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Olson, Piazza cruise to wins at SOC meet Shaun Olson and Sarah Piazza both pulled out individual wins for the South Medford cross country team in a four-way Southern Oregon Conference meet at Hawthorne Park on Thursday. The Panthers dominated the boys side of things with the top three finishers all coming from South and a winning margin of 31 points. Olson led the way with a time of 16 minutes, 54 seconds while teammate Andy Kleinhesselink took second at 17:08. Kyle Lundwall rounded out the top three for the Panthers with a time of 17:12. Piazza paced the girls to second with 41 points and a time of 20:15. Crater�s Sam Kezer finished second in 20:45 while Noi Hilgendorf, South Medford, took third at 21:10. The Comets took the top team spot with 38 points while Ashland finished fourth and North Medford fifth. Three of Ashland�s top runners on the girls side, including Paris Edwards, were competing in the Stanford Invitational and didn�t make the conference meet. BOYS TEAM RESULTS � South Medford 19, Ashland 50, Crater 55, North Medford 98. INDIVIDUAL RESULTS � 1, Shaun Olson, SM, 16:54; 2, Andy Kleinhesselink, SM, 17:08; 3, Kyle Lundwall, SM, 17:12; 4, Nate Hoxmeier, Ash, 17:13; 5, JJ Moses, Cra, 17:14; 6, Alando Pacas, SM, 17:28; 7, Chris McLeon, SM, 17:29; 8, Jeremy Firestone, Cra, 17:31; 9, David Richardsen, Ash, 17:32; 10, Trevor Palmer, Cra, 17:36. 11, Garrett Steinbronor, Ash, 17:41; 12, Andrew Ackles, Ash, 18:18; 13, Troy Babbitt, NM, 18:22; 14, Kyle Novak, Ash, 18:28; 15, Samuel Jacobson, Cra, 18:40; 16, John Morrill, NM, 18:47; 17, Perry Dickson, Cra, 18:50; 18, Chris Lee, SM, 19:01; 19, Shawn Carrigan, Cra, 19:07; 20, Khalub Doyle, NM, 19:20. 21, Donny Jackson, SM, 19:22; 22, Kyley Faubion, Cra, 19:31; 23, Spencer Hunt, NM, 19:39; 24, Josh Thorpe, Ash, 19:45; 25, Elliot Stone, Ash, 20:29. GIRLS TEAM RESULTS � Crater 38, South Medford 41, Ashland 49, North Medford 90. INDIVIDUAL RESULTS � 1, Sarah Piazza, SM, 20:15; 2, Sam Kezer, Cra, 20:45; 3, Noi Hilgendorf, SM, 21:10; 4, Ester Cole, SM, 21:14; 5, Jody Polyniak, Cra, 21:21; 6, Kami Buffington, Ash, 21:47; 7, Ashley Gutches, Cra, 21:56; 8, Kelly Bishop, Ash, 22:02; 9, Therese McCaffery, Ash, 22:05; 10, Kala Burnhardt, Cra, 22:09. 11, Clare Chavez, Ash, 22:13; 12, Catrina Singley, NM, 22:47; 13, Amy Finney, SM, 23:04; 14, Erica Rode, Cra, 23:07; 15, Abby Turner, Ash, 23:11; 16, Sharon Bywater, NM, 23:14; 17, Sarah Dalton, NM, 23:28; 18, Amanda Jacobson, Cra, 23:35; 19, Laurie Moore, Cra, 23:47; 20, Sarah Duarte, SM, 24:07. 21, Makendra Silverman, Ash, 24:09; 22, Sasha Fertig, NM, 24:11; 23, Hogan Johnson, NM, 24:22; 24, Meghan Waggener, SM, 25:28; 25, Whitney Williams, NM, 25:30. � KU SWEEPS FOUR-WAY � At Grants Pass, the Pelicans claimed the top three times for girls and four of the top five for boys in easily sweeping the four-way Southern Oregon Conference cross country meet. Sara Schaaf cruised to the girls victory in 20 minutes, 18 seconds, followed by teammates Liz Lindgren (20:25) and Katie Leary (21:21). In the boys race, Lauren Jesperson and Jacob Gomez each crossed the line at 16:41, with only Chris Roberts of Roseburg able to break the string of Pelicans with a third-place mark of 17:05. Kevin Pellegrino (17:36) and Phil Morton (17:40) rounded out the top five for KU. Boys TEAM SCORES � Klamath Union 19, Roseburg 40, Grants Pass 64, Eagle Point inc. INDIVIDUAL RESULTS � 1, Lauren Jesperson, KU, 16:41; 2, Jacob Gomez, KU, 16:41; 3, Chris Roberts, Ros, 17:05; 4, Kevin Pellegrino, KU, 17:36; 5, Phil Morton, KU, 17:40; 6, Adam Wadsworth, Ros, 17:43; 7, Alex Jayne, KU, 17:52; 8, Nathan Geith, GP, 17:55; 9, Danny Larson, Ros, 17:56; 10, Blake Longmore, Ros, 18:07; 11, Ben Smith, GP, 18:15; 12, Jeremy Kimmel, Ros, 18:23; 13, Jamie Gunn, GP, 18:26; 14, Grant Margeson, GP, 18:27; 15, Tyler Baker, KU, 18:36; 16, Shawn McCoy, Ros, 18:50; 17, Eric Lukkari, KU, 19:01; 18, Tim Martinen, EP, 19:04; 19, Nick Bonner, GP, 19:14; 20, Trevor Hanlin, GP, 20:13; 21, Jimmy Gomes, EP, 21:34; 22, John Gallo, EP, 22:53. Girls TEAM SCORES � Klamath Union 24, Grants Pass 44, Roseburg 52, Eagle Point inc. INDIVIDUAL RESULTS � 1, Sara Schaaf, KU, 20:18; 2, Liz Lindgren, KU, 20:25; 3, Katie Leary, KU, 21:21; 4, Elise Aschwanden, GP, 21:57; 5, Brittany Hodgson, GP, 22:01; 6, Melis Garner, Ros, 22:02; 7, Kierra Bernales, EP, 22:05; 8, Adrienne Cesena, KU, 22:44; 9, Kelsay Tardieu, GP, 22:48; 10, Jacyln Engstrom, Ros, 23:07; 11, Alie Beers, Ros, 23:07; 12, Lydia Bales, KU, 23:27; 13, Kelli Briggs, GP, 23:32; 14, Jenni Barnes, Ros, 23:32; 15, Mary Beth Longmore, Ros, 23:37; 16, Hillary Pell, GP, 23:42; 17, Ashley Menzie, Ros, 23:58; 18, Crystal Call, Ros, 24:01; 19, Kristin Wakkuri, KU, 24:29; 20, Kate Straw, GP, 24:30. � SAWYER TAKES FIRST � At Jacksonville, St. Marys� Leah Sawyer took the top spot in girls with a time of 21 minutes, nine seconds at the Cascade Classic. Oakland won both the boys with Sullivan Edwards taking the top spot. They also took the girls 5, 000 meter event. Freshman Sullivan Edwards led the Oakers to the top four spots in the 5,000 meters with a time of 19:30. BOYS TEAM SCORES � Oakland 16, Days Creek 45, Cascade Christian 78, St. Mary�s incomplete, Glendale incomplete. INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (5,000 Meters) � 1, Sullivan Edwards, Oak, 19:30; 2, Blaine Bartholomew, Oak, 19:38; 3, Cole St. John, Oak, 19:39; 4, Jordan Humphreys, Oak, 20:10; 5, Jeremy Sheradan, DC, 20:13; 6, Lupe Sanchez, Gle, 20:18; 7, Darin Bartholomew, Oak, 20:23; 8, Matt Derry, Oak, 20:45; 9, Dave Smith, DC, 21:05; 10, Jared Dunn, DC, 21:06. OTHER ST. MARY�S FINISHERS � 12, Mike Agosta 21:22; 20, Tom Watson, 22:46. OTHER CASCADE CHRISTIAN FINISHERS � 18, Bryan Hill, 22:28; 23, Ben Olson, 23:41; 24, Matt Gmur, 23:53; 25, Jason Ackerman, 24:06; 27, Matt Williston, 29:12. GIRLS TEAM SCORES � Oakland 15, St. Mary�s incomplete. INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (5,000 Meters) � 1, Leah Sawyer, SM, 21:09; 2, Janelle Kennedy, Oak, 24:52; 3, Valerie Boggs, Oak, 24:52; 4, Lisa Beckstead, SM, 26:58; 5, Colleen Goodwin, Oak, 27:06; 6, Heidi Huber, Oak, 27:30; 7, Holly Marx, Oak, 28:25, 8, Cornelia Steinmetz, SM, 28:40; 9, Erica Matthews, SM, 30:50; 10, Chelsea French, Oak, 39:56. Obituaries | Sports | Business | Classifieds | Tempo | Prime Times | So Oregon Sites | Outdoor Journal | Subscribe | Contact | Movies | Advertise | Real Estate Showcase | Archive | Editorials | Letters to the editor | Religion | Wake-up Call | NIE | Cyber Chef | Job Network | So Oregon Weather | WSJ Northwest | Forums | AP Wire | AP Money | F.A.Q. | Awards Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. The Community Newspaper Subsidiary of Dow Jones & Co, Inc Copyright �The Mail Tribune 2000, Medford, Oregon USA