Vanek, Merritt win on St. John course

Tayma Vanek of Colfax won the girls cross country race Tuesday at the St. John Golf Course, and Gavin Merritt of Tekoa/Rosalia extended his string of wins in the boys race.

Merritt clocked 16:53 on the course for a 35-second edge over Eli Engledow of Asotin clocking 17:28.

Josh Huber was the first finisher for Colfax with an 18:04 for third place.

Vanek and Anna Cocking of Colfax finished 1-2 in the girls race with Vanek clocking 22:34 and Cocking 22:35.

Catherine Treis of host SJEL finished in third place, 14 seconds back at 22:49.

BOYS FINISHERS: 1. Merritt 16:53 , 2. Engledow-Asotin 17:24, 3. Huber 18:04, 4. Kolby Slate-Cx 18:10, 5. Issac Leighton-TR l8:11, 6. Evan Henning-Cx 18:14, 7. Ryley Griffiths-Cx 18:25, 8. Adam Bruno-Valley Christian 18:26, 9. Jonathon Moore-VC 18:27, 10. Dustin Dugger 18:28, 11. Jayden Norwood 18:29, 12. Carson Cloaninger-Cx 18:53, 13. Jack Robinson-VC 19:43, 14. Hobbes Thieu-A 20:05, 15. Dyamin Vanek-Cx 20:07. 16. Paul Pederson-A 20:07, 17. Jace Overberg-A 20:11, 18. Jon Warwick-A 20:24, 19. Tyler Bober-Cx 20:29, 20. Carson Brenner-A 20:02, 21. Max Lundberg-SJEL 20:33, 22. Preston Overberg-A 20:34, 23. Domonic Treis-SJEL 20:37, 24. E. Barelts-Pomeroy 20:51, 25. Sam Reese-VC 20:55, 26. Erik Lazcano-TR 20:56, 27. Jayden Davidson-SJEL 21:03, 28. Zane Neill 21:06, 29. Will Frye-A 21:14, 30. Cameron Simonds-VC, 31. Dalton W.-Harrington 21:20, 32. Kelton Judy-A 21:35, 33. Waylon Forgue-A 21:49, 34. Ryker Neece-A 22:20, 35. Wyatt Weissenfels-A 22:15, 36. Eli Michels-LRS 22:42, 37. Evan Ckracimin-VC 23:06, 38. Austin Roberts-Liberty 23:23, 39. N, Vendeland-P.

GIRLS FINISHERS: 1. Vanek-C 22;34, 2. Cocking-C 22:35, 3 Catherine Treis-SJEL 22:49, 4. Anais Mills-GP 23:20, 5. Madison Dingman-Cx 23:22, 6. Lauren Stubbs-SJEL 23:31, 7. Miya Ensley-C 23:36, 8. Linna Schafer-LRS 24:49, 9. Grace Bruno-VC 26:22, 10. T. Wessels-P 26:57, 11. Marianne Treis-SJEL 26:57, 12. Bailey Gustafson-A 27:05, 13. Ashley B.-Harrington 27:57, 14. Trinity Bingaman- 28:05, 15. Emma Miller -Cx 29:28, 16. Abigael Lobdell-Cx 29:29, 17. Sierra Knuteson-P 31:24, 18. Kaelyn Olson-TR 31:47, 19. Madeline Tate-Cx 33:37, 20. Lillian Shaw Sands -VC 36:39, 21. Jasalyn Peters-37:43.