Chase Marchand: Chasing the finish line

A Raider had the best time in the state for 1.5-mile races, the ninth best in the nation.

Lake Roosevelt's eighth-grade cross country runner, the aptly named Chase Marchand, had an impressive year, putting up the best finish time in the state for 1.5-mile races, the ninth best in the United States, when he ran in Omak Oct. 9, finishing in 7 minutes, 55.3 seconds.

Marchand had six first-place finis...