Sports
September 14, 2026

FHS athletes race in Michigan

By Tim Miller 

Fairbanks’ girls and boys cross country teams competed in the Spartan Invitational in Michigan over the weekend.

The Lady Panthers placed fourth as a team.

Individual results were as follows:

-Seventh: Sadie Miller, 20:20.5;

-10th: Ava Lahmers, 20:41.9;

-58th: Hadley Premuda, 23:28.1;

-82nd: Lilly Smith, 24:19.2 (PR);

-102nd: Prairie Bailey, 25:00.3;

-174th: Lanay Sommers, 27:28.0;

-176th: Alice Ford, 27:32.6 (PR);

-189th: Zoey Camboni, 28:21.8;

-192nd: Corrina Seaborn, 28:29.2.

The Panther boys placed 14th in their race.

-30th: Daniel Thomas, 18:06.7;

-62nd: Brady Adams, 18:57.4;

-118th:  Zachary Niehaus, 20:21.1;

-121: Jacob Sayre, 20:22.7;

-126th: Malachi Robbins, 20:31.2;

-161st: Elton Bailey, 21:07.8;

-172nd: Theodore Thomas, 21:23.4 (PR);

-176th: Renner Bailey, 21:32.0 (PR);

-195th: Callen Slosser, 22:03.6 (PR);

-226th: George Bailey, 23:17.1 (PR);

-262nd: Triton Rhodes, 25:14.4;

-264: James Bowsher, 25:18.7.

The Panther middle school teams competed at the Tiffin Cross Country Carnival.

The girls placed 26th in the two-mile event.

Their top runner was Anna Nicol. She was 95th with a time of 15:00.9.

The Panther middle school boys finished in 32nd place.

Owen Phoenix was FMS’ best runner with a time of 13:10.1. That placed him at 103 for the race.

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