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Featured Idaho Meet of the Week- Bob Firman Invitational Michael Najera Sep 22, 2022

This weekend the state of Idaho is filled with a handful of Invitationals highlighting them all is the Bob Firman Invitational hosted at Eagle Island State Park In Boise Idaho. This will be a prime time event filled with runners from multiple states. The states competing in this invitational include Idaho, California , Alaska , Nevada, Washington, Oregon , Montana , Utah and Wyoming. In the 5,000 Elite race on the boys side Rocky Mountains Landon Heemeyer enters the weekend on top of the Elite competition with a time of (14.56.51).Other Idaho runners to look for include , Tyler Sainsbury(Rocky Mountain) , Ian Stockett (Victory Charter). On the Boys side look out for Rocky Mountain they have three of runners in seeded in the top ten. The meet Record is 14:59.5 for this course held by Thomas Boyden ( Skyline UT-2019) https://www.bobfirmanxc.org/1627055786850/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/FirmanXC-Top25.pdf On the Girls side Boise High School lady's have three runners in the top 10 (Smith, Nance , Bruce) along with Meridian High school who also have three runners in the top ten (Taylor, Kohler, Packer) Boise Braves Samantha Smith enters the elite race with the third best seeded time (18:24.1) Lydia Nance (18:26.2) and Allie Bruce (18:39.5) are the top girl runners entered to run from the state of Idaho. The meet record on the girls side is 16:50.6 a record held by Sydney Thorvaldson (Una-Wyoming-2019) Meet Schedule Friday Packet Pickup Open 1:00pm Retail Open 1:00pm Course Closed 5:45pm Middle School Boys & Girls (6th grade) 3k 6:00pm Middle School Boys (7th-8th grade) 3k 6:25pm Middle School Girls (7th-8th grade) 3k 6:50pm Retail Closed 8:00pm AWARDS 6th Grade Boys & Girls – Individuals 6:45pm 7th – 8th Grade Boys – Individuals and teams 7:15pm 7th – 8th Grade Girls – Individuals and teams 7:40pm Saturday Course Open for Preview 7:45am Packet Pickup Open 7:45am Retail Open 7:45am Course Closed 8:30am 9th Grade Girls 5K 8:45am 9th Grade Boys 5K 9:25am DII Varsity Boys 5K 10:00am DI Varsity Boys Section 1 – 5K 10:30am DI Varsity Boys Section 2 – 5K 10:55am Elite Varsity Girls 5K 11:20am Elite Varsity Boys 5K 11:50am DII Varsity Girls 5K 12:15pm DI Varsity Girls Section 1 – 5K 12:50pm DI Varsity Girls Section 2 – 5K 1:25pm JV Boys Section 1 – 5K 2:00pm JV Boys Section 2 – 5K 2:35pm JV Girls Section 1 – 5K 3:10pm JV Girls Section 2 – 5K 3:50pm

Shawnti Jackson: Legacy Olivia Ekpone Aug 10, 2022

MileSplit presents 'Shawnti Jackson: Legacy,' a film that follows one of the United States' top young sprinters and the relationship between her and her father.