Cross country opens season with first-place finishes Burns Cross Country Burns Sports Sports August 30, 2017August 30, 20170 McKenzi Hoyt (top) and Emmett Klus (bottom) led the Burns girls and boys cross country teams to first-place finishes at the season-opening Dash n’ Splash. (Photos by JOHN BRAESE/MALHEUR ENTERPRISE) The Hilanders’ McKenzi Hoyt and Emmett Klus led the Burns girls and boys cross country teams to first-place finishes at the season-opening Dash n’ Splash in Vale on Thursday, Aug. 24. The Burns girls team placed first with a score of 23, followed by Parma, Idaho with 45, and Baker 56. Hoyt won the girls two-mile race with a time of 13:28. The Hilanders’ Mary Letham placed third (14:04), Sayge Root was fourth (14:39), Sara Letham finished seventh (15:07), Paige McLain 13th (15:47), Lucy Baron 18th (17:16), and Ashley White 27th (22:08). The Burns boys team finished first in the team standings with a score of 35. Parma was second with 51, followed by Baker 59, Nyssa 92, and Vale 119. Klus paced the Burns boys team with a first-place time of 10:41. Calvin Bates raced to a third-place finish (11:14), Ryan Robles was eighth (11:44), JP Friedrichsen 10th (11:50), Kolton Dahl 13th (12:01), Chris Boyd 20th (12:41), Tom Boyd 24th (13:03), Mason Wulff 25th (13:04), Alex Oberle 31st (14:13), Mitchell Wulff 33rd (14:23), and Ryan Haines 43rd (17:44). The next race for the Hilanders is the Caldwell Twilight in Caldwell, Idaho, on Friday, Sept. 1. SaveSave