The meet started off with the middle school athletes running first as five boys and one girl represented Rangely.
Ben Nielsen, a seventh grader, led the Rangely runners, taking third place in the meet with a time of 15:09. The other athletes: Colton Noel ran a 19:44, Chloe Filfred a 22:42, Philip Noyes a 23:10, Timothy Scoggins a 23:11 and Brent Cantrell a 26:34.
This meet was about a half-mile longer then what the team members were used to; it was 2.4 miles instead of the usual 1.8 miles.
For the high school girls, everyone ran varsity and did well.
Two of the four runners got a personal best at the meet, which is hard to do since this is not a fast course. Savannah Nielsen led the girls with a time of 23:05, good enough for 17th place. Phalon Osborn wasn’t that far behind her with a time of 23:32, placing 24th which was a PR for her. Raelynn Norman turned in 24:30 and captured 32nd place while Miekka Peck got another personal best with a time of 31:54, putting her in 54th place.
The boys were able to place at this meet as a team, claiming seventh place overall.
Patrick Scoggins led the Panther boys’ team with a first-place finish and a time of 17:35.
Brennan Noyes was next in line with a time of 21:30, good enough for 34th place.
Austin Ficken is now running with the Panthers after golf season, and he finished with a time of 22:48, placing in 49th. Cameron Filfred took 67th place with a time of 26:48; and Caleb Noel was right behind him taking 68th place with a time of 28:29, which was personal best for him.
The Rangely runners will be in Aspen this weekend running up the mountains.
