Spartans claim top spots at Battle Point meet
Published 11:09 am Saturday, October 17, 2015
In most sports, the ebb and flow of home and away games often decides the tone of the season. Home often and early on tends to leave teams with a solid foundation and a great record, but perhaps a little spoiled and less prepared for the tougher challenges they’ll face away later.
On the other hand, being on the road a lot is a rough way to start a season.
For this year’s Bainbridge High cross country team, it’s all road, all the time.
Except for last week.
Wednesday, Oct. 7 was the team’s first and only home meet of the year at Battle Point Park, and the Spartans were charged with defending their house against runners from Eastside Catholic, Franklin and Chief Sealth.
They did.
Oh, boy, did they ever.
Bainbridge took the top spot in both the womens and mens bracket at the meet by considerable margins, dominating throughout the course.
In the womens event, BHS finished with a team score of 20.
Eastside Catholic claimed second place with 45, Franklin was third with 92 and Chief Sealth managed 93.
In the mens division, the Spartans again topped the results with a team score of 21, followed by Eastside Catholic (52), Franklin (70) and Chief Sealth (110).
The squad had entered the meet coming off of stellar showings at the past two events, explained BHS Head Coach Anne Howard Lindquist, and looking to impress the gathered home town crowd.
“You can see from the Twilight meet results we’ve had some serious personal records [set] at our last two meets,” she said.
“Fortunately, we have planned some recovery time and [have] a good couple weeks of training before the Metro and District Championships.”
Those pivotal meets are slated for Thursday, Oct. 22 and Saturday, Oct. 31, respectively. The state meet is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 7.
The team’s next regular meet took them back on the road, to Lower Woodland Park in Seattle, to run against Bishop Blanchet, Eastside Catholic, GC Racing, Holy Names Academy, Lakeside (Seattle), O’Dea and Seattle Prep on Thursday.
BHS vs. Eastside Catholic / Franklin / Chief Sealth
WOMENS RESULTS
First: Ashlyn Ramos 19:35.8 Eastside Catholic
Second: Jackie McVay 20:39.1 Bainbridge
Third: Naomi vonRuden 20:46.8 Bainbridge
Fourth: Audrey Weaver 20:51.1 Bainbridge
Fifth: Natalie Taylor 20:53.5 Bainbridge
Sixth: Kalea Chu 21:16.6 Bainbridge
Seventh: Emma Goidel 21:18.2 Bainbridge
Eighth: Malena Delgado 21:43.2 Bainbridge
Ninth: Riley Wilkins 21:50.2 Eastside Catholic
10: Alessandria (Ava) 22:00.9 Eastside Catholic
11: Adalynn Griesser 22:01.3 Bainbridge
12: Lydia Goss 22:08.9 Bainbridge
13: Marie Miller 22:16.2 Bainbridge
14: Anna Banyas 22:21.5 Bainbridge
15: Allison Hadaway 23:03.5 Chief Sealth
16: Paige Parker 23:05.1 Eastside Catholic
17: Kyleigh Ramos 23:21.4 Eastside Catholic
18: Mary Van Dyke 24:09.5 Bainbridge
19: Lauren Wallach 24:24.9 Bainbridge
20. Leah Ward 24:25.5 Chief Sealth
21. Emma Siegel 24:26.2 Eastside Catholic
22. Sarah Lee 24:44.7 Franklin
23. Lily Yan 24:45.0 Franklin
24. Emily Glenn 24:46.4 Bainbridge
25. Tyler Wong 24:53.8 Franklin
MENS RESULTS
1. Ryan Cox 16:32.5 Bainbridge
2. Derek Faith 16:59.6 Eastside Catholic
3. Devon Reynolds 17:17.1 Bainbridge
4. Carlo Ruggerio 17:23.3 Bainbridge
5. Kyle Grambihler 17:27.1 Eastside Catholic
6. Ben Scott 17:35.9 Bainbridge
7. Cole Brundige 17:37.6 Bainbridge
8. Sebastian Belkin 17:41.0 Bainbridge
9. Will Gleason 17:44.6 Bainbridge
10. Johan Griesser 18:03.4 Bainbridge
11. Jared Cordell 18:15.6 Bainbridge
12. Brandon Tran 18:28.6 Franklin
13. Javon Arnone 18:31.0 Franklin
14. Nathan Thai 18:31.6 Franklin
15. Nathan McVay 18:42.1 Bainbridge
16. Elliott Windrope 18:42.4 Bainbridge
17. Kawin Nikomborirak 18:43.3 Bainbridge
18. Sean Lindsey 18:44.6 Bainbridge
19. Connor Evans 18:45.1 Bainbridge
20. Jason Weiss 18:48.0 Bainbridge
21. Jacob Carlson 19:00.1 Bainbridge
22. Dmitry Chandler 19:07.0 Bainbridge
23. Haruon Salah 19:08.0 Chief Sealth
24. Matthew Carlson 19:13.0 Bainbridge
25. Casey Krueger 19:15.7 Eastside Catholic
