Madeleine Herzberg, Healdsburg, 20:38.79 Montgomery’s Hanne Thomsen cruised to an individual win at the North Bay League cross country championships Saturday at Spring Lake in the first of what could be three four-peats over the coming weeks for the standout distance runner. Many wondered if the Vikings senior would be gunning to break Julia Stamps’ 1995 course record of 16 minutes, 15 seconds in her final high school race across the 2.97-mile course, and while she started hot, Thomsen realized midway through the race she didn’t have the energy to break it. Fighting a cold, she finished in 16:55.76, well off her personal best of 16:21, which is second all-time on the course, according to records compiled by redwoodempirerunning.com. Still, she capped her NBL career with four straight individual titles, just the second girl to accomplish the feat since Santa Rosa’s Delaney White (2012-15), according to redwoodempirerunning.com. “That was kind of my goal going into today; I just wanted to win and push hard on my last race here,” Thomsen said. “I knew I probably wasn’t going to be in contention for the record, but stuff like that happens.” Thomsen will now be on the hunt to capture her fourth straight North Coast Section Division 3 title at Hayward in a few weeks and then potentially her fourth straight CIF state title in Fresno at the end of the month. Only three girls in California history have ever won four straight CIF state titles in cross country. “I feel like my training has been going really good; I feel stronger than I ever have before, but I think right now this sickness has kind of gotten in the way,” Thomsen said. As has been the case the last few seasons, Thomsen led a trio of Vikings runners who finished 1-2-3, well ahead of the rest of the field. Amrie Lacefield (17:40.90) and Seelah Kittelstrom (18:11.27) rounded out the top three and Analy’s Sakina Woods (19:01.97) was the next closest finisher in the girls race. Maria Carrillo and Piner were the big winners in the team competitions. The Pumas captured both the boys and girls NBL-Oak pennants, while the Prospectors swept the NBL-Redwood pennants. The Pumas had seven of the top-12 finishers in the girls race, giving them 38 points to Montgomery’s 42. They were even more dominant in the boys race — winning with 34 points to runner-up Analy’s 61, with six runners finishing in the top 11. The Pumas boys have now won 18 of the last 21 NBL championship meets, while the girls have won 19 of the last 21, per redwoodempirerunning.com. Analy junior Owen Dawson was the individual champion in the boys race with a final time of 15:11.45. Not only is that a 28-second improvement in his personal record on the course, but it’s also the 12th-fastest time ever run by a boy at Spring Lake, redwoodempirerunning.com shows. “Pretty much went exactly how I thought it was going to,” Dawson said. “Maybe a little bit conservative on the first mile, second mile was Cormac (Gaylord), Ome (Zuniga) and I just neck and neck, and then the last mile I didn’t have anything left, but I knew I had to get ahead — so I just kicked the whole last mile.” Windsor junior Xavier Surgeon finished second in 15:38.23, breaking Lucas Chung’s 2017 school record on the course by three seconds. Santa Rosa senior Ome Zuniga (15:45.99), Maria Carrillo junior Austin Petrik (15:49.23) and Analy senior Cormac Gaylord (15:51.81) rounded out the top five boys finishers. In the NBL-Redwood races, the Piner boys edged out Healdsburg 38-40, while the Prospectors girls dominated with 31 points to runner-up Rancho Cotate’s 54. Sophomore Kamila Olvera won the race in 18:53.99 while junior Jocelyn Uraje (19:58.95) placed third, two of six Prospectors runners to place in the top 15. Cardinal Newman senior Gwen Brockett (19:16.41) ran as an individual and placed second overall. Ukiah freshman Allie Huff (20:37.21) placed fourth and Healdsburg freshman Madeleine Herzberg (20:38.7) finished fifth. On the boys side, Piner had six of the top-11 placers, led by junior Gaytan Esteban, who placed fourth overall in 16:57.78. Ukiah senior Oscar Ruiz was the individual champion at 16:30.98. Healdsburg junior Jake McWilliams (16:44.46) was the individual runner-up, Ukiah junior Gavin Falleri (16:47.46) took third and Healdsburg freshman Lucas Welty (17:01.84) placed fifth. Teams will now have a few weeks off to rest and prepare for the NCS championships Nov. 23 at Hayward High School. You can reach Staff Writer Gus Morris at 707-304-9372 or gus.morris@pressdemocrat.com. On X (Twitter) @JustGusPD. NORTH BAY LEAGUE CROSS COUNTRY MEET (Top 5 finishers)