Running toward the postseason

  • Mike Cane, Herald Writer
  • Monday, October 15, 2007 12:42pm
  • Sports

The area’s cross country runners are gearing up for the postseason. Just three meets remain, starting with this Saturday’s league championship meets at Lakewood High School. Competitors from the Western Conference and the Cascade Conference will push themselves to exhaustion to try to earn league honors and prepare for the upcoming district and state meets.

Heading into the league championships, here’s where the elite local teams are ranked in the latest Washington State Cross Country Coaches polls.

Boys 4A —-Girls 4A

1Mead —-1Gig Harbor

2Central Valley —-2Central Valley

3Gig Harbor —-3Eastlake

4Snohomish —-4Redmond

5Tahoma —-5Snohomish

6Eisenhower —-6Mead

7Ferris —-7Monroe

8Lake Stevens —-8Richland

9Jackson —-9Bellarmine Prep

10North Kitsap —-10Tahoma

Boys 3A —-Girls 3A

1North Central —-1Newport-Bellevue

2Seattle Prep —-2Squalicum

3Bellevue —-3Columbia River

4Camas —-4West Valley-Yakima

5Mt. Spokane —-5Hanford

6Southridge —-6Mt. Spokane

7Kamiakin —-7Capital

8Skyline —-8Mercer Island

9Issaquah —-9Seattle Prep

10Liberty —-10Southridge

Boys 2A —-Girls 2A

1Sehome —-1Bellingham

2Burlington-Edison —-2South Whidbey

3Lakewood —-3Sehome

4West Valley-Spokane —-4West Valley-Spokane

5Colville —-5Cheney

6Cheney —-6Deer Park

7Bellingham —-7Riverside

8Selah —-8Archbishop Murphy

9Ellensburg —-9Ephrata

10Riverside —-10Selah

Boys 1A —-Girls 1A

1Nooksack Valley —-1King’s

2Royal —-2La Center

3Lakeside (Nine Mile) —-3Chelan

4Onalaska —-4Lakeside (Nine Mile)

5Charles Wright —-5Bush School

6La Center —-6Lynden Christian

7Bellevue Christian —-7Charles Wright

8Chewelah —-8Nooksack Valley

9Bush School —-9Cedar Park Christian

10King’s —-10Zillah

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