Cascade runners compete at Wenatchee, Okanogan

The young Cascade Kodiak cross country team continues to show improvement. For the boys, freshman Landon Davies continues to run well. At Okanogan on Sept. 19, Cascade Head Coach Dayle Massey said Davies was able to run with Cashmere’s Evan Gambill, the league front runner right now. 

Massey said Davies kept pace with Gambill the first half of the race, losing him at the end, but still finishing a strong third. At the Wenatchee Invite on Sept. 23, Davies placed 24th against runners from 27 schools, a great showing since many were 3A and 4A in size. 

“He finished the 3-mile course in Okanogan in 16:52, and the 3-mile course in Walla Walla Point Park in followed by Caleb Payne, Gave Wulfman, Will Cassayre. Landon ran the 3-mile course in Walla Walla Point Park in 17:01. Rounding out our varsity squad were Gabe Wulfman, Caleb Payne, David Tveten, Will Cassayre, David Bryant, and Will Piers,” Massey said. 

Freshman Zoe McDevitt ran her first race at Okanogan and did well, placing 9th overall with a time of 21:35. 

“She ran even faster at Wenatchee placing 24th with a time of 20:58. At Okanogan, our girls team placed fourth overall; Zoe was followed by Sarah Paulson, Anlyn Flake, Carina Hernandez, Magali Olguin Ramos, and Carmen Herrera,” Massey said. 

Massey said the league is really tough this year. 

“We’re going to have to see some improvement if our teams are to place or qualify for state by placing first or second at league. We have almost a two week break now before Omak next Wednesday, so we plan to do a lot of quality running and hopefully by the league meet we’ll be ready to vie for those spots,” Massey said. 

Next up for the Kodiaks, the Omak Invitational on Oct. 4. 

Ian Dunn can be reached at 548-5286 or editor@leavenworthecho.com.