Crimson Bears harriers win Haines titles

Eller leads JDHS girls, Thompson wins boys’ race

The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé cross country team are shown at the North Cross Country Meet in Haines on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. (Photo courtesy JDHS XC)

By Klas Stolpe  

Juneau Independent

The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears had a strong showing at the North Cross Country Meet in Haines on Saturday.

JDHS junior Sigrid Eller led a sleuth of Crimson Bears’ girls across the finish line in a time of 21 minutes 36 seconds. JDHS senior Erik Thompson won the boys’ race in 16:41.

“Our top runners all ran solid, according to plan,” JDHS coach Zack Bursell said. “It is another race effort in the legs for them as they build fitness and dial in their mindset in preparation for the state meet.”

Following Eller were juniors Nevah Lupro in 22:03 and Sunna Schane in 22:22.

Haines’ Sophia Hedden placed fourth in 22:44.

Thompson was paced by classmate Zachariah Bos, who crossed in second place in 17:15. Skagway’s Logan Rupprecht was third with 17:47.

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé juniors, left-to-right, Sunna Schane, Sigrid Eller and Nevah Lupro swept the podium at the North Cross Country Meet in Haines on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. Schane placed third, Eller first and Lupro second. ( Photo courtesy JDHS XC)

Girls Results:

1. JDHS Eller 21:36; 2. JDHS Lupo 22:03; 3. JDHS Schane 22:22; 4. HNS Hedden 22:44;  5. JDHS fr Grace Rumsey 22:55; 6. JDHS so Emmalynn LaPlante 22:56; 7. JDHS fr Nayeli Hood 22:59; 8. JDHS sr Kaycee Parady 23:28; 9. JDHS sr Sabinę Auger 23:49; 10. Hoonah Easton Ross 24:15; 11. JDHS sr Dezerae Bos 24:31; 12. Skagway Khloe Woods 24:42; 13. JDHS so Eliza Albrecht 25:13; 14. JDHS fr Cianna Kahl 25:17; 15. HNS Cora Hoffman 25:30; 16. SKG Mackenzie Mixon 25:37; 17. JDHS so Eleanor Peterson 25:39; 18. JDHS sr Adele Fanning 26:38; 19. HNS Violet Crowe 26:45; 20. HNS Anna Bell 27:00; 21. HNS Makayla Henry 27:06; 22. JDHS fr Coralynn Nelson 27:17; 23. HNS Mary Bell 28:15; 24. SKG Ella Rauscher 28:42; 25. JDHS sr Jillian Levy 28:42; 26. SKG Mina Yee 29:15; 27. JDHS so Kara Schrader 30:15; 28. JDHS sr Anna Reiter 31:42; 29. JDHS sr Callie Stickle 34:27.

Skagway's Logan Rupprecht, and Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé seniors Zach Bos and Erik Thompson swept the podium at the North Cross Country Meet in Haines on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2026. Rupprecht placed third, Bos second and Thompson first. ( Photo courtesy JDHS XC)

Boys Results:

1. JDHS Thompson 16:41; 2. JDHS Bos 17:15; 3. SKG Rupprecht 17:47; 4. SKG Zane Coughran 18:03; 5. JDHS jr Emmett Hightower 18:21; 6. SKG Julius Thole 18:44; 7. JDHS sr Max Webster 18:45; 8. JDHS jr Anderson Murray 18:45; 9. SKG Luca Tronrud 18:51; 10. HNS Yoa Galindo-George 18:51; 11. JDHS Niklas Uschmann 19:04; 12. JDHS fr Luke Miller 19:05; 13 SKG Arthur Aribam 19:05; 14. JDHS jr Caleb Schane 19:29; 15. JDHS jr Lucas Vallejo 19:33; 16. JDHS so Brooks Pinney 19:38; 17. JDHS fr Yakobi Cole 19:59; 18. JDHS sr Samuel Buttner 20:16; 19. HNS Luke Bell 20:45; 20. JDHS sr Caden Morris 21:04; 21. JDHS jr Carson Kautz 21:06; 22. JDHS so Knox Francis 21:16; 23. JDHS so Tymur Tkachenko 21:24; 24. JDHS jr Finnan Kelly 21:44; 25. SKG Maddox Tracy 22:07; 26. HNH Gabriel Contreras 22:14; 27. HNH Riley Neal 22:26; 28. SKG Samuel Munson 22:29; 29. HNH James Erickson 22:41; 30. JDHS jr Craig Thorsteinson 22:46; 31. JDHS fr Fisher Goetz 23:58; 32. JDHS fr Riley Humphrey 24:14; 33. JDHS fr Robert Hickman 25:02; 34. SKG Waylon Bricker 26:04; 35. HNS Edgar Nash 29:01; 36. JDHS Giorgi Gagliashvili 35:21.

Runners from around Southeast next meet on Saturday, at the Ketchikan Invitational.

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