Updated: Young, Pachay defend Ranger Run titles
Published 2:19 pm Saturday, June 24, 2017
Cassopolis’ Amy Adams was second in the women’s 5K. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)
Emma Pachay of Marcellus won her second straight Ranger Run. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)
Cassopolis’ Robert Collins finished sixth Saturday. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)
Cassopolis’ Lane Francis nears the finish line. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)
Derrick Poorman was the runner-up in the men’s race. (Leader photo/SCOTT NOVAK)
Marcellus’ Emma Pachay and Cassopolis’ Amy Adams have started a rivalry last year that will continue when their respective schools begin competition in the newly-formed Southwest 10 Conference.
The pair started their budding rivalry during track season as the pair traded finishing ahead of one another at the Division 4 regional and state finals.
That rivalry continued Saturday as Pachay successfully defending her Ranger Run 5K title by edging Adams.
Pachay ran a time of 22:18, while Adams was runner-up with a 22:22.
“The weather was fine and I felt okay,” Pachay said. “I have not been training for speed. This is when I begin training for the year.
“I like running past the lake. It is mostly downhill. It is pretty flat.”
Adams called their rivalry “friendly.”
“It is a little bit of one,” she said. “It is kind of switching out girls who run the same pace. [Pachay] and Jessie Reith have always been my close competition.
“I have been running a little bit here and there. I have been going to Indiana Dunes and running some. I plan to pick it up.”
Defending men’s champion Terrance Young of Eau Clairewas also able to hang on his title Saturday.
Young defeated runner-up Derrick Poorman by 20 seconds to win the men’s 5K title.
Young, who will be a senior at Eau Claire this fall and runs both cross country and track for the Beavers, posted a time of 18:35 in perfect conditions for running.
“The course is nice and cool,” he said. “There are a lot of trees and there are not a lot of hills.”
Poorman finished with an 18:55.
A total of 70 runners took part in this year’s event, which benefits the Cassopolis cross country and track programs.
RANGER RUN 5K
At Cassopolis
Male top 10 finishers
Terrance Young 18:35, 2. Derrick Poorman 18:55, 3. Robert Ward 19:57, 4. Austin Francis 20:10, 5. Lane Francis 20:53, 6. Robert Collins 21:03, 7. Andrew Pachay 21:14, 8. Enreka Matamoros 21:53, 9. David Teal 22:21, 10. Craig Miller 22:47.
Female top 10 finishers
Emma Pachay 22:18, 2. Amy Adams 22:22, 3. Laurn Anderson 24:51, 4. Sydney Anderson 25:02, 5. Michelle Cockey 25:25, 6. Emily Carlisle 29:22, 7. Maddie Lister 30:49, 8. Karen Freshour 31:02, 9. Janet Francis 31:22, 10. Brittany Hausmann 31:36.
