Skyview’s Priscilla Timmons hung on at the end to place fourth in the Jim Danner Championship girls race Saturday at the Nike Pre-Nationals at Portland Meadows.
The senior went out quick to get in front of the field of 154 runners from six western states, then ran with the leaders for the first of two loops on the 5,000-meter course.
But Molly Grabill of Rancho Bernardo, Calif., and Sarah Reiter of Lindbergh of Burien broke away after two miles. Paige Rice of St. Mary’s of Portland pushed past Timmons in the final mile.
“I knew I would have some good runners to race with today, and I tried to stay with them,” Timmons said. “But they kind of got away from me on the hills. I knew Paige Rice was a good runner, so I was just trying to hang on to fourth place. I knew there was a big pack of runners behind me.”
Timmons finished in 18 minutes, 42 seconds, taking fourth place by two seconds.
Grabill won in 17:42, followed by Reiter 18:00 and Rice (18:37).
Battle Ground’s Nicole Tester had the second-best time by a Clark County girl at the Pre-Nationals. Tester finished fourth in the Division 2 race, running in 19:45 to help Battle Ground finish 12th in the team standings.
Heritage’s Abby Knight was ninth in the Division 2 race in 20:15. Union’s Kaitlyn McKinney placed fourth in the Division 3 race in 20:12.
Union’s Roman Kirkov had the best time among Clark County boys, placing third in the Division 2 race in 16:27. That helped the Titans place fifth in the teams standings in Division 2. Heritage’s Preston Bahr finished right behind Kirkov in fourth in 16:28.
Andrew Kaler of Camas placed 11th in the Division 1 race in 16:38 and Ryan Lisowski of Columbia River was 14th in the D-1 race in 16:41.
Tennis
Mountain View wins tournament — Trevor Jones and Dan Garmire did not win the doubles championship, but their runner-up finish Saturday helped Mountain View claim the team title at the Mountain View Invitational.
Jones and Garmire fell to John Stormans and Hunter Woods of Olympia 6-1, 6-1 in the doubles championship match. But the Thunder earned 33 team points to edge Columbia River’s 31. Olympia was third with 27.
Prairie’s Clayton Morris took home the singles championship by beating Triton Pitassi of Camas in the final 6-2, 6-0.
Morris’ toughest match of the day came in the quarterfinals when he had to battle past Howard Wang of Columbia River 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
Volleyball
Seton Catholic wins at North Marion — Cheyenne Cunning had 36 kills, 11 digs, 7 blocks and four aces as Seton Catholic captured the championship at the North Marion Tournament in Aurora, Ore.
The Cougars swept to three straight-set victories in pool play, then beat Gladstone (25-12), Salem Academy (25-12) and Willamette Valley Christian (25-21) in single-set elimination matches for the championship.
Alli Nutter had 28 digs and 12 aces and Brynn Letang had 30 assists, 17 digs, seven kills and five aces for Seton Catholic.
