PASCO – Bedridden with pneumonia forward of the three greatest races of the season, Eliisa Marshall nervous her Camas highschool cross nation profession would finish with a letdown.
Three weeks later, there was Marshall beaming after a sixth-place end within the Class 4A race on the state championships.
Marshall’s time of 18 minutes, 18.10 seconds was the quickest by any Clark County lady Saturday on the 5,000 meter course at Solar Willows Golf Course.
After gutting out a third-place end on the District 4 championships on Oct. 23, Marshall started to really feel higher when she completed second on the Westside Basic bi-district meet.
Saturday’s time was Marshall’s second-fastest of the season and a 43 sec-ond enchancment from her 14th-place end ultimately yr’s state meet.
Marshall’s pleasure about her end was matched solely by a way of aid.
“It hit me hard,” Marshall mentioned of her sickness. “I was worried my season would be over after that. I’m so relieved that I was able to race to my full potential today.”
Marshall ran side-by-side with District 4 champion Daphne Evenson. The Skyview senior completed seventh, one-half second behind Marshall.
“Daphne is always a super big help because we’re always around the same pace,” Marshall mentioned. “We’ve been running together for a while.”
Evenson was equally happy together with her race on Saturday. She ran practically 50 seconds sooner than her Fifteenth-place end final yr.
“Going into the race I didn’t want to do what I did at regionals and go out way too fast,” Evenson mentioned. “I feel like I executed the strategy. … I wanted to have another gear to find halfway through the race. I found it. I think that was my best last mile of the season, which is a good way to end.”
Cohen Butler of Camas locations fifth
Cohen Butler additionally overcame a midseason hiccup for a excessive end within the Class 4A boys race. The Camas junior put a nagging harm behind to complete fifth in 15:36, the quickest time by any Clark County boy on Saturday.
It was a marked enchancment for Butler, who shaved 1:10 off his time final yr when he positioned forty first.
“I’m very thrilled,” Butler mentioned. “I was trying to get out here and do what I could to race well. Before the race I wasn’t feeling great. But one mile in I was feeling good and knew I could put something out today.”
Battle Floor sophomore Lord King Nana-Badu-Weah was the second-fastest 4A native, ending seventeenth in 15:48.
Union senior Bradley Harris, the District 4 champion, completed forty fifth in 16:16.
Columbia River’s McManus locations fifth
One yr after ending second within the 2A boys race, Columbia River senior Jacob McManus had hoped for a state title.
That seemed to be a chance for many of the race as McManus hung with a decent lead pack. However the back-to-back District 4 champ couldn’t match surge over the ultimate mile and completed fifth.
McManus crossed the road in 15:44. Dylan Rowell of Anacortes gained in 15:26 with Nick Gargano of Sehome ending second in 15:29.
“Nick Gargano made a move and I didn’t go with it,” McManus mentioned. “If I’m being honest, I’m pretty disappointed in myself.”
But McManus took consolation in River’s sixth-place group end after the Rapids positioned fourth final yr.
“I love all my teammates so much so I understand this is bigger than any in-dividual performance I could ever have,” McManus mentioned. “I just hope I showed them that no matter what happens, you don’t remember the races but the people, the teammates and the memories with them.”
Ridgefield senor Davis Sullivan positioned eleventh for his highest end on the state meet. That powered the Spudders to a fifth-place group end.
R.A. Lengthy junior Andres Orozco-Stansberry had a breakout race and completed ninth. His time of 16:01 was a private greatest by 28 seconds and was a marked enchancment over final yr’s 74th-place state end.
Hockinson sixth in 2A Women
District 4 champion Hockinson positioned its prime three runners within the prime 33 to assert sixth place within the Class 2A race.
Scarlett Sanders led Hockinson in twenty ninth place. Graysen Aldridge completed thirty second, one place forward of Lyla Taylor.
Columbia River’s Ainsley Morrisey and Journey Yokum positioned forty second and forty third, respectively, because the Rapids completed tenth.
Ridgefield’s Danica Allen, the district runner-up, completed 63rd to steer the 14th place Spudders.
La Heart boys fifth in 1A
Led by Carter Sherry in forty third and Lance Cole in forty fourth, La Heart positioned its 5 scoring runners within the prime 75 to complete fifth within the Class 1A boys race.
Columbia-White Salmon’s Noah Slayton was the highest Trico League runner in thirtieth place adopted by Seton Catholic senior Sam Soto in thirty fourth.
Citadel Rock senior Casie Klein completed tenth for the Trico League’s prime end within the 1A ladies race.
Shasha Pash completed twenty fifth to steer La Heart, which completed thirteenth within the group competitors.