The Unalaska Raiders cross country team was on the road one last time this past weekend before their final home race of the season on September 17th at Kelty Field starting at 10:15am. They had yet another strong showing at the Seward Invitational at Seward High School and the New Balance 3K Flight Race at Russian Jack Golf Course in Anchorage. None of the Raider runners have run either course before so it was a good experience learning about race strategies and some new courses around the state.
The Seward Invite is a fairly challenging course that brings together some of the top runners in the state of Alaska. The Lady Raiders were led by junior, Bridget Nalam who ran a career personal record of 24:27, followed by freshmen, Hailey Wilson with a time of 25:02, freshmen, Mercedez Caudillo with a time of 25:24, freshmen, Julieanne Berikoff with a time of 25:39 and sophomore, Mia McWilliams with a season personal record of 27:07.
On the boys side, the young Raiders also had a strong showing of their own. The Raiders were led by sophomore, Trevor Wilson with a time of 18:47, followed by freshmen, Henry Simmonds with a time of 19:29, sophomore, Raul Garcia with a season personal record time of 19:54, junior Talon Shaishnikoff with a time of 20:07, sophomore Shawn Dolohan with career personal record of a time of 20:21 and junior Carey Boston with a time of 21:43.
Day two of the races brought us to the Russian Jack Golf Course for the New Balance Classic 3K Flight Race where the runners were put into flights based off of their rank in the teams. The race was started off with the Varsity II race which had Mia McWilliams with a time of 16:03, Raul Garcia with a time of 11:15 and Shawn Dolohan with a time of 11:22. The Varsity III race consisted of Julieanne Berikoff with a time of 14:29, Bridget Nalam with a time of 13:38, Talon Shaishnikoff with a time of 11:10 and Carey Boston with a time of 11:32. The final high school race of the Day was the Varsity IV race which included Hailey Wilson with a time of 14:14, Mercedez Caudillo with a time of 14:16, Henry Simmonds with a time of 10:59 and Trevor Wilson with a time of 10:31. The last race of the day included some elite runners from around the state as well as New Balance Sponsor Cory McGee who just recently just ran in the World Championships.
The Raiders will be back in action this week with the last home race of the season on Saturday September 17th starting at 10:15am at Kelty Field with senior recognitions starting at 10:00am. It will be their final tune-up race for some and a chance to qualify for State for others before having a week off before heading into the State Championship on October 1st. Hope to see everyone there supporting the Raiders. For Updates on times and schedules check out the
Unalaska Raiders page on Athletic.net.
