• The PHS boys took second place. From left, Mason Stevens, Galen Murch, Leo Pausch, Lukas Hernandez, Jacob Hernandez and JJ Lewis. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mason Stevens (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mason Stevens (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Mason Stevens (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Leo Pausch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Leo Pausch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Leo Pausch runs the final turn on his way to a second-place finish at Saturday afternoon’s Paul Mariman Invitational. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Leo Pausch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Leo Pausch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Leo Pausch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Galen Murch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Galen Murch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Galen Murch (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • JJ Lewis (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Philomath’s JJ Lewis, left, and Cottage Grove’s Micah Hanke sprint alongside one another toward the finish line. Lewis was able to beat him by a tenth of a second. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • JJ Lewis (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lukas Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Lukas Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • PHS junior Lukas Hernandez emerges from the trees and into the sunlight during his third-place performance. (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Jacob Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Jacob Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)
  • Jacob Hernandez (Photo by Brad Fuqua/Philomath News)

Brad Fuqua has covered the Philomath area since 2014 as the editor of the now-closed Philomath Express and currently as publisher/editor of the Philomath News. He has worked as a professional journalist since 1988 at daily and weekly newspapers in Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, Arizona, Montana and Oregon.