The Bethel Warriors varsity boys and girls cross country teams brought home the Division II Big West Region 1 cross country first place trophy from this past Saturday’s event held in Nome, Alaska, home of the Nanooks.
The Bethel Lady Warriors won the team first place award with 38 points with seven runners. The Kotzebue Lady Huskies took second with 58 points.
The Bethel Warriors boys team won with 22 points. Nome was second with 46, Kotzebue came in third with 77 points, and Barrow was fourth with 92 points.
The Warrior boys also won the Academic Award honors with their 3.64 GPA.
The top eight runners will be headed to the State Cross Country Meet at Bartlett High, set for Saturday, October 5th, 2024.
Below are the results.
Big West Region 1 XC Championship Results
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Division II
Girls Results
1 Awaluk Nichols Nome-Beltz 22:28
2 Kiyler West Nome-Beltz 22:51
3 Rosemarie Dyment Bethel 23:58
4 Xiimara Salazar Kotzebue 24:00
5 Kyana Harpak Bethel 24:06
6 Claire Dyment Bethel 24:14
7 Forrest Olemaun Barrow 24:50
8 Flossie Olemaun Barrow 26:14
9 Hazel Nanouk Kotzebue 26:25
10 Lacey Sherman Nome-Beltz 26:35
11 Kayleigh Bell Bethel 27:21
12 Kirra Salazar Kotzebue 27:29
13 Sally Peters Bethel 28:01
14 Hannah Leinberger Bethel 28:21
15 Ashlyn Lonewolf Bethel 28:52
16 Bristol Huffman Kotzebue 29:01
17 Tiffany Nanouk Kotzebue 29:28
18 Mckenzie Swanson Kotzebue 29:46
19 Melaiah Pikok Barrow 30:29
20 Caris Nanouk Kotzebue 31:38
Team Scores
1. Bethel 38 PTS
2. Kotzebue 58 PTS
Boys Results
1 Orson Hoogendorn Nome-Beltz 18:08
2 Ned Peters Bethel 18:28
3 Jackson Iverson Bethel 18:42
4 Cole Iverson Bethel 18:57
5 Ben Milton Nome-Beltz 19:15
6 Ethan Wheeler Bethel 19:23
7 Sheldon Smith Bethel 19:36
8 Ben Marcus Kotzebue 19:45
9 Madden Cockroft Bethel 20:08
10 Wyatt Stein Barrow 20:38
11 Uriel Zuniga-Barron Kotzebue 20:39
12 Young Erikson Nome-Beltz 20:49
13 Gabriel Tran Nome-Beltz 20:49
14 Joshua Barron Kotzebue 20:49
15 Keegan Musich Nome-Beltz 22:01
16 Aidan Crow Bethel 22:05
14 Talan Johnson Nome-Beltz 22:08
15 John Adams Barrow 22:38
16 Manuluk Olemaun Barrow 22:39
17 Ted Westlake Kotzebue 23:37
18 Luke Hansen Nome-Beltz 23:52
19 Donald Adams Barrow 23:55
20 Sam Arey Barrow 24:20
21 Chris Smith Kotzebue 24:41
22 David McConnell Kotzebue 25:21
23 Atigun Frantz Barrow 26:36
24 Nathan Calaceay Barrow 27:33
25 Anthony Lambert Kotzebue 27:59
Team Scores
1. Bethel – 22 pts
2. Nome-Beltz – 46 pts
3. Kotzebue – 77 pts
4. Barrow – 92 pts
Academic Award
Bethel – 3.64 GPA