POMEROY––Pirate Cross Country runner Trevin Walton finished eighth in a field of 15 in the Pomeroy Invitational XC meet last Wednesday, September 22 at Lybecker Field. It was the Pirate harriers' first meet of the fall season.

A District 7/9 meet in Lewiston was held Wednesday, September 28 at Lewiston's Lewis Clark State College course, with another meeting of District 7/9 runners set for October 5 in Colfax. The Inland Empire Meet is set for 9:30 a.m. on October 9 in Lewiston on the LCSC course.

Walton's time was 14.34 for the two-mile race involving five area teams: Colton, St. John-Endicott/LaCrosse, Touchet, Tekoa-Rosalia and Pomeroy.

Samuel Lamb came in eleventh with a time of 15:17 and Cash Copher was thirteenth in 15:41.

Tanner Baerlocher of Colton was first with 12:24.

Middle-school boys ran a 1.5-mile race and Pomeroy's Evan Thomas was fifth with a 10:50 time. Oscar Dispenza was 22nd in 13:21 and Ismael Areteaga was 29th in 19:05.

Middle-school girls included Baby Johnson in eighth in 15:53 and Haven Kimble in 10th in 16:13.

Pirate XC's second meet was in Potlatch, Id., on Sept. 25. Walton was Pomeroy's leading runner, finishing 26th in a field of 48 with a time of 23:02 over the 3.1-mile course. Finishing 44th was Pirate Samuel Lamb, in 27:05; and 48th was Cash Copher in 33:49. Top finisher was Kellen Souza of IC Academy in 17:27.5.

At Potlatch, Thomas was 21st in the Middle School boys' 3,200 m. competition in 13:49.9 and Arteaga finished 41st in 23:35.7. Johnson was 30th in the girls' 3,200 in 21:19.4 and Madeline Loucks was 31st in 22:10.6.