Saturday, Aug 22, 2020 5:37 PMUpdated Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 9:27 PM
Bodewes, Kondrat got 1-2 for Demons at the Boggy Draw Bear Chase
Finding welcome shade on a hot day out in Montezuma County, Durango’s Kristina Bodewes (18) runs solo Friday evening through a forested section of the Dolores-hosted 2nd Annual Boggy Draw Bear Chase’s all-terrain route. She would win the girls’ varsity feature, clocking a time of 22:16.
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Bayfield’s Zeb Shields (161) started near, and would remain near the front of the pack during the boys’ varsity feature at Dolores High’s 2nd Annual Boggy Draw Bear Chase cross-country meet Friday evening. He would finish second overall on the all-terrain course in a time of 18:21.
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With Durango’s Avery Cerwin on her heels, Ignacio’s Maci Barnes (32) begins attacking infamous Boo-Boo Hill late in the Dolores-hosted 2nd Annual Boggy Draw Bear Chase’s girls’ varsity feature Friday evening. Making her Lady Bobcat debut on the all-terrain course, Barnes would finish a team-best sixth overall in a time of 24:57.
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Durango’s Angelina Kondrat (22) and Nina Quayle (25) were leaders of the pack early in the Dolores-hosted 2nd Annual Boggy Draw Bear Chase’s girls’ varsity feature Friday evening. Kondrat would end up placing second in 22:25; Quayle placed fourth in 24:01.
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Ignacio’s Gabe Tucson (190) runs during the opening mile of the boys’ varsity feature at DHS’ 2nd Annual Boggy Draw Bear Chase Friday evening. Tucson would finish his first cross-country race in 37th place, clocking 29:58 (Vandever would rally to nab 35th in 28:48).
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Durango’s Charlie Dillman (171) runs alone through a forested section of the Boggy Draw Bear Chase--hosted by Dolores--course during the 2nd annual meet’s boys’ varsity feature Friday evening. He would place 13th overall in a time of 21:24.
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Durango’s Sam Persing (180) keeps a forward focus while leading Telluride’s Cole Paczosa (236) through a forested section of the Boggy Draw Bear Chase--hosted by Dolores--route during the 2nd annual meet’s boys’ varsity feature Friday evening. Persing would end up the Demons’ top finisher in a time of 20:05--a fraction of a tick faster than Paczosa.
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Bayfield’s Abby Tate (11) prepares to pass Mancos’ Liz Lund (54) as both begin climbing infamous Boo-Boo Hill late in the Dolores-hosted 2nd Annual Boggy Draw Bear Chase’s girls’ varsity feature Friday evening. Tate would finish a BHS-best 16th overall in 28:02; Lund fell back to 30th in 31:52.
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Ignacio’s Eppie Quintana (188) and Tyler Barnes (186) listen to head coach Daniel Holley’s comments during their meet-ending huddle. The race marked IHS’ first varsity cross-country foray in decades, with Quintana--17th place in 22:05--the first Bobcat across the finish line (Barnes would take 38th in 31:21)
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Ignacio’s Moriah Ashley (30) strides alongside Dolores’ Anaya Martinez during the opening mile of the DHS-hosted 2nd Annual Boggy Draw Bear Chase’s girls’ varsity feature Friday evening. Making her IHS debut on the challenging course, Ashley would place 21st overall in 28:58; Martinez would finish 17th in 28:12.
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Durango’s Avery Cerwin (19) leads Montezuma-Cortez’s Ridley Dennison (67) around a bend early in the Dolores-hosted 2nd Annual Boggy Draw Bear Chase’s girls’ feature Friday evening. Cerwin would ultimately finish 22nd in 29:15; Dennison covered the all-terrain course in a ninth-place 25:52.
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The return to running came in Dolores, and high school cross-country athletes from across southwest Colorado turned in strong performances.
Dolores High School hosted the second edition of the Boggy Draw Bear Chase on Friday. On a blistering hot afternoon, the Durango High School girls, led by a one-two finish from Kristina Bodewes and Angelina Kondrat, claimed the team victory, while the DHS boys placed second behind San Juan High School out of Blanding, Utah.
Bodewes, a junior, finished the 5-kilometer race in 22 minutes, 16 seconds to finish first in the 39-runner field. Kondrat, also a junior, was nine seconds behind Bodewes to take second. The Demons’ duo was well ahead of the pack, as Pagosa Springs junior Michelle Sauceda would ruin to third place in 23:05. She was 56 seconds in front of Durango’s Nina Quayle, who placed fourth.
The Pagosa Springs girls took second with 62 points behind Durango’s 35. Ignacio High School’s girls placed third with 72 points. San Juan was fourth with 85, Mancos took fifth with 103, and Telluride was sixth with 108.
The Ignacio girls were led by freshman Maci Barnes, who was sixth in 24:57. Defending girls race champion Charlize Valdez came in 14th in 27:38. Alannah Gomez was 19th in 28:51, Moriah Ashley was 21st in 28:58, and Avaleena Nanaeto placed 25th in 29:59.
Also for Durango, Bailey Freeman placed 11th in 26:08, and Avery Cerwin ran to 22nd in 29:15.
Ridley Dennison of Montezuma-Cortez turned in a top-10 run in ninth place, as she finished in 25:52.
The Durango boys scored 60 points to edge Pagosa Springs by one point for second place. San Juan won with 32 points. Bayfield High School, led by a second-place finish from Zeb Shields, placed fourth with 88 points. Montezuma-Cortez was fifth with 99 points, and Ignacio, which saw the return of a boys team this year, placed sixth with 125 points.
Gabe Heraty of Pagosa Springs won the boys race in 17:59. Shields was second in 18:21 for the Wolverines, while Mancos’ Edgar Hernandez would place third in 19:26.
San Juan’s top finisher was Cameron Jensen, who was fourth in 19:26. Dolores’ Michael Brafford was fifth in 19:42. Montezuma-Cortez had a top-10 performance from John Whyte, who was seventh in 19:57.
Durango freshman Sam Persing was ninth in 20:05. He narrowly edged Telluride’s Cole Paczosa at the finish line. Charlie Dillman of Durango was 13th in 21:24, while Davis Cameron and Nathaniel Ellis placed 19th and 20th, respectively, in 22:35. Micah Zastrocky of Durango was 21st in 22:45.
Durango only sent freshman boys to the race, while the girls squad was primarily made up of junior varsity runners.
Also for Bayfield behind Shields’ effort was Royce Hinjosa in 23rd in 23:00. Michael Everett was 25th in 24:36, and Preston Gomez took 26th in 24:49. Tristan Sager placed 36th in 29:30.
Eppie Quintana led Ignacio in 17th in 22:05. Dylan LaBarthe was 34th in 27:42, Gabe Tucson was 37th in 29:58, Tyler Barnes was 38th in 31:21, and Jeremy Roderick was 40th in 39:04.
Also for Mancos, Conner Sehnert placed 11th in 20:58, Stephen Knezek was 29th in 25:17, and Braxton Dennison was 33rd in 26:24.
Montezuma-Cortez ran well together as a pack in the middle of the field. Wes Atcitty was 27th in 24:58, Gabriel Crowley was 28th in 25:17, Keirnan Korthank was 30th in 25:32, and Cassius Maloney was 31st in 25:35.
Montezuma-Cortez will host a meet Friday. Durango’s varsity will be in action next Saturday at the Fruita Invitational.
