Top-ranked among Idaho 4A boys in the newest Idahoxc.com poll, Wood River High School senior Chase Caulkins showed his stuff Wednesday with a strong finish at the Jerry Kleinkopf Classic prep cross country meet in Twin Falls.
Caulkins (16:36) finished a close second to 5A Highland of Pocatello sophomore Dallin Farnsworth (16:30) in the 134-runner boys' varsity 3.1-mile race at windy Canyon Springs Golf Course. Wood River junior James Paris (16:49) had an excellent fourth-place result.
Wood River's boys (119 points) ended up fourth of 19 schools behind Twin Falls (56), Hillcrest of Idaho Falls (82) and Highland (86). In all, there were 21 Wood River runners and seven from The Community School of Sun Valley. The total field of varsity and JV was 446.
Top Wood River girls were Corrine Smith 22nd in 22:02 and Tristin Bowers 23rd in 22:06. Fastest Community School girl was Zana Davey 57th in 24:14. Leading Cutthroat boy was Gray Reidinger 80th in 19:59.
Last Wednesday's results for Wood River and Community School runners from the Canyon Springs Golf Course event:
Jerry Kleinkopf Boys' Varsity: 1—Dallin Farnsworth (Highland) 16:30. 2—Chase Caulkins (WR) 16:36. 4—James Paris (WR) 16:49. 27—Andrew Pfeiffer (WR) 18:02. 41—Ben Stout (WR) 18:32. 48—Rusty Williams (WR) 18:40. 80—Gray Reidinger (TCS) 19:59. 113—Miles Hendrix (WR) 21:34. 115—Eric Griffith (TCS) 21:40 (134 runners).
Boys' varsity team: 1—Twin Falls 56. 2—Hillcrest 82. 3—Highland 86. 4—Wood River 119 (19 schools).
Jerry Kleinkopf Girls' Varsity: 1—Amanda Ward (Twin Falls) 19:29. 22—Corrine Smith (WR) 22:02. 23—Tristin Bowers (WR) 22:06. 57—Zana Davey (TCS) 24:14. 61—Morgan Atkinson (TCS) 24:18. 62—Alison Town (WR) 24:19. 66—Dani McLaughlin (WR) 24:38. 82—Brooke Bowers (WR) 25:33. 95—Katie Dumke (TCS) 26:51. 117—Sophia DeWolfe (TCS) 29:33. 118—Zoey Olbum (TCS) 29:43 (125 runners).
Girls' varsity team: 1—Hillcrest 57. 2—Twin Falls 62. 3—Highland 85. 9—Wood River 248. 17—The Community School 417 (17 schools).
Jerry Kleinkopf Boys' Junior Varsity: 1—Josh Wilson (Highland) 18:33. 26—Walker Royston (WR) 21:15. 59—Nick Howard (WR) 22:27. 65—Brandon Beall (WR) 22:50. 66—Zeb Glenn (WR) 22:51. 69—Fischer Lewis (WR) 22:57. 93—Jake Adicoff (WR) 24:21. 112—Ian McKenzie (WR) 26:56 (121 runners).
Boys' junior varsity team: 1—Highland 33. 2—Hillcrest 44. 7—Wood River 216 (13 schools).
Jerry Kleinkopf Girls' Junior Varsity: 1—Elaina Gillespie (Skyview) 22:41. 32—Brooke Lawrence (WR) 26:55. 55—Ashton Lupton (WR) 30:05. 66—Rebecca Self (WR) 35:05. (66 runners).
TCS home meet Thursday
While Wood River thinclads will go to the American Falls Invitational today, Wednesday, coach Rick Kapala's Community School Cutthroats plan to host a small school meet on the 3.1-mile Sagewillow Farms course Thursday, Oct. 8.
The middle school boys begin at 4 p.m. followed by the middle school girls at 4:15 p.m. Varsity and junior varsity girls start their event at 4:30 p.m. and varsity/JV boys 5:15 p.m. on the hilly Elkhorn course.
Cutthroat runners traveled to the Challis Mile High Classic 5-kilometer footrace last Saturday on a two-loop course at Challis Hot Springs. Challis won the boys' team race 42-47 over Teton of Driggs. West Jefferson of Terreton captured the girls' title 56-69 over Firth.
Medalists were Caden Portela of Firth 17:29 and Alice Keller of Salmon 20:11.
Remarking about his team's results at Challis and also at Twin Falls last Wednesday, coach Kapala said, "I think everyone set a personal record at some point this past week."
Here are the Cutthroat placings and times in the field of 57 boys and 54 girls at Challis: Zana Davey 25th in 25:09, Gray Reidinger 27th in 21:07, Morgan Atkinson 30th in 26:10, Katie Dumke 36th in 27:51, Eric Griffith 40th in 23:03 and Sophia DeWolfe 45th in 29:38.
