UPPER LAKE — Chris Orr of Willits and Alexandra Schiocchetti of Fort Bragg dominated the field while finishing first in their respective divisions Saturday during the annual Cougar Classic cross country race at Upper Lake High School.
Orr won the 2-mile varsity boys” race in 12 minutes, 2.6 seconds and Schiocchetti took first in the varsity girls” race in 14:24.1.
Other winners were Alex Rogers of Upper Lake (13:56.0) in the junior varsity girls” division and Peace Southard of Willits (15:59.0) in the JV boys” division.
Varsity boys
Orr”s chief competition in the varsity boys” race came from Michael Dolan of Upper Lake (12:38.7) and Tyler Murray of Lower Lake (12:48.6).
Other top-10 finishers from Lake County were Upper Lake”s Ben Mullin, sixth in 12:53.3, and Upper Lake”s Cameron Beighle, 10th in 13:24.8.
Clear Lake”s Jeffrey Mulligan was 12th in 13:44.1, Lower Lake”s Jeremy Lombari finished 14th in 13:58.0, and Upper Lake”s Jordan Austin was 15th in 13:58.7.
Varsity girls
Beside Schioc-chetti, only Upper Lake”s Marina Sharp (14:52.3) finished the varsity girls” race in less than 15 minutes.
Clear Lake runners Jessica Henson (16:07.0), Crystal Wilcox (16:33.3) and Chloe Rojas (16:50.9) placed fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, and Lower Lake”s Elizabeth Perkins was 10th in 17:40.5.
“The meet went off pretty well,” Upper Lake coach and meet director John Woods said. “It was not a great weekend to have a meet because of Labor Day and the (county) fair. We were missing about four runners who had prior commitments to animals at the fair.”
As for those runners who were able to compete, Woods said he saw some encouraging signs.
“Sophomore Jor-dan Austin ran very well in his first meet ever,” Woods said. “And I was very pleased with Marina Sharp. She has lots of talent.
“What I saw across the board was lots of heart from the Upper Lake team,” Woods added.
All of Lake County”s teams return to action Sept. 16 in the annual Lake County Meet at Middletown.
