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2018 Season underway Kids Clinic: The SHSXC Kids clinic will be held on Wednesday, October 3rd from 3:30pm to 5:00pm at the Sandpoint High School Track. The clinic is open for all LPOSD students in grades 4, 5 and 6, and is free of charge. Below is an information form and a waiver form.  Print this Weeks Schedule 2018 Meet Schedule Team Handbook (8-07-2018) Mobile AppNews & Announcements09/22/2018 - Sandpoint Runs Strong at the Prestigious Battle for the 509 in Cheney: The Battle for the 509 Cross Country meet was held in Cheney this Saturday. With 36 schools and over 1200 competitors, including schools from ... read more 09/08/2018 - Sandpoint Boys 2nd out of 17 Schools at Timberlake Invitational: The Sandpoint High School Cross Country team was ready to race after 4 weeks of practices, and took that enthusiam into their first big invitat... read more SHSXC Season Video2017 team Season Video
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<br /><p>The Battle for the 509 Cross Country meet was held in Cheney this Saturday. With 36 schools and over 1200 competitors, including schools from the GSL, this is one of of the most competitive Regional invitationals in the Inland Northwest. Sandpoint ran an outstanding meet, with the Varsity boys placing 5th, the Varsity girls 7th, the JV Boys 2nd and the JV girls 3rd. Out of the 40 runners competing, Sandpoint had 27 overall individual personal records and 37 season records.</p>
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<br /><p>Ephriam Weisz led the boys Varsity team again this weekend with a 20th place finish in the field of 165 runners with a 16:47. Jett Lucas and Nikolai Braedt were close behind in 23rd and 25th respectively. There times of 16:53 and 16:55 move them to #17 and #18 on the schools All-Time top 25 list as sophomores. Next for the boys was Gabriel Merithew in 35th in 17:10, Brady Nelsen in 37th at 17:12, Kieran Wilder in 46th at 17:26, and Seth Graham in 52nd with a 17:32. The boys were within 20 points of a 3rd place spot, with 5 of the 7 setting personal records. </p>
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<br /><p>The girls packed up tight through 2 miles before breaking, and held on for a solid 7th place finish. Niah Brass was the first Sandpoint finisher with a 20:20 in 24th place out of the field of 115 runners. Chloe Braedt was next with a 20:46 in 28th place, shaving 1 minute 20 seconds from her previous personal record. Paige Davidson was 39th with a 21:15, Corina Wallace was 54th in 21:41, and Megan Oulman was 66th in 22:07. Junior Bionce Vincent had to drop from the race with an injury, but should be back for the home meet. This was a good mid season test for the girls as they continue to build their pack strength and deliver solid results at big meets. Three of the five set personal records for 5k.</p>
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<br /><p>For the 2nd straight meet the boys JV shined with a 2nd place performance against strong regional competition from both Idaho and Washington. Keegan Nelson was 12th overall and first for Sandpoint with a 17:46. Tyler McNamee was right with him, placing 13th in 17:48. Sloan Woodward was 16th in 17:56, Trey Clark was 19th in 18:06, and Gabe Christman was 24th in 18:22 to round out the scoring 5. The race had 279 runners in it, and the boys had 16 of the 21 runners set personal records.</p>
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<br /><p>The girls JV also had incredible results at the meet, finishing 3rd and setting 4 personal records out of th 7 runners. Mesa Keating led all Sandpoint runners in 16th place out of the 146 runners with a 22:45, earning her a spot on the Varsity roster for next weeks meet. Quinn Hooper was close behind in 18th, running a 23:02. Chloe Pierce was next in 37th with a 24:03, Elisa Eastley was 39th in 24:13, and Mackenzie Suy-Gregoire was 47th in 24:37 to round out the scoring 5.</p>
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<br /><p>Next weekend is the Sandpoint Invitational at Travers Park. The day starts with a 6th grade and under kids race at 9:00am. Middle School girls are at 9:15am, Middle School boys 9:45am, girls JV 10:15am, boys JV 11:00 am, girls Varsity at 11:30, boys Varsity at 12:00pm and a open race at 12:30pm. Come out to cheer on the team.</p>', 'true');){kind=link}
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<br /><p>The Sandpoint High School Cross Country team was ready to race after 4 weeks of practices, and took that enthusiam into their first big invitational at Farragut State Park on Saturday. The Boys Varsity placed 2nd out of 17 schools, with only Boise area 5A Borah beating them, and the JV boys took 3rd place. The girls team placed 5th with with just 5 girls on the varsity line, while the JV placed 7th.</p>
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<br /><p>The boys team started out patient and packed up, with Ephriam Weisz leading the charge. The boys took a page from the girls playbook over the past 5 years and packed up tight. Ephriam was 7th overall out of 127 runner with a 17:28. Sophomore Jett Lucas was 9th with a 17:34. Nikolai Braedt, also a Sophomore, was 21st in 18:14, Brady Nelsen was 24th with an 18:16, Gabe Merithew was 27th in 18:19, Keegan Nelson was 30th in 18:22, and Seth Graham was 55th in 19:27 after suffering a massive sideache. The boys placement was even more impressive because they were missing team #2 Kieran Wilder, who will race in 2 weeks. This was an excellent start, competing and beating multiple 5A schools.
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<br /><p>In the girls race, Niah Brass led all Sandpoint runners in 18th place out of 87 runners. She ran a 21:44, and in typical Sandpoint Cross Country Girls team fashion, she had a pack of teammates close behind. Paige Davidson was 21st in 22:08, Chloe Braedt was 24th in 22:13, Bionce Vincent was 31st in 22:38, and Megan Oulman was 41st in 23:30. The girls were missing pack runner Corina Wallace this weekend, and racing down 2. This was an impressive start and bodes well for competitiveness in the Region.
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<br /><p>The boys JV race was the biggest of the day with 188 runners, and Tyler McNamee took 1st place overall with an 18:18. He started agressive, held with the front pack through two miles, then tore up the last big hill to take the lead. He gapped the next runner by 9 seconds for the win. Sloan Woodward was 17th in 19:17, Trey Clark was 22nd in 19:25, Gabe Christman was 25th in 19:28, and Jason Leedle was 30th in 19:48 to round out the scoring 5. The boys showed great team depth and ran a great packed race, finishing 3rd behind Boise and Meridian.
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<br /><p>The JV Girls had 105 runners, and the top Sandpoint finisher was Quinn Hooper in 25th, running a 24:46. Also competing were Chloe Pierce (54th), Kenzie Suhy-Gregoire (55th), Valerie Wickboldt (56th), Elisa Eastly (59th), Lydia Nelsen (73rd), and Kylan Hagen-Moore (83rd). The team placed 7th in the meet.
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<br /><p>Sandpoint will have a weekend off next week, and race again in Cheney on the 22nd of September at the Battle of the 509 Invitational. The Invite will feature GLS powers North Central, Mead, Shadle Park, U-High and more, and should be a great build for local and State championship season in October.</p>', 'true');){kind=link}