Eli Colver, Madalena lead BMHS cross country team


The Battle Mountain High School cross country team traveled to Sparks last Friday for the Reed Invitational.

Sophomore Danielle Madlena was the lone Longhorn to run in the girls 5,000-meter varsity race and finished 49th with a time of 26 minutes, 52 seconds. 

Galena junior, Eleanor Raker won the race with a time of 19:37 and South Tahoe’s Lyla Landy (20:14) was second.

In the junior varsity boys race at 5,000 meters, sophomore Eli Colver paced Battle Mountain with a time of 21:19 to place 34th. 

Freshman Moroni Colver was 38th, stopping the watch at 21:48 and sophomore Sean Doney was 60th at 23:13.

Wooster freshman Carson Boyer won the race with a time of 18:45 and Everett Bowlin, a freshman from Spanish Springs, was second at 19:10.

Battle Mountain travels to Elko on Friday and travels to Winnemucca on Friday, Oct. 6.