The vast majority of Oregon’s high school cross country teams competed on Wednesday in their respective district championships. The cross country state championships will be held on Nov. 9 at Lane Community College.
Here are some of the top results from Wednesday’s action: Someone’s missing Led by senior Sophia Malinoski, Lincoln won the Portland Interscholastic League girls championship with 37 team points. Malinoski finished first overall in 17:58.00, over two seconds ahead of second-place Amelia Campbell of Grant (18:00.
30). But the Cardinals were without sophomore Ellery Lincoln, who last competed in a PIL meet on Oct. 16.
Lincoln finished second at the state championship meet last fall and was projected to be one of the state’s top runners this year. Franklin, with 44 team points, came in second. The Lightning were led by Emily Robertson, who was fourth in 18:50.
80. Kitchen wins without Tostenson In typical Crater fashion, the Comets won the Midwestern League championships with 21 team points. Tayvon Kitchen won his second league title with a finish of 15:23.
50 — he was well ahead of teammate Ivar Hokanson’s 15:31.50 for second place. But this time, Kitchen (the reigning Class 5A state champion) was alone without teammate Josiah Tostenson.
Tostenson was the state’s No. 2 runner behind Kitchen this fall and was the state runner-up last year. IMC duel to the finish The Intermountain Conference girls championship was a stunner, with Summit again coming out on .