Bears 4th, 5th at Skyview XC Invitational

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The Kodiak High School Bears cross country team competed Saturday at the Skyview Invitational in Soldotna, with the boys placing fourth and the girls fifth. There were 26 teams, with runners from all the Anchorage and Region Three schools.

Dylan Anthony came in third with a time of 16-minutes 2-point-8-seconds. Newcomer Nathan Deer set a personal best of 17-minutes, 6.2-seconds to place 13^th. Chaven Davidson was 34^th, James Osowski 37^th, Jordan Fogle was 43^rd and Caleb Nymeyer was 47^th, as both set personal bests as well. Jake Salus was 57^th.

Service High School won the meet with 45 points, followed by South Anchorage and Grace Christian tied with 89. Kodiak had 127. West Anchorage rounded out the top five.

In the girls’ race, Chloe Ivanoff and Jaymi Bethea were one second apart, in 13^th and 14^th, respectively. Allie Smith was 23^rd, Sarah Ng 26^th, Samantha Haight 71^st, Selma Ernest 75^th and Amelia Egle was 82^nd.

West Anchorage was the top girls team with 60 points, followed by South Anchorage, Colony, Wasilla and Kodiak.

Coach Marcus Dunbar said everyone on the team is improving and the squad looks to be where they need to be at this point in the season.