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9/29/2014 9:12:44 AM

CCA runners place second
The high school cross-country team from Classical Christian Academy placed second at the Kiwanis Invitational Jamboree Aug. 28 in Post Falls.  

Branden Zurfluh, who is a Liberty Lake resident, placed third in the team competition with a time of 21:43. Other team members included Josiah Coad, Eli Coad, Corbin Shults, Logan Shults and Taylor Burke.

Mällinen wins tour title
Liberty Lake resident Max Mällinen clinched the 2014 Sports Car Club of America's U.S. Majors Tour national championship in September. At just 16 years and 90 days old, a press release said he was the youngest American Formula F champion to date.

"I am thrilled to win the 2014 US Majors Tour title," Mällinen said. "It is great to have won a National Championship at 16 in such a competitive and historic class as Formula F." 

 After a successful debut season in the No. 10 Spectrum 014/Honda from Swan Motorsports, Mällinen collected four wins, six podiums and six front row starts. He also lowered two track records in his seven Majors races, the release said. All the tracks Mällinen saw over the course of the season were brand new to him.

With the national title in hand, Mällinen is focused now on the SCCA's season-ending national championship race, the Runoffs, taking place Oct. 10 at the famed Laguna Seca circuit in Monterey, Calif. 

Mällinen is a junior at Saint Georges School in Spokane.

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