Spring Creek hosted the final event of the season for the JV cross country squads in northern Nevada last Thursday.
"Spring Creek and Elko have huge teams," said LHS coach Kathy Norcutt. "So coach Malkie in Spring Creek developed this race for the JV kids and varsity runners that are ranked 4, 5, and 6 on their teams to give them an opportunity to earn a medal, even though they can’t go to regional.”
Kinsey Albisu took third place in the girls 5,000 meter race with a time of 23 minutes, 50 seconds and Alethea Houston (24:41) was close behind for fourth place.
Christopher McGuire ran to a fifth place finish at 19:59 in the boys race, while Cal Peters (20:05) was close behind for sixth.
Dylan Nee (21:16) finished 15th. Tyler J. Morrison (21:54) was 19th and Jesse Hawkins (21:59) earned the 20th spot.
The Lowry boys finished in second place in the team standings with 57 points.
Spring Creek won the team title with 27 points.
The Lowry girls team did not have enough runners to qualify for a team score.
The Northern 3A Regional Championships will be held Friday at Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno.
The 3A girls will run at 11:10 a.m. and the 3A boys will take to the 3.1-mile course at 1:15 p.m.
The top three teams from the boys and the girls qualify for the NIAA Satte Championships.
The top seven runners on non-qualifying teams also advance to the state championships.
The NIAA State Championships will be held in Boulder City.
