Paul Mariman Invitational
The #4 ranked Cottage Grove (CG) boys team battled with #3 ranked Philomath and the #2 ranked team from The Dalles on Saturday. They secured a third-place finish with the help of Easton Hutchins, Frank Garcia, David Culbert, Micah Hanke, and Jennings Albrecht. The CG girls’ team is still struggling with health, however, Ella Cardwell ran a strong race to take 6th place while Hailey Fergason finished 15 spots better than where she was ranked going into the race. Allison Palluck also ran well and finished 7 spots better than where she was seeded.
Creswell’s boys’ team ranked 16th overall at the invitational with runners such as Lincoln Criddle with a time of 19:51 and Hans Lewis at 20:12. The girls’ team did not make the top 12, however, there were runners such as Kylie Leonard with 23:40 and Chantell Noffsinger at 28:07.