Merritt wins at Asotin

Gavin Merritt of Tekoa/Rosalia booked another big win Tuesday in the 5000 meter run at Asotin, but the host Panthers dominated the team scores with big wins over the Colfax Bulldogs.

Merritt clocked 16:20.13 for a margin of more than 16 seconds over Asotin’s Eli Engledow. The Panthers had three more runners finish behind Engledow to wrap up the team score.

Asotin finished with 21 points. Other team scores were Colfax 63, Valley Christian 74, Tekoa/Rosalia 96, and Garfield/Palouse 117.

On the girls side Asotin’s Maia Dykstra led with an 18:14 and two Panther runners finished behind her. Colfax freshman Anna Cocking placed fourth with a 20:47, and senior Tayma Vanek placed fifth at 21:09.

Asotin finished with 23 team points, and Colfax had the other team score at 34.

Other county finishers for boys: 8. Kolby Slate-Cx 17:25, 10. Evan Henning-Cx 17:36, 11. Ryley Griffiths-Cx 17:36, 14. Issac Leighton-TR 17:43, 15. Josh Huber-Cx 17:45, 21. Carson Cloaninger-Cx 18:33, 29. Logan Diets-GP 19:52, 30. Dominic Treis-SJEL 19:54, 31. Dyamin Vanek-Cx 19:55, 34. Danny Laughary-GP 20:04, 35. Zane Neill -TR 20:04.9, 36. Tyler Bober-Cx 20:07. 37. Erik Lazcano-TR 20:09, 38. Ethan Cook-GP 20:09, 40. Max Lundberg-SJEL 20:27, 50. Brandon Hallan-GP 22:38, 52. Jacob Jones-Cx 22:54, 55. Tucker Thompson-SJEL 24:36, 58. Gabriel Morgan-TR 25:34, 59. Alexander McHargue-TR 25:55, 60. Bryce Casey-TR 27:54, 61. Christian Burt-GP 28:25, 62. Curtis Nordstrom-GP 33:27.

Other county finishers for girls: 6. Anais Mills-GP 21:12, 9. Miya Ensley-Cx 22:13, 10. Madison Dingman-Cx 22:15, 13. Samantha Snekvik-GP 22:34, 14. Lauren Stubbs-SJEL 22:46, 15. Catherine Treis-SJEL 22:49, 16. Ellie Tollett-SJEL 23:45, 19. Jessica Olson-GP 24:46, 21. Marianne Treis-SJEL 25:42, 22. Emma Miller-Cx 25:53, 25. Abigael Lobdell-Cx 27:50, 29. Madeline Tate-Cx 28:26, 31. Kaelyn Olson-TR 31:03, 32. Josalyn Peters-TR 35:47, 33. Olivia Knauff- GP 36:08, 34. Lillian Shaw-Sands-TR 36:29.