SHORELINE – In high school cross country just the first five runners on a squad contribute to the team score. But that doesn’t mean the sixth guy doesn’t count.
He’s the tiebreaker.
Stanwood’s sixth runner, Kyle Balda, finished ahead of his Shorewood counterpart to decide Thursday’s Wesco meet at Hamlin Park. Both teams had tied with 31 points. Arlington was third with 74.
At Hamlin Park, Shoreline
3.1 miles
Stanwood-3. Roberts, 18:52; 4. Croffoot, 19:44; 5. Cutforth, 19:44; 9. Reed, 20:18; 10. Rexach, 20:23; 11. Balda, 20:23. Shorewood-1. Tadele, 18:42; 2. Ardissono, 18:43; 6. Genis, 19:48; 8. Krowka, 20:15; 13. Erickson, 20:44; 14. Johnson, 20:46. Arlington-7. Meyers, 19:58; 12. Nagel, 20:36; 17. Hammer, 21:16; 19. Wargo, 21:44; 20. Hale, 21:52.
Kamiak 24, Mountlake Terrace 31, Mariner 78: Kelly Spady and teammate Jordan Foster finished 1-2 to lead Kamiak to the Wesco South victory.
At McCollum Park, Everett
3.1 miles
Kamiak-1. Spady 17:07, 2. Foster 17:09, 5. Mortan 17:55, 6. Cooper 18:09, 10. Ackerman 18:42. Mountlake Terrace-3. Henning 17:15, 4. Juretich 17:48, 7. Lindsay 18:19, 8. Beninga 18:30, 9. Gentry 18:35. Mariner-11. Zarate 18:44, 13. Norton 19:07, 18. Mustafa 20:07, 20. Al-Harab 20:21, 22. McAfee 21:07.
Oak Harbor 30, Mount Vernon 38, Meadowdale 54: Chris Wichers finished first to lead Oak Harbor to the non-conference victory.
At Fort Casey, Coupeville
2.49 miles
Oak Harbor-1. Wichers, 13:55, 3. Marriott, 14.20, 4. Garcia, 14:31, 6. Dix, 14:43, 16. Snow, 15:46. Mount Vernon-2. Cary 14:19, 7. Gilbert, 14:54, 8. Schwab, 14:57, 10. Padilla, 15:15, 11. Forsyth, 15:23. Meadowdale-5. Huff, 14:41, 9. Wiegand 15:00, 12. Wipf, 15:25, 13. Scace, 15:30, 15: Posey, 15:54.
Shorecrest 34, Everett 37, Marysville-Pilchuck 49: Shorecrest’s Kevin Ruhlman edged Everett’s Matt Kaftanski by four seconds for first place in the Wesco meet.
At Everett Memorial Stadium, Everett
2.75 miles
Shorecrest-1. Ruhlman 15:26, 6. Baker 16:00, 8. Wong 16:46, 9. Rohrback 17:11, 10. Bardon 17:15. Everett-2. Kaftanski 15:30, 3. McGee 15:40, 13. Ordones 17:25, 15. Garcia 17:40, 16. Gossett 17:41. M-P-7. Masten 16:32, 11. Thompson 17:15, 12. Lennon 17:17, 17. Felch 17:57.
Lakewood 16, South Whidbey 45, Granite Falls 70: Tyler Rapp, Nathan Zahn, Scott Skiles, and Dane Betts finished first through fourth, respectively, to lead Lakewood to the Cascade Conference victory.
At River Meadows Park, Arlington
3 miles
Lakewood-1. Rapp, 16:41, 2. Zahn, 16:41, 3. Skiles, 17:00, 4. Betts, 17:20, 8. Cantwell, 18:12. South Whidbey-5. Peters, 17:38, 8. Defender 18:26, 9. Fitz 18:34, 11. Warwic 18:45, 12. Schmmidth, 18:58. Granite Falls-10. McCarty, 18:40, 13. Sosa, 19:20, 14. Murray, 19:33, 16. Mora, 19:51, 27. Knudson, 21:45.
King’s 36, Archbishop Murphy 42, Cedarcrest 64, Sultan 95: Brent Woodham finished 15 seconds ahead of Archbishop Murphy’s Ben Snyder in the first-ever Cascade Conference meet.
At Sultan
2.4 miles
King’s-1. Woodham 13:12, 3. Croutworst 13:30, 9. E. Dull 14:13, 10. J, Dull 14:14, 13. Dean 14:37. Archbishop Murphy-2. B. Snyder 13:27, 4. Ryan 13:34, 8. Sadowski 13:48, 12. Morrison 14:33, 16. N. Snyder 15:03. Cedarcrest-5. Hammontree 13:38, 6. Chappell 13:42, 11. Heller 14:15, 15. Heloman 14:49, 27. Gamache 17:39. Sultan-7. Dillenbeck 13:47, 19. Shearer 15:09, 22. Thot 15:28, 23. Nichols 15:59, 24. Cogger 16:20.
Girls
Shorewood 26, Stanwood 31, Arlington 79: Chaissa Buchanan of Stanwood took first place in the non-conference meet.
At Hamilin Park, Shoreline
3.1 miles
Shorewood-2. Vietmeier, 21:45; 4. Botham, 22:29; 5. Haug, 22:49; 7. Levy, 23:14; 8. Rusch, 23:25. Stanwood-1. Buchanan, 21:32; 3. Piccolo, 22:07; 6. Epperson, 22:57; 9. Olson 23:46; 10. King, 25:03. Arlington-14. Tam. Wright, 25:16; 15 Rayner, 25:31; 16. Te. Wright, 25:32; 17. Keihn, 25:47; 20. Tar. Wright, 26:20.
Mountlake Terrace 26, Kamiak 36, Mariner 70: Mountlake Terrace claimed five of the top eight places.
At McCollum Park, Everett
3.1 miles
Mountlake Terrace-2. Kills Right 20:56, 3. Cheevers 22:12, 6. Smith 23:20, 7. Jensen 23:21, 8. Brister 23:24. Kamiak-1. Anderberg 20:39, 5. Wilson 23:08, 9. Werner 23:43, 10. Kaligis 24:30, 11. Knight 24:44. Mariner-4. Schulze 22:47, 15. Peter 26:11, 20. Dinh 27:23, 21. Munoz 29:02, 22. Peung 29:40.
Marysville-Pilchuck 20, Everett 60, Shorecrest 70: M-P runners captured four of the first five places in the Wesco meet.
At Everett Memorial Stadium, Everett
2.75 miles
M-P-1. Nemra 18:23, 3. Bradley 19:29, 4. Muller 20:05, 5. Hollow 20:09, 7. Modejeski 18:36. Everett-6. Moore 18:09, 9. Mulligan 20:41, 14. Mills 21:02, 15. McKinnon 21:30, 16. Leighton 21:33. Shorecrest-2. Weldetasae 18:44, 8. Hourt 20:37, 10. Ayers 20:45, 13. Tapley 21:01, 19. Haller 21:50.
Oak Harbor 22, Meadowdale 48, Mount Vernon 55, La Conner DNQ: Jessica Brundidge, Leonila Celestino, and Amanda Gordon finished 2-3-4, for Oak Harbor.
At Fort Casey, Coupeville
2.49 miles
Oak Harbor-2. Brundidge, 17:14, 3. Celestino, 17:30, 4. Gordon, 17:44, 6. Hall, 18:01, 13. Keyes, 19:29. Meadowdale-7. Myhre, 18:05, 9. Pool, 18:53, 10. Lefrancons-Hanson, 19:13, 12. Davis, 19:22, 21. Kratz, 20:26. Mount Vernon-5. Rolfsom, 17:51, 11. Donovan, 19:20, 14. Anderson, 19:37, 16. Kamb, 19:59, 19. Lund, 20:21. La Conner-1. Higgins, 17:10, 8. Connelly, 18:22, 20. Hagman, 20:23, 25. Compton, 21:09.
King’s 22, Cedarcrest 63, Sultan 59, Archbishop Murphy 78: King’s runners finished second through fifth.
At Sultan
2.4 miles
King’s-2. Thompson 15:47, 3. Miles 15:49, 4. Caghlan 15:58, 5. Cedarcrest-1. Ramirez 15:44, 9. Farmer 17:06, 14. Ullman 18:09, 19. Hendron 19:48, 20. Cennedy 20:03. Sultan-7. York 16:55, 12. Meyers 17:51, 13. Cotterill 18:07, 15. Green 18:25, 22. Mackey 20:41. Archbishop Murphy-6. Moran 16:45, 16. McClure 18:35, 17. Hall 18:52, 18. Robinett 19:39, 21. Bloom 20:31.
South Whidbey 19, Lakewood 36, Granite DNQ: South Whidbey’s Katy Gordon finished first.
At River Meadows Park, Arlington
3 miles
Suoth Whidbey-1. Gordon, 20:39, 3. Bakeman 21:20, 4. Johnson, 21:37, 5. Madison, 22:51, 6. Haupt, 22:51. Lakewood-2. Gogert, 20:54, 8. Osti 22:59, 9. Mesa 23:03, 10. Ward 23:32, 11. Gemmer, 23:35. Granite Falls-7. Marino, 22:56, 14. Parks, 24:04, 15. Anderson, 24:05, 22. Livermore, 26:14.
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