Former Olympian Tracy Smith’s two-decade coaching tenure included two individual girls champions and a 4A boys team title

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It’s so cool that middle schools have cross country teams now. They didn’t when I was a middle schooler at Pilot Butte back in the 90s.

The junior high racers just wrapped up their district championships. Here are the results.

Central Oregon has had unprecedented success in high school cross country and with the middle school programs continued growth, I don’t see that changing anytime soon.

HERE ARE ALL OF THE CENTRAL OREGON DISTRICT WINNERS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY:

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• IMC (Special District 1) All League Football Awards
• Intermountain Conference District XC Results – via Athletic.net
• 2017 Intermountain Conference All-League Boys Soccer
• 2017 Intermountain Conference All-League Girls Soccer
• 2017 All-League Intermountain Conference Volleyball Awards

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Football
6A – West Linn vs Central Catholic
5A – Lebanon (1)
4A – North Bend (1)
3A – Harrisburg (1)
2A – Regis (1)
1A – Dufur (2)

Boys Cross Country
6A – Central Catholic (5)
5A – Crater (1)
4A – Valley Catholic (1)
3A/2A/1A – Bandon (1)

Girls Cross Country
6A – Jesuit (1)
5A – Summit (9)
4A – Tillamook (1)
3A/2A/1A – Catlin Gabel (1)

Volleyball
6A – Central Catholic (1)
5A – Bend (1)
4A – Sisters (1)
3A – Cascade Christian (1)
2A – Weston-McEwen (1)
1A – Country Christian (3)

Boys Soccer
6A – Lakeridge (1)
5A – Woodburn (1)
4A – Newport (1)
3A/2A/1A – Catlin Gabel (1)

Girls Soccer
6A – Sherwood (1)
5A – La Salle (1)
4A – North Valley (1)
3A/2A/1A – Oregon Episcopal (3)

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Winning a high school cross country race is a big deal. Winning that race against competition like Summit of Bend and Central Valley of Washington is a really big deal!

Albert Hesse of Ridgeview took first place at the Mountain View XC Runoff on Saturday at Bend’s Pine Nursery Park. Among the racers he beat were 5A State Champions of Summit and Spokane’s Central Valley, who was 9th at last year’s Washington State championship.

Look for Hesse to be a major player in the 5A state meet this year!

All the results.

Summit boys & girls sweep individual and state championships… Here are some of the highlights:
BOYS
• Summit’s 19 points is the lowest score in Oregon boys XC history!
• Matthew Maton breaks state record with a time of 14:45… winning state by a whopping 49 seconds. Maton broke Galen Rupp’s record of 14:55.
• Summit boys put 6 runners in the top 10.
• Summit boys win their 4th state team title in a row.
• Summit has five boys run sub-16 minute times.
• Team Scores: Summit 19, Crater 61, Hermiston 139, Marist 150, Mountain View 156.

GIRLS
• Summit girls win their 7th state team title in a row.
• Summit sophomore Olivia Brooks wins the individual title by one second.
• Brooks joins Hannah Gindlesperger and Megan Fristoe as Summit sophomores to win a state XC title.
• Team Scores: Summit 26, MV 75, Corvallis 111, The Dalles 138.
• Summit puts two freshmen in the top 10: Hannah Tobiason (3) and Taylor Vandenborn (10).

At this race last year, Maton ran the fastest high school 5K cross country time in the entire nation!

Nation’s fastest time this season – 14:43, Grant Fisher, Grand Blanc HS (Michigan), @ Portage Invitational
Oregon’s fastest time this season – 15:03.3, Ahmed Muhumed, West Salem, @ Sandelie Golf Course XC Classic
Matthew Maton’s only race this season – 15:25.3, Matthew Maton, Summit, @ Oxford Classic
The fastest time in the nation last year – 14:32.7, Matthew Maton, Summit @ George Fox XC CLassic

GIRLS TEAM SCORES (19 TEAMS)
1 Summit 32
2 Union 110
3 Grant 122
4 Corvallis 155
5 Sherwood 170
19 Ridgeview 471

BOYS TEAM SCORES (22 TEAMS)
1 Summit 55
2 Lincoln 115
3 Grant 121
4 Forest Grove 147
19 Ridgeview 573

So with that said, a couple of important points. 1 Summit ran in a very fast early season race. 2 So did other teams, but not all of the top teams in the state. 3 These scores don’t include some of Summit top runners (boys & girls) who haven’t raced yet this year.

With all that, here is the hypothetical results:
BOYS
1 Summit 42
2 Marist 286
3 Jesuit 306
4 Lincoln 312
5 Grant 313
6 Corvallis 333
7 Valley Catholic 364
8 Crater 374
9 Mountain View 375
10 Hermiston 410
(75 total teams)
GIRLS
1 Summit 115
2 St. Mary’s Academy 178
3 Jesuit 186
4 Beaverton 190
5 Sunset 196
6 Grant 281
7 Mountain View 447
8 Reynolds 495
9 Corvallis 499
10 Tigard 520
(75 total teams)

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