Trojans successful at first cross country meet
Sports reporter
A first-place boys' team finish and fifth-place girls' team finish Saturday at Marysville has Hillsboro High School cross country coach Stuart Holmes excited early in the season.
"Everyone ran with a lot of heart," he said. "It made it a terrific meet."
All seven varsity runners on the boys' squad took home a medal with Daniel Bookless finishing first with a 3.1-mile time of 18 minutes, 21 seconds.
The top-five runners on each team earned points toward the overall standings. Bookless, Cody McMillen (fourth), Sean Leihy (fifth), Nate Holmes (seventh), and Ric Johnson (eighth) gave the Trojans a first-place finish.
"Daniel winning the varsity race may surprise some people, but not me," Holmes said. "Both he and Cody have been running especially well in practice."
Isaac Leihy (13th) and Robert Jost (19th) were the other two Trojans to earn medals.
Carrie Schroeder took fourth in the girls' race with a two-mile time of 15:05. Jacque Fisher was the other girls' medalist with an 18th-place finish after a time of 16:31.
"Carrie ran a strong first cross country race," Holmes said. "Jacque earned her first varsity medal. She's been running all summer so it was great to see her dedication pay off."
Junior varsity
The Trojans dominated the junior varsity race, winning five spots and seven of the first nine.
Thad Holmes won the race with a time of 20:31.
boys' varsity team
Daniel Brookens - 1. 18:21.
Cody McMillen - 4. 18:47.
Sean Leihy - 5. 18:54.
Nate Holmes - 7. 19:36.
Ric Johnson - 8. 19:45.
Isaac Leihy - 13. 20:18.
Robert Jost - 19. 20:41.
girls' varsity team
Carrie Schroeder - 4. 15:05.
Jacque Fisher - 18. 16:31.
Greta Kliewer - 31. 17:09.
Elissa Richert - 38. 17:52.
Courtney Fast - 46. 18:40.
Megan McCarty - 61. 22:29.
Alysha Claassen - 63. 23:17.
boys' Jv team
Thad Holmes - 1. 20:31.
Brandon McMillen - 2. 22:09.
Johnny Christian - 3. 22:21.
Zach Magnuson - 4. 22:41.
J. Michael Hiebert - 5. 22:42.
Jon Janzen - 7. 23:20.
Clint Schneider - 9. 24:09.
Alex Jost - 11. 24:25.
Matthew Klenda - 12. 24:26.
Lance Kliewer - 13. 24:26.
Vic Rodgers - 17. 25:42.
Tyrel Blecha - 18. 26:36.
David Ratzloff - 20. 27:19.
