SNOHOMISH — Stanwood runners Minna Fields and Natasha Verma used a one-two finish to hold off Shorewood in a girls cross country meet Thursday afternoon at Valley View Middle School in Snohomish.
But it was Stanwood freshman Jordan Stephenson’s fifth-place finish (19:31) that gave the Spartans a crucial spot for a one-point win over the Thunderbirds (37 points). Snohomish placed third overall with 53 points.
“(Stephenson) is a real promising freshman,” Stanwood head coach Jordan Sneva said. “As long as she keeps working hard, she has the potential to pass them (Stanwood’s Fields, Verma and Jade Borseth) at the end of the year.
“That fifth place was a big one for us.”
The Spartans were racing without Borseth, who is one of their top returning runners. Borseth is out with an aggravated hip flexor and is on track to return next week. But Fields and Verma made up for her absence.
Fields, a junior and one of the top distance runners at the 2009 4A District 1 track and field meet (second-place finishes in the 1,600- and 3,200-meter races), beat the field by seven seconds.
Verma, a senior, is also one of Stanwood’s strongest returning runners.
“Those three (Fields, Verma and Borseth) will be competing for the front spot,” Sneva said. “I would say Minna is probably the strongest out of them right now because of her work ethic.”
The difference-maker for Stanwood turned out to be Stephenson, whose fifth-place time — with a cushion of six seconds over Shorewood’s Charlee Linton in sixth place — provided the one-point margin of victory for the Spartans.
“It (the race) was really tight, we didn’t know (the close result) until the end of the race,” Sneva said.
At Snohomish H.S.
2.97 miles
Shorewood—3. Erin Johnson 18:44, 6. Charlee Linton 19:37, 7. Emily Osborn 19:49, 10. Devon Leary 20:18, 11. Ali Petochko 20:27.
Stanwood—1. Minna Fields 18:33, 2. Natasha Verma 18:40, 5. Jordan Stephenson 19:31, 12. Natalie Bergstrom 20:55, 16. Maddi Davis 21:11.
Snohomish—4. Sigrid Thoreson 19:23, 8. Alexandra Dreher 19:58, 15. Kaitlyn Diasi 21:07, 17. Kaylee Nation 21:17, 21. Kia Thoreson 21:42.
Glacier Peak 15, Shorecrest 37, Mariner 83
At Willis Tucker Park
3 miles
Mariner—15. not reported 23:23, 22. Kylee Furness 24:55, 30. Sondra Mainord 26:06, 31. Bianca Liorico 26:27, 32. Courtney Peters 27:47.
Shorecrest—6. Dani Lyons 20:49, 8. Hannah Greiger 21:29; 10. Grace Bogne 21:47, 12. Lynleigh Oliver 22:19, 14. Kelsey Mines 23:06.
Glacier Peak—1. Amy-Eloise Neale 20:01, 2. Stephanie Jones 20:01, 3. Brenna Condon 2);02, 4. Sarah Whybark 20:04, 5. Katie Bianchini 20:05.
Kamiak 31, Edmonds-Woodway 37, Mountlake Terrace 57
At Kamiak H.S.
Not reported
Edmonds-Woodway—Amia Nash 17:04, Betsie Hopper 17:05, Megan Alfi 18:09, Amy Fair 18:50, Caitling Walde 19:55
Mountlake Terrace—Nina Penner 18:05, Erica Bond 18:53, Christina Szilvassy 18:57, Ciara Rink 19:14, Kelsey O’Neill 19:32.
Kamiak—Shelly Davis 17:22, Stephanie Moore 17:25, Amber Hambrecht 18:14, Annemarie Wegley 18:43, Emily Benz 18:44.
Arlington 25, Meadowdale 51, Lynnwood 74, Cascade 94
At Lynndale Park
2.7 miles
Arlington—3. Teresa Wadey 19:15, 4. Katie Anderson 19:16, 5. Kristin Wreggelsworth 19:18, 6. Bryna Prause 19:20, 7. Safa Pinkens 19:21.
Meadowdale—1. Shelley Koehn 19:03, 2. Analissa Merrill 19:14, 19. Natalie Keller 21:07, 22. Lydia Bower 21:25, 33. Katie Hamburg 22:59.
Cascade—18. Kaileigh Alford 20:48, 20. Aly Weir 21:14, 27. Kim Tran 22:08, 50. Morgan Herrington 25:28, 51. Jazmine Flenoy 25:50.
Lynnwood—11. Kayla Ortado 19:49, 12. Vera Savenkova 19:54, Shannon Davis 21:55, 28. Jordyn Berg 22:26, 29. Zamzam Husane 22:28.
Oak Harbor 35, Lake Stevens 36, Marysville-Pilchuck 63
At Marysville-Pilchuck H.S.
3.04 miles
Oak Harbor—4. Adrianna Royal 20:46, 5. Jessica Denmon 21:23, 7. Christina Wickers 21:24, 9. Taylor Von Grey 21:38, 10. Ariel McCarter 21:43.
Lake Stevens—1. Samantha Minor 20:12, 2. Cia Bywater 20:30, 6. Nikole Mulligan 21:23, 13. Dakota Pilon 22:06, 14. Kari Green 22:40.
Marysville-Pilchuck—3. Rachel Lefstad 20:44, 8. Marissa Carter 21:32, 15. Jen Rosie 22:49, 17. Alissa Belan 23:09, 21. Ashlynn Woodward 23:46.
King’s 31, Lakewood 57, Archbishop Murphy 75, Granite Falls 119
At River Meadows Park
3.1 miles
Lakewood—6. Rachel Cundy 22:57.58, 7. Chelsea Stokles 22:57.93, 8. Chelsea Sowards 22:58, 12. Amber Burnell 23:39, 24. Ariel Jensen 25:56.
Archbishop Murphy—13. Annie Dang 24:02, 14. Michaela Bartz 24:10, 15. Shelby Lyman 24:18, 16. Kelsey Rasmussen 24:32.19, 17. Kaitlyn Kelly 24:32.68.
King’s—3. Adele Eslinger 22:30.50, 4. Makenzie Taylor 22:30.79, 5. Morgan Hamm 22:31, 9. Stephanie Rice 23:15, 10. Emma Barr 23:16.
Granite Falls—1. Rhiannon Alexander 22:00, 2. Rachel Mow 22:07, 28. Courtney Conaway 26:24, 40. Rosanna Monson 29:13.
Cedarcrest 15, South Whidbey 50, Sultan DNQ
At Sultan H.S.
5,000 meters
Cedarcrest—1. Missy Dowd 19:39; 2. Cara Strodel 20:01; 4. Brenna Eldredge 20:16; 5. Jessica Beam 21:10; 6. Desiree Nieblas 21:13.
South Whidbey—9. Chantal White 21:44; 10. Lilliana Stelling 21:45; 11. Jessica Cary 23:10; 14. Nora Felt 23:58; 15. Taya Jae 24:21.
Sultan—3. Rici Morrill 20:05.
Boys cross country
Shorecrest 20, Glacier Peak 43, Mariner 75
At Willis Tucker Park
3 miles
Mariner—11. Chris Venskus 18:26, 15. Jose Guzman 19:18, 16. Joe Venskus 19:33, 18. Gurpreet Singh 20:04; 19. Vlad Garcia 20:55.
Shorecrest—1. Joe McConaughy 16:32, 2. Chris Freeborn 16:59, 4. Abiel Perle 17:23, 6. Matt Freeborn 17:51, 7. Carter Osborne 18:04.
Glacier Peak—3. Levi Hinson 17:22, 5. Ryan Weed 17:43, 10. Ben Hagen 18:12, 12. Sam Juozapitis 18:30, 13. Alec Northrop 18:40.
Kamiak 28, Mountlake Terrace 47, Edmonds-Woodway 50
At Kamiak H.S.
Not reported
Edmonds-Woodway—Ryan Thompson 15:00, Alex Springer 15:04, Sean Haldeman 15:42, Alec Fellows 16:05, Garrett Skenon 16:32.
Mountlake Terrace—Jake Howell 15:11, Ben Miller 15:21, Michael O’Neill 15:26, Brandon Hines 15:37, Tennyson Morin 16:31.
Kamiak— Bryton Reim 14:18, Thomislav Smith 14:57, Ryan Bradford 15:07, Marshal Pinnock 15:28, Josh Harris 15:37.
Cascade 27, Meadowdale 31, Arlington 73, Lynnwood 120.
At Lynndale Park
2.7 miles
Arlington—11. James Clark 16:12, 14. Devin Swanson 16:30, 15. Justin Goheen 16:31, 16. Lukas Chase 16:35, 17. Aaron Newson 16:35.
Meadowdale—1. Matt Crichlow 15:01, 2. Jon Hanson 15:01, 6. James Oliver 15:39, 9. Chris Prasanna 15:58, 13. Quinn Massey 16:21.
Cascade—3. Aaron Campbell 15:26, 4. Dylan Hopper 15:26, 5. Alex Bartee 15:26, 7. Steven Statham 15:48, 8. Keanan Sands 15:50.
Lynnwood—26. Mina Mina 17:20, 28. Alex Ashenbrener 17:33, 30. John Vogan 18:45, 31. David DeCock 19:53, 32. Matt Onishi 19:57.
Lake Stevens 31, Marysville-Pilchuck 45, Oak Harbor 53
At Marysville-Pilchuck H.S.
3.04 miles
Oak Harbor—1. Tyler King 16:37, 4. Matt Reith 16:48, 13. John Kaltenbach 18:07, 17. Matt Bolte 18:32, 23. Colten Elliot 19:24.
Lake Stevens—2. Juan Castillo 16:39, 3. Brandon Martz 16:39, 7. Johnny Bywater 17:16, 9. Darin Nettleton 17:40, 10. Mason Nicol 17:42.
Marysville-Pilchuck—5. Steve Utt 16:57, 6. Eddie Caranza 17:04, 8. Josh Rassmussen 17:24, 11. Cannon Counsellor 17:49, 15. Erik Kundu 18:19.
Shorewood 23, Stanwood 48, Snohomish 49.
At Snohomish H.S.
3.1 miles
Shorewood—2. Joe Gladow 16:13, 3. Colin Wilkins 16:14, 4. Alex Breck 16:16, 6. Kane Thomas 16:45, 8. Abdul Abdolla 16:54.
Stanwood—5. Mark Pelham 16:40, 7. Wade Weinert 16:46, 9. Cody Howard 16:59, 12. Aaron Reed 17:43, 15. Adam Knott 17:45.
Snohomish—1. Jared Lehning 16:00, 10. Dan Pedack 17:31, 11. TJ Rogers 17:32, 13. Seth Bauman 17:45, 14. Travis Mosely 17:45.
Archbishop Murphy 34, Lakewood 52, King’s 54, Granite Falls 102
At River Meadows Park
3.1 miles
Lakewood—2. Taylor Guske 18:09, 5. Trent Presch 18;43, 6. Chad Skiles 18:45, 19. Nick Howe 20:06, 20. Mitchell Gogert 20:06.
Archbishop Murphy—1. Conner Ballew 17:54, 4. Sam Holeman 18:19, 7. Brandon Todd 18:58, 8. Quin Nelson 19:02, 14. Anthony DeGrazia 19:48.
King’s—3. Harris Emmons 18:18, 11. Ryan Gamache 19:17, 12. Jared Clemens 19:21, 13. Nate Faubion 19:22, 15. Nick Lowe-Hale 19:56.
Granite Falls—9. Mika Matalomani 19:15, 10. Ben Mow 19:16, 24. Ben Sheppard 20:21, 27. Tyler Hart 20:35, 32. Daniel Lund 20:47.
Cedarcrest 20, South Whidbey 52, Sultan 61
At Sultan H.S.
5,000 meters
Cedarcrest—1. Josh Denison 17:39; 2. Mitchell Montgomery 17:40; 4. Clay Hammontree 18:12; 6. Chad Linnerooth 18:17; 7. Lucas Vrbka 18:20.
South Whidbey—3. Ben Saari 18:10; 5. Blake Koszarek 18:14; 13. Kevin Rookstool 19:33; 15. Scott Warwick 19:47; 24. Will Zink 22:14.
Sultan—8. Christian Culp 18:23; 9. Tim Franz 18:30; 14. Ian Elie 19:43; 16. Zack Cotterill 20:03; 19. Jason Berg 20:38.
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