All five of The Chronicle’s coverage schools ran in the Northwest Classic last weekend. In the 1A-4A division, Cottage Grove boys took second with top runners Remington Sharkey finishing 10th with a PR (17:16) and Jennings Albrecht finishing 11th with a PR (17:17). Pleasant Hill boys followed at 13th overall. Top runner for the Billies was Kaden Seaton (19:21). Creswell boys finished 18th. Javier Bautista led the Bulldogs at (20.34 PR).
The Cottage Grove Lions were among the strongest cotenders in the NorthWest Classic last weekend. ALL PHOTOS BY CGHS YEARBOOK.
Cottage Grove girls were third overall at the Northwest Classic, with Ella Cardwell earning second place at 19:30. Pleasant Hill girls took 12th with Kristen Gardner leading the way at 23:26.
In the 5A-6A division, Springfield boys finished 9th and the Thurston boys earned 10th. Adrian Estes led the Millers with 14th overall at 16:17. Owen Smith led Thurston at 17:02. Thurston girls earned 7th overall with Nathalie Parker leading the girl team at 21:01.
Thurston star runner Carson Buergey spent the weekend in Irvine, Calif., at the Woodbridge Classic meet in The Great Park. Woodbridge Classic is an invitation-only meet where only the fast can participate. In its 45 year history, it has produced some of the fastest runners in the U.S. He ran at 14:44 and was 67th out of 269 runners.
