Tigers slosh way to finish line in Ultimook human mud bog

Combining stiff competition over two river crossings, a mile of wood-chip trails, a half-mile of packed gravel and a sloppy mud puddle that resembled quicksand, hundreds of cross country runners got down and dirty Saturday in the annual Ultimook Challenge at Hydrangea Ranch in Tillamook.

Senior Micah McLeish led Taft’s boys in the annual 5,000-meter Class 4A-1A race that in by placing 27^th in 18:43.64.

The Taft boys placed 20^th behind team champion Washougal, Wash.

Senior Gabriel Dinnel of Washougal won the boys race in 16:20.49.

Taft boys results:

Place	Year	Name	Time
27.	Sr.	Micah McLeish	18:43.64
83.	Jr.	Eli Demello	20:52.63
91.	Sr.	Clayton Helfrich	21:02.40
171.	Jr.	Jordan Hall	23:54.96
193.	Jr.	Trenton Fisher	25:12.03

Meanwhile, junior Emma Coulter paced the Taft girls by placing 32^nd in 24:02.58.

Tillamook’s Sarah Pullen won the girls race in 19:41.31.

The Taft girls placed 10^th behind team champion Tillamook.

Taft girls results:

Place	Year	Name	Time
32.	Jr.	Emma Coulter	24:02.58
72.	Sr.	Lydia Prins	26:41.43
108.	Fr.	Kaydince Beach	30:04.09
109.	Fr.	Charlotte Lunstedt	30:19.54
114.	So.	Claira Tolan	31:18.67

Nearly 100 schools of all levels participated in the annual event.

Class 4A-1A Team Results

5,000 meters

Boys

1.	Washougal	36
2.	Newport	130
3.	Tillamook	137
4.	Stayton	191
5.	Heppner	203
6.	R A Long	225
7.	Kingston	228
8.	Peninsula	240
9.	Astoria	256
10.	Quincy	329
11.	Sweet Home	337
12.	Columbia River	358
13.	Crow	362
14.	Cottage Grove	362
15.	Catlin Gabel	390
16.	Riverdale	394
17.	Nestucca	424
18.	Banks	442
19.	Molalla	454
20.	Taft	479
21.	Gladstone	498
22.	Warrenton	545
23.	Culver	556
24.	Santiam	594
25.	Creswell	703
26.	Mossyrock	717

Girls

1.	Tillamook	55
2.	Astoria	102
3.	Catlin Gabel	104
4.	Washougal	118
5.	Stayton	121
6.	Cottage Grove	134
7.	Neah-Kah-Nie	148
8.	Heppner	167
9.	Kingston	172
10.	Taft	277
11.	Warrenton	291
12.	Santiam Christian	314
13.	Culver	349