{"id":51975,"date":"2020-08-24T20:04:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T02:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-bear-chase-awakens-sleepy-cross-country-programs\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:58:09","slug":"dolores-bear-chase-awakens-sleepy-cross-country-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dolores-bear-chase-awakens-sleepy-cross-country-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolores Bear Chase awakens sleepy cross-country programs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Dolores\u2019 Dylan Koskie runs through a forested section of the second annual Boggy Draw Bear Chase\u2019s all-terrain course Friday.<\/span>Joel Priest\/For The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Again giving regional cross-country runners a sense of what the sport\u2019s all about, Dolores High School\u2019s second annual Boggy Draw Bear Chase got the fall 2020 campaign underway Friday over hill and dale north of town off Montezuma County Road W.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think last year the meet was ran well, so I think the word got out that we do run a good meet,\u201d said Dolores head coach Jeromie Schumacher. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of \u2018cross-country\u2019: You\u2019ve got hills, you\u2019ve got wide-open by the power lines, you\u2019ve got single-track, you\u2019ve got that road crossing. \u2026 I get coaches saying that it\u2019s probably one of the hardest courses they\u2019ll run all season; I\u2019d have to agree with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at our course and then at the rest of the season, you\u2019re like, \u2018Well, we made it through Boggy Draw; everything else we can handle!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Up to the task on the rugged, all-terrain route, sophomore Michael Brafford was the 2A Bears\u2019 top finisher with a strong fifth-place run in 19 minutes, 42 seconds. Freshman Dylan Koskie was one of numerous runners slowed by Boo-Boo Hill \u2013 named for TV character Yogi Bear\u2019s homie, rather than as an allusion to injury \u2013 and placed 15th in 21:52.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael \u2026 put his time in this summer, so that\u2019s a big change in his story,\u201d Schumacher said. \u201cKoskie \u2026 I think his story is the result of losing football this fall. But \u2026 just knowing him, he has some ability for distance and he did great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Junior Daniel Vandever, Dolores\u2019 third entrant, came in 35th at 28:48.<\/p>\n

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Dolores&#x2019; Anaya Martinez maintains her pace Friday through a forested section of the second annual Boggy Draw Bear Chase&#x2019;s all-terrain course.<\/span>Joel Priest\/For The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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En route to a Dolores-best finish, Michael Brafford runs through a forested section of the second annual Boggy Draw Bear Chase&#x2019;s all-terrain course Friday.<\/span>Joel Priest\/For The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Pagosa Springs 3A senior Gabe Heraty was the individual champion in 17:59, 22 seconds faster than runner-up Zeb Shields, a senior at 3A Bayfield.<\/p>\n

On the girls\u2019 side, senior Anaya Martinez was Dolores\u2019 No. 1, clocking in at 28:12 and placing 17th. Freshman Piper Singleton took 37th in 43:43, and sophomore Noble Traweek was only one tick behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought they did great, you know, considering not having much experience,\u201d said Schumacher. \u201cThat\u2019s a big factor. But going from only one girl last year to three right now, I\u2019m happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Durango\u2019s Kristina Bodewes and Angelina Kondrat ran 1-2 in 22:16 and 22:25, respectively, while Pagosa Springs\u2019 Michelle Sauceda placed third in 23:05. M-CHS senior Ridley Dennison paced all county entrants with her ninth-place 25:52, and junior teammate Emalie Myers (27:52) was next closest in 15th.<\/p>\n

Sophomore Madilynn Ritter led Mancos\u2019 Lady Jays with her 18th-place 28:28, with freshman teammate Clara Most in 20th, about 29 seconds behind.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was super-impressed just because we had all these teams,\u201d said Schumacher, referring to the Chase expanding to nine programs, including Bayfield and 3A Blanding, Utah. \u201cAnd who knows what you\u2019re going to get when it comes to just following CHSAA\u2019s guidelines of masks and social distancing! I thought that all went pretty well at our meet.\u201d<\/p>\n

With all boys teams able to enter at least three individuals, a score-3 system would have shown San Juan High School claiming first place with a meet-low 20 (4-6-10) points. Pagosa (1-16-18) followed with 35, while Durango\u2019s 40 (8-13-19) narrowly bettered Mancos\u2019 43 (3-11-29) in the battle for third.<\/p>\n

Bayfield (50), Dolores (55), M-CHS (64), 2A Telluride (80) and 2A Ignacio (88) followed in the standings, as Ignacio fielded its first varsity boys crew in decades.<\/p>\n

Excluding Bayfield\u2019s two individuals from score-3 methodology, Durango earned the team title with a low score of 7 (1-2-4) points, while Pagosa followed with 15 (3-5-7) and Ignacio captured third with a total of 38 (6-14-18). Rounding out the standings were San Juan (42), M-CHS (49), THS (56), MHS (62) and Dolores (87).<\/p>\n

Up next for Cortez, Dolores and Mancos is the Aug. 28 M-CHS Invitational at Parque de Vida in Cortez at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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