Bellevue boys take Sea-King meet
The Wolverines’ conference champion cross country squad continued its dominant run with a first-place finish at the Sea-King district meet over the weekend, finishing 12 points ahead of Metro champion Seattle Prep.
The Panthers’ Joe Hardy (15:36.26) finished in first place, five seconds ahead of Bellevue’s John Fowler. Ryan Long ended the race in third place and Will Sheeran was sixth. Addison Woolsey and Spike Sievert ran ninth and tenth respectively and Nick MacLean was 16th for coach John Hill’s squad.
Nick Martin of Sammamish finished in 17th place and also qualified for the 3A state cross country meet, which will take place Friday, Nov. 4 at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
For the girls, it was Mercer Island’s Katia Matora out in front with a time of 18:22.13.
The highest local finisher was Sammamish freshman Pascale De Sa E Silva, who finished fourth with a time of 19:17.91. Each of the top four finishers were freshman.
Bellevue junior Julia Ellings, who finished in 12th place with a time of 19:39.67, was the only other local state qualifier in 3A.
Liberty avenged a tiebreak defeat to Mercer Island in the KingCo meet to win the team scoring at the district race, six points ahead of the Islanders.
Saints win 2A Westside Classic
In 2A action, Interlake took the Westside Classic on the girls side behind the third place finish of freshman Antoinette Tansley (18:56.8) and sixth place finish of sophomore Niki Waghani (19:18.3). The Saints won the team scoring by three points over Kingston.
Nadia Lucas (19:31.7) ended the day in ninth place, only five-tenths of a second behind eighth place finisher Yohana Salzano of Foster.
Junior Sam Giner (16:18.0) was the highest finisher for the Interlake boys in second place while Ivan Leniski (16:46.9) ran eighth. Jay Taves (16:54.2) ended the day in 11th place and Jack Taylor (17:01.8) was 15th.
The Saints were second in the team scoring behind district champ Lindbergh.
Knights’ Spray is lone state qualifier
Newport junior Jessica Spray was the lone state qualifier for the Knights, finishing the 4A race in 21st place with a time of 19:26.00.
Nortz, Oldham headed to Pasco for Bellevue Christian
Emerald City League champion Daniel Nortz of Bellevue Christian qualified for the 1A state meet with a third place finish at the Westside Classic and for the BCS girls, Bree Oldham ended the day in 21st place with a time of 21:16.2, good enough to earn a spot at the state meet.
