Wed, Nov 25 2009
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Beavers believe... prevail Riverside boys claim PAC CC championship ADAM RAEDERStar Beacon Neither DeGroot or Brandt had a shot at catching North’s Sean Naderer, who ran away from the field to finish in 16:01.
But the Beavers didn’t need an individual title to claim the team championship because the runners whose injuries had hampered them all season came on strong with a PAC title on the line. Tim Shafer and his brother, Dan, were both competing in their first race in two weeks. Tim, who has been battling chronic hip problems, finished in eighth in 17:25, while Dan took 15th in 18:00. Justin Salminen split the siblings, taking 11th for the Beavers with a time of 17:41. Just how important were Salminen and Dan Shafer? Through the first three runners, North and Riverside were locked in a dead heat with 14 points each. It was the final two that let Riverside pull away. “I couldn’t ask these guys for a better race than they ran today,” Bioli said. Tom Jackson’s sixth-place finish paced the Chardon boys, but it was the strong pack of Bryan Tysl (12), Ty Kawalec (13) and Robbie Wright (14) that lifted Chardon past North and into second place. Konnor Lashley took 10th place, giving Madison its best finish of the afternoon. “I started off slow,” said Lashley, who finished in 17:37. “Everybody got out of the way and it was hard to catch up. “I was in the upper loop and saw that Naderer had already passed the tree (that marked the course’s northwest boundary) and realized he was going to run a ridiculous time.” Despite shin splints, Matt Raikes turned in the best time for Lakeside with a 18:09 that was a season-best for the senior and good enough for 19th place. “I felt OK,” Raikes said. “I had some injuries going on with me, but I sucked it up and did what I had to do.” In the girls race, Susie Nelson couldn’t find a way to reel in South’s one-two punch of Lauren Allen and Jamie Clapacs as last year’s champion was forced to settle for third place. “I wanted to win this again, but I knew South had two phenomenal runners,” Nelson, whose time of 20:13 was 57 seconds off the winning mark, said. “They were just – they ran a really strong race.” Riverside’s Cierra Hungerford finished fourth in 20:38 and Annie Nelson took sixth, but a sharp dropoff from there doomed the Beavers chances at two PAC titles. “It was kind of hard after last year. We lost so many runners,” Susie Nelson said. “It’s kind of a rebuilding year.” 
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