Oct 23, 2008

Austin Violette won the Varsity Men’s 5K Race in 18 minutes, 32 seconds, outdistancing Kevin Tobin of Foresthill by 40 seconds and helping soar the Forest Lake Christian team to victory. The Falcons scored 25 points for the win, followed by Victory Christian in 2^nd with 43 points and Foresthill in 3^rd with 60 points.

Jake Miner of Victory Christian finished 3^rd in 19:43, and then the Falcons swept 4^th through 6 with strong performances from Ashton Santee (pictured left), DJ Unruh, and Billy Corbin, clocking 20:09, 20:14, and 20:15 respectively. Finishing out Forest Lake Christian’s triumph was Zach Ponce in 9^th(20:28), Seth Brainard 10^th (21:01), Amos McCamey 15^th (22:49), and Jake Henry in 20^th.

Forest Lake Christian also cinched the Women’s Varsity team title, led by Christa Weisman who ran away from her foes with an admirable time of 22:28, over 45 seconds ahead of 2^nd place finisher, Kelsey Zoller of Foresthill. Finishing out the Falcons’ championship team was Lia Hegarty andElyse Vierra, grabbing 5^th and 6^th places with times of 25:55 and 26:11, as well as Madeline Zea and Annie Pearce securing 10^th and 11^th.

Forest Lake Christian’s Junior Varsity Men’s squad put the final touch on a perfect day for the Falcons, taking the team title on the 2-Mile Course, behind the 1^st through 5^th place finishes of Zac Bagley (14:06), Robert ring (14:20), Josh Thompson (14:43), David Herron (15:47, and Josh Long(18:55).