The North side of the border came out on top in the annual Borderclash prep cross country race at the Nike World Campus in Beaverton, OR.

Washington beat Oregon 15-50 in the boys race and 19-44 in the girls race.

Sisters’ Parker Bennett had an outstanding race, finishing the 4,400-meter course in 14:44.45 as the fourth fastest Oregon runner, taking 18th overall. Washington’s Shane Moskowitz won the boys race in a time of 14:06.29. The top Oregon placer was Jesuit’s Ben Demaree, who was 11th in 14:32.55. Also racing from Central Oregon were Summit’s Pat Madden (50th 15:14.02) and Travis Neuman (71st 15:45.17).

Washington’s Amy-Eloise Neale won the girls 4,400-meter race in 16:37.10. Jesuit’s Annamarie Maag (the 6A state champion) was second in 16:38.23. Summit’s Megan Fristoe was the fifth fastest Oregon runner (25th 17:36.73). The Intermountain Conference was well represented, as Hermiston’s Angelica Rodriguez was 8th for Oregon (17:43.33), Summit’s Eirann Cohen was 10th (17:51.97) and Summit’s Brit Oliphant was 12th (17:56.18).

FULL RESULTS.

Central Oregon will be well represented at the 11th annual Borderclash Oregon vs Washington Cross County race Sunday at the Nike World Headquarters in Beaverton.

The Borderclash features the top prep runners from Oregon and Washington based on their placing at the state meets. It is one of the unique sporting events that Cross County has to offer, an event tough to duplicate in many other sports.

Competing from Central Oregon: Boys – Travis Neuman, Summit; Pat Madden, Summit and Parker Bennett, Sisters. Girls – Megan Fristoe, Summit; Kellie Schueler, Summit; Kira Kelly, Summit; Brit Oliphant, Summit; Eirann Cohen, Summit; Jessica Wolfe, Mountain View and Jenna Mattox, Bend.

Oregon won the girls race last year, while Washington won the boys race. This year’s favorites include, Jesuit’s Annamarie Maag in the girls race and Rogue River’s Cole Watson in the boys race. The Washington boys look tough once again with a full load of fast racers.

Taylor Wallace, then of Henley, won the girls race last year. The last Oregon boy to win the race was Central Catholic’s Kenny Klotz back in 2005.
• Complete team rosters.
• Past results.

– 5A state champion Megan Fristoe of Summit.

1 – Point separated 3A/2A/1A girls champion St. Mary’s from runner-up Catlin Gabel (73-74).
2 – Number of state XC titles the Summit girls have won in a row.
3 – Sophomore Jessica Wolfe’s finish for the Mountain View girls.
4 – State 5A titles the Crater boys have won in a row.
4 – Number of runners the Summit girls put in the top 7 of 5A. (1, Megan Fristoe, 4, Kellie Schueler, 6, Eirann Cohen, 7, Brit Oliphant)
5 – Megan Fristoe’s state title makes her the fifth IMC girl who has ever won an individual XC title, the third in a row. (Kellie Foley, Michelly Foley, Kimber Mattox, Abby McAllister).
6 – Runners the Jesuit girls put in the top 25 of the 6A race.
7 – Number of runners from the IMC that were ahead of everyone else in the Class 5A girls’ race.
8 – Number of state titles the Jesuit girls have won in a row.
9 – Travis Neuman of Summit’s place in the 5A boys’ race. The best finish of any freshman or IMC runner in the race.
10 – Seconds separating Jesuit’s Annamarie Maag (18:31) and Payton Schutte (18:41) the top two finishers in 6A girls.
15 – What a combined Summit, Mountain View and Bend girls’ team would have scored at state (a perfect score).
21 – Summit girls score, the third lowest in girls state history in any classification. (16 – Crater 2007, 20 – Bend 1992.)
73 – Points that St. Mary’s scored and won the Class 3A/2A/1A girls title. The most by any champion this year.
2001 – The last time a public school won the large school division of the boys’ xc state championship. Since Bend did it in 2001, Jesuit and Central Catholic have won all the titles.

– Travis Neuman of Summit

The Intermountain Conference is the home of the fastest freshman in Class 5A, with the top frosh boy and girl both at Summit.

Travis Neuman’s time of 16:30 is the fastest among 5A by 26 seconds (Eduardo Juarez, Hermiston, 16:56 – also in the IMC). The third fastest freshman boy time is Neuman’s teammate Luke Hinz (17:02). 6th is Summit’s Ryan Brumund (17:30), 8th is Mountain View’s Chris McBride (17:37), 15th Luc Boileau of Summit (18:02) and 16th is Hermiston’s Nathan Sanders (18:01). So don’t expect the fast times on the boys side of the IMC to stop anytime soon.

The girls’ side might be even more impressive. Summit’s Brit Oliphant has the fastest 5A girls’ time of 18:53, which ranks her 4th among all 5A runners regardless of grade. 2nd is Bend’s Jenna Mattox (19:31), 4th is Summit’s Tess Nelson (20:12), 9th is Hermiston’s Maggie Coleman (21:13), 13th is Pendleton’s Britney Gregerson (21:34), 16th is Pendleton’s Taylor Bradbury (21:48), 17th is Mountain View’s Mikayla Cant (21:52), followed by a pair of Bend High runners, 19th Melissa Hubler (21:59) and 20th Makeila Lundy (22:02).

At the 6A level, Beaverton has two incredibly fast freshmen boys. Kevin Kavanaugh (15:48) and Dan Oekerman (16:08).

Tualatin’s Alexandria Cross has the fastest 6A girls time with an 18:28.

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