Battle for the 509 competitors keep LRS at bay

AIRWAY HEIGHTS - Lind-Ritzville/Sprague high school cross country team members struggled to break into the Top 200 in the very competitive Battle for the 509 meet at the Spokane Polo Grounds.

With more than 1,000 athletes competing, runners were split into brackets based on their times this season.

Bronco senior Cameron Christianson paced his team with a 205th place finish in 20:23.20 in the boys Varsity Red heat, in which runners had an average time higher than 18 minutes.

Freshmen Cade Galbreath finished 228th in 21:30.10 and Wyatt Walker 240th in 22:17.50, both in the same division with Chr...