LAKEWOOD — The South Whidbey girls cross country team found out where it stands against some of the best teams in the state Saturday afternoon.
And the best for that matter.
The Falcons upset No. 1-ranked Sehome to take the team title by five points at the 24th Annual Hole-in-the-Wall Invitational at Lakewood High School. The Mariners are No. 1 in the Washington State Cross County Coaches Association Class 2A poll.
South Whidbey (2A No. 3) used packed running to place its top five runners in the top 21, with Erica Johnson leading the charge with a 12th-place finish. The Falcons Caroline Habel was 14th, Courtney Bosman was 16th, Chantal White 20th and Cassie Bosman rounded out South Whidbey’s scoring with a 21st-place finish.
Sehome’s top two runners flexed their power finishing in the top four. The Mariners’ Annie Moore ran away with the individual title and Mimi Krieger was fourth. Sehome’s other top runners finished behind the packed Falcons in 24th, 25th and 34th.
“Definitely a shock,” Lakewood co-head coach Jon Murray said of South Whidbey. “It will definitely give them a confidence boost going into the (Cascade Conference) league meet. I think both teams learned a little bit about each other.”
Marysville-Pilchuck’s Haley Nemra placed sixth as the top local runner at the Invitational and led the Tomahawks to a fourth-place finish. Archbishop Murphy’s Lauren Moran was ninth with the Falcons runners coming in right behind. Shelby Lyman of Archbishop Murphy followed in 27th and Lakewood’s Sarah Dunn was 28th.
The Sehome Boys proved their No.1 rating legit, blowing out the field to capture the team title with 59 points. Bothell was second with 145 and Lakewood was third with 159 points. Marysville-Pilchuck was sixth and Everett finished in ninth in the boys competition.
Sehome placed three runners within the top five, including winner Mason McHenry, who covered the course in 16 minute, 17 seconds to take individual title. Sehome’s Clinton Overman finish second and Colin Flynn was fifth.
Lakewood’s Junior Nick Devier finish 10 seconds back of McHenry in fourth and Sophomore Taylor Guske was 10th for the Cougars.
“They did well overall for the conditions,” Murray said of the Cougars. “It is really nice to see in a big meet how your team stacks up against some of the top teams. It’s getting to championship time and this is were the kids get to pushing themselves.”
At Lakewood H.S.
Distance 3.1 Miles
Girls team results—1. South Whidbey 83, 2. Sehome 88, 3. Woodinville 132, 4. Marysville-Pilchuck 163, 5. Vancouver 214, 6. Archbishop Murphy 216, 7. Roosevelt, 8. Inglemoor, 9. Bishop Blanchet, 10. Lakewood 262, 11. Stadium, 12. Arlington 291, 13. Lakeside, 14. Mount Vernon, 15. Stanwood 368, 16. Bothell, 17. Battle Ground, 18. Juanita, 19. Lynnwood 449, 20. Toppenish, 21. Granite Falls 477, 22. Holy Names Academy.
Girls top 10 finishers—1. Moore (Sehome), 2. Digby (Vancouver), 3. Bolibol (Woodinville), 4. Krieger (Sehome), 5. Treleven (Stadium), 6. Nemra (Marysville-Pilchuck), 7. Mohler (Roosevelt), 8. Nichols (Inglemoor), 9. Moran (Archbishop Murphy), 10. Hungerford (Inglemoor). Top local finishers—11. Ainsworth (Marysville-Pilchuck), 12. Johnson (South Whidbey), 14. Habel (South Whidbey, 15. Verma (Stanwood), 16. Co. Bosman (South Whidbey), 20. White (South Whidbey, 21. Ca. Bosman (South Whidbey), 27. Lyman (Archbishop Murphy), 28. Dunn (Lakewood).
Boys team results—1. Sehome 59, 2. Bothell 145, 3. Lakewood 159, 4. Issaquah 181, 5. Bellarmine Prep 218, 6. Marysville-Pilchuck 233, 7. Inglemoor, 8. Kentridge, 9. Everett 249, 10. Foster, 11. Roosevelt, 12. Arlington 336, 13. South Whidbey 349, 14. Woodinville, 15. Juanita, 16. Bellevue Christian, 17. Blaine, 18. Stadium, 19. Stanwood 475, 20. Mount Vernon, 21. Granite Falls 539, 22. Lakeside, 23. Battle Ground, 24. Archbishop Murphy 563, 25. Graham-Kapowsin, 26. Mount Rainer Lutheran, 27. Tyee.
Boys top 10 finishers—1. McHenry (Sehome) 16:17, 2. Overman (Sehome), 3. Girre (Foster), 4. Devier (Lakewood) 16:27, 5. Flynn (Sehome), 6. Parry (Bothell), 7. Berhe (Roosevelt), 8. Wilkins (Inglemoor), 9. Silva (Jaunita), 10. Guske (Lakewood) 16:49. Top local finishers—11. Lanphere (Marysville-Pilchuck) 16:52, 12. Simbeck (Arlington) 16:57, 14. MacDougall (Everett) 16:59, 21. Ordonez (Lakewood) 17:10, 27. Crenshaw (Maryville-Pilchuck) 17:15, 29. Colwell (Stanwood) 17:18.
Richland Invitational (boys): At Richland, Joey Bywater captured the individual title covering the 3.1 mile course in 15 minutes, 6 seconds to lead Lake Stevens to a fifth-place finish. Teammate Kyle Van Santen finished eighth for the Vikings as Mitchell Briggs powered Jackson to a fourth place. Ben Lance helped the Timberwoles effort with a 10th-place finish.
At Carmichael Middle School
Distance 3.1 miles
Boys team results—1. North Central 63, 2. Mead 83, 3. Central Valley 98, 4. Jackson 125, 5. Lake Stevens 156, 6. Redmond, 7. Kamiakin, 8. Richland, 9. Ellensburg, 10. University, 11. Pasco, 12. Sunnyside, 13. Royal, 14. Nathan Hale, 15. Hanford, 16. Woodrow WIlson, 17. West Valley-Yakima, 18. Deer Park, 19. Pendleton, 20. Othello, 21. Baker, 22. Riverside Christian.
Boys top finishers—1. Bywater (Lake Stevens) 15:06, 2. Lynch (Mead) 15:11, 3. Briggs (Jackson) 15:15, 4. Rosaaen (Woodrow Wilson) 15:17, 5. Kimpel (North Central) 15:21, 6. Jimenez (Royal), 7. Dean (North Central), 8. Van Santen (Lake Stevens) 15:31, 9. Ellis (Redmond), 10. Lance (Jackson) 15:36.
Richland Invitational (girls): At Richland, the Lake Stevens girls cross country team captured the team title led by Lacey Wagner’s sixth-place finish and Samantha Minor’s eighth-place finish. Jackson finished seventh behind Allison Ponce and Stephanie Houck , who both placed in the top 15.
At Carmichael middle school
Distance 3.1 miles
Girls team results—1. Lake Stevens 90, 2. Redmond 96, 3. Richland 98, 4. Mead 100, 5. Shadle Park 148, 6. Hanford, 7. Jackson 169, 8. West Valley-Yakima, 9. Kamiakin, 10. Nathan Hale, 11. Deer Park, 12. Pendleton, 13. Pasco, 14. Ellensburg, 15. Baker, 16. Woodrow Wilson.
Girls top finishers—1. Nelson (Shadle Park) 17:37, 2. Lord (Redmond) 18:07, 3. McMahon (Redmond) 18:07, 4. Mires (Mead) 18:26, 5. Hegarty (Hanford) 18:37, 6. Wagner (Lake Stevens) 18:54, 7. Olander (West Valley-Yakima), 8. Minor (Lake Stevens) 19:08, 9. Duenich (Deer Park), 10. Ponce (Jackson) 19:17, 15. Houck (Jackson) 19:28, 18. Bywater (Lake Stevens) 19:47.
Hoquiam Invitational (boys): At Hoquiam, Edmonds-Woodway’s Yonaton Yilma captured the individual title to lead the Warriors to a second-place finish. The Warriors Calvin Grover finished sixth to help lead Edmonds-Woodway.
At Hoquiam H.S.
Distance 3.1 miles
Boys top 10 team results—1. Bellevue 55, 2. Edmonds-Woodway 124, 3. Penninsula 131, 4. Mercer Island, 5. Emerald Ridge, 6. Olympic, 7. Capital, 8. Tumwater, 9. John Rogers, 10. Central Kitsap.
Boys top 10 finishers—1. Yilma (Edmonds-Woodway) 15:46, 2. Moskowitz (Central Kitsap 15:52, 3. Paine (Shelton, 4. Partin (Bellevue, 5. Thomson (Emerald Ridge), 6. Grover (Edmonds-Woodway) 16:41, 7. Barton (Ridgefield), 8. Sadler (Mercer Island), 9. Duray (Tumwater), 10. Peters (John Rogers). Edmonds-Woodway other top finishers—31. Schofield, 41. Bailey, 45. Hehm.
Hoquiam Invitational (girls): At Hoquiam, Edmonds-Woodway place seventh led by Mary Lee’s 16-place finish. Juliet Brewster was 25th and Betsie Hopper was 30th for the Warriors.
At Hoquiam H.S.
Distance 3.1 miles
Girls top 10 team results—1. Capital 83, 2. Mercer Island 89, 3. Bellevue 119, 4. Central Kitsap 129, 5. John Rodges 161, 6. Chelan, 7. Edmonds-Woodway 214, 8. Lynden, 9. Aberdeen, 10. Olympic.
Girls top 10 finishers—1. Shriver (Centralia) 18:52, 2. Moskowitz (Central Kitsap 19:52, 3. Wallen (Capital), 4. Guillen (Chelan), 5. Yeik (Capital), 6. Witte (Lynden), 7. Goyette (Mercer Island), 8. Merritt (Mercer Island), 9. Swarthout (Capital), 10. Gilbert (Bellevue). Edmonds-Woodway top finishers—16. Lee, 25. Brewster, 30. Hopper, 48. Melnikas, 76. O’Brien.
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