Dodson Cross Country 2021

Dodson Coyotes head coach, Tianna Bloomer, is in her seventh year coaching cross country. This year, the majority of runners on her team are in their first year of running.

"I've got a really young squad this year," said Bloomer. "The majority of them are brand new to the cross country world. It's going to be a while before I know what we've really got."

On the boys' team, there are no returning runners. They are all first-year runners.

The girls' team has one returning runner, but she just started practicing, so it will be a while until she can compete, joining the two first year girls on the team.

"We've kind of got a late start in the process this year," said Coach Bloomer. "Some won't be able to compete at meets until they get enough practices in. We've got a few meets coming up next week, so I should get a good feel for where everyone is by then."

At the Poplar meet this past Saturday, the Coyotes had one varsity runner compete, along with three of the younger runners.

The one varsity runner was freshmen, Mason LoneBear. He finished in 41st place with a time of 24:10.74. "Mason was my only varsity runner in Poplar. He was consistent in his time, but will definitely run it faster." Said Bloomer.

In the boys' middle school 1.5 mile race, Ian Healy finished in 37th place with a time of 11:46.80, and Emmitt LoneBear finished in 47th place with a time of 12:47.49.

Hadley NotAfraid, a seventh grader, finished in 47th place in the middle school girls' 1.5 mile race with a time of 13:50.16.

"That was Hadley's first race ever. I think she did pretty well," said Coach Bloomer. "My three younger kids all did great. They tried hard."