catholic Second: Jackie McVay 20:39.1 Bainbridge Third: Naomi vonRuden 20:46.8 Bainbridge Fourth: Audrey Weaver 20:51.1 Bainbridge Fifth: Natalie Taylor 20:53.5 Bainbridge Sixth: Kalea Chu 21:16.6 Bainbridge Seventh: Emma Goidel 21:18.2 Bainbridge Eighth: Malena Delgado 21:43.2 Bainbridge Ninth: Riley Wilkins 21:50.2 Eastside Catholic 10: Alessandria (Ava) 22:00.9 Eastside Catholic 11: Adalynn Griesser 22:01.3 Bainbridge 12: Lydia Goss 22:08.9 Bainbridge 13: Marie Miller 22:16.2 Bainbridge 14: Anna Banyas 22:21.5 Bainbridge 15: Allison Hadaway 23:03.5 Chief Sealth 16: Paige Parker 23:05.1 Eastside Catholic 17: Kyleigh Ramos 23:21.4 Eastside Catholic 18: Mary Van Dyke 24:09.5 Bainbridge 19: Lauren Wallach 24:24.9 Bainbridge
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