Summit won all four individual races and both relay races at Friday and Saturday’s State high school nordic championships. Pat Madden and Isabella Smith claimed the individual titles for the Storm.

Oregon track & field: Thriving since the move to Portland, Dathan Ritzenhein goes after a third USA Cross Country Title. News, notes & links – By Ken Goe, The Oregonian

UPDATE: Please disregard the earlier post of results… they were wrong.

Oregon took second behind Utah @ the 35th Boulder Mountain Tour 2010 nordic ski race in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Bend’s Evelyn Dong won the women’s race, edging Zoe Roy (also of Bend, racing out of Utah).

Bend’s Marshall Greene was third overall to lead Oregon, whose top 10 placers were all from Bend. Greene’s time of 1 hour, 13 minutes and 54.4 seconds was less than two second behind winner Zack Simons of Utah.

Bend’s Brayton Osgood took 6th overall and Bend’s Paul Clark was 18th overall.

Here’s a list of Bend’s top 10 finishers and their overall placing:
3 Greene
6 Osgood
18 Clark
46 Erik Jacobson
55 Evelyn Dong
56 Joe Madden
86 Taylor Leach
87 Sarah Max
104 Mary Wellington
105 Stephanie Howe

Bend age group winners:
Women 18 to 24 – 1 Dong, 2 Zoe Roy (racing for Utah).
Women 25 to 29 – 1 Taylor Leach, 2 Stephanie Howe
Women 30 to 34 – 1 Sarah Max

Click here for full Results.

Good results from this weekend from Sunday’s Teacup races for nordic skiers with ties to Bend. Inge Scheve, who used to write for the Bend Bulletin won the women’s 15K Classic race. In the men’s race, Samuel Cordell of Parkdale, who grew up in Bend and graduated from Mountain View high school, took 2nd behind Kent Murrdoch by just 3 seconds.

• Results by Class
• Results by Gender

An online petition to save Oregon high school cross country is being linked to in mass e-mails.

The petition reads:

To: OSAA Board Members
The OSAA is considering taking away the team competition at the State Meet and making cross country an individual sport. Anybody who has ever run cross knows that it’s a team sport.

The proposal would likely make it so that the only way to get to the State Meet would be through an individual qualification process – effectively eliminating the team competition. This would be extremely detrimental to the future growth of the sport in the State of Oregon.

Make your voice heard!

Sincerely,

COA is a huge supporter of Oregon high school XC and believes that the loss of the team aspect would be beyond tragedy. Oregon’s prep cross country tradition is unmatched. Look for much more to come on the subject here @ COA.

Jesuit’s Annamarie Maag selected Gatorade girls runner of the year

Delight in sight
Meissner Sno-park: new groomer, more trails — TLC works so all can play – By Katie Brauns/The Bulletin

Can Storm take state once again? – By James Williams / The Bulletin

Dutchman Flat Sno-park

Rainy-day ski race
Cross-country skiers brave the elements for the Nancy P’s Classic at Mount Bachelor on Sunday – The Bulletin