{"id":799468,"date":"2019-09-14T17:36:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T23:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=371612"},"modified":"2019-09-14T17:36:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T23:36:53","slug":"summit-high-boys-cross-country-wins-eagle-valley-invite-for-the-first-time-in-18-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/summit-high-boys-cross-country-wins-eagle-valley-invite-for-the-first-time-in-18-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Summit High boys cross country wins Eagle Valley Invite for the first time in 18+ years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Summit High Tigers boys cross country team poses for a photo with the championship trophy after winning Saturday’s Eagle Valley Invitation in Gypsum, the boys program’s first victory at the meet in head coach Heather Quarantillo’s 18 years coaching.<\/strong>
Courtesy Summit High Cross Country<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

In her 18 years coaching the Summit High School cross-country running program, Heather Quarantillo\u2019s boys team had never won the Eagle Valley Invitational.<\/p>\n

That was, until Saturday.<\/p>\n

Racing under ideal 70-degree, bluebird conditions at the familiar 5,000-meter course at Gypsum Creek Golf Course, the Tiger boys won the boys team competition with a low score of 68 points. Summit\u2019s mark bested runner-up Fruita\u2019s 80 points and third-place Grandview\u2019s 81.<\/p>\n

At the meet featuring 22 schools, Summit\u2019s Jeremiah Vaille led the way for the Tigers. Vaille\u2019s runner-up time of 16:45.20 in the 231-runner high school boys race was just a tenth of a second off of the championship pace of Battle Mountain sophomore Sullivan Middaugh (16:45.30). Vaille was joined in the top-10 by fellow Tiger senior Max Bonenberger, who ran to ninth place with a time of 17:13.<\/p>\n

Though the veteran leaders Vaille and Bonenberger have been leading the Tigers with top-10 times all season, Quarantillo said it was the boys team\u2019s depth that led to the team title on Saturday. Along with Vaille and Bonenberger\u2019s top-10 times, Summit seniors Paul Hans and Samuel Wescott also received top-20 ribbons, finishing in 15th- and 16th-places respectively.<\/p>\n

The Tigers\u2019 top times were rounded out by freshman Zach McBride\u2019s 26th-place finish (18:05), Mike Thebeau\u2019s 39th-place time (18:37) and Landon Cunningham\u2019s 48th-place time (19:01).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were hoping to come in for a top-3 finish today,\u201d Quarantillo said. \u201cBecause they had awards down to third place, so we were shooting for an award. We are really excited. We were down a couple of runners out with minor injuries, so it was really exciting for us to find out we won the meet even down a couple of strong runners. It shows our depth is working for us and that when we have runners out, others are rising to the occasion. It\u2019s a really good sign for us at our mid-season point.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Summit senior veteran runners Jeremiah Vaille (left) and Max Bonenberger run during Saturday\u2019s Eagle Valley Invitational in Gypsum. Vaille was runner-up by just a tenth-of-a-second while Bonenberger ran to ninth place.<\/strong>
Courtesy Summit High Cross Country<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

In the 195-runner girls race, Summit finished in 11th place out of 17 teams. Leading the way for the Tigers was junior Alice Wescott, who ran to a 35th-place time of 21:37. Freshman Logan Reid had another great meet during her first year running with the team, taking 68th place with a time of 23:12, ahead of Tigers junior Nikka Dassatti (70th place, 23:15.40), sophomore Aubree Confer (71st place, 23:16.20), sophomore Kaelin Love (72nd place, 23:20.30), senior Alexis Morici (24:26.10) and sophomore Rena Singleton (97th place, 24:32.50).<\/p>\n

The Tigers will next race on Friday at Columbine High School\u2019s Dave Sanders Invite, scheduled for Clement Park in Littleton at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

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