Members of the Spokane Mercury 11-12-year-old cross country team advancing to regionals are Beckett Schoenleber (second from right), Aaron Bruce, Evan Bruce, Matthew Leeds, Jacob McIntyre, Ashton Hannum and Marc Dugenet. Coach Carol Lewis is also pictured in the middle of the back row.
Cheney Middle School student Beckett Schoenleber is getting a chance at something few cross country runners ever achieve - competing at a national meet.
Schoenleber led his Spokane Mercury Athletics 11-12-year-old team to a second-place finish at Region 13 competition Nov. 21 in Pasco, Wash., becoming part of the group of 16 Mercury runners who will compete at nationals Dec. 12 in Albuquerque, N.M. Schoenleber finished fourth overall with a time of 10 minutes, 37.96 seconds, just over 3 seconds behind Bowerman Track's Jeffery Rogers.
While the rest of the runners are from Spokane, two of Schoe...
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