Kodiaks dash to Caribou Trail XC Championships

OMAK — The Cascade varsity cross country teams cruised to victories at the Caribou Trail League Championships on Thursday, October 24 at Eastside Park in Omak. 

Senior captain Ben Jerome led the boys’ team by setting the course record with a time of 16:87. The 5k course, which skirts the grounds of the famed Omak Stampede along the Okanogan River, saw the Kodiaks take five of the top seven spots. After Jerome came Kolston Breaux (3), Lane Bedard (5), Cruz Martinez (6), and Ryder Fiano (7).

The girls’ team was just as dominant, with four of its runners coming in the top five: Grace McDevitt (1), Caroline Menna (2), Alice Farrell (4), and Danielle McDevitt (5). Gween Pehowski rounded out the Kodiak top five scoring runners in 10th.

The team heads next to the Apple Ridge Cross Country Course in Yakima on Saturday, November 2 for the District 5 Championships and a chance to make it to the Washington State Championships the following Saturday.

Caroline Menna is an intern for Ward Media and a senior at Cascade High School, where she serves as Editor-in-Chief of the school’s Publications Group.