Game of the Year – 3A KingCo cross country meet
There were events that carried deeper playoff implications and featured more recognizable faces during 2011, but none came with the same collective success as the 3A KingCo cross country meet.
On the boys side, Bellevue’s John Fowler finished in 15:54.71 to bring home the individual title, but he was far from alone as six Wolverines finished in the top eight spots.
Teammate Ryan Long was second, Addison Woolsey fourth, Will Sheeran fifth, Spike Sievert seventh and Nick MacLean eighth. Kyle Pratt added a 12th place finish as Bellevue ran away with the team scoring, nearly 70 points in front of second-place Liberty.
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For the Bellevue girls, Julia Ellings finished in third place and Vandan Kasar was 20th.
And it wasn’t just the clan from Wolverine Way getting in on the act.
Sammamish saw the most successful track and field season in some time, according to coaches Jedd Danielsen and Carrie Holmes and never was that more evident than at the KingCo meet.
Freshman Nick Martin ended the race in sixth place and Hank Tea finished in 20th to help the Totems to a fourth place finish in the team scoring, good enough to send an entire team of seven to the district meet.
It was a freshman stealing the show on the girls side as well, with Pascale de Sa E Silva ending the day in second place. Seniors Laynee Viniotis and Liz Green passed the proverbial torch to de Sa E Silva, with Viniotis finishing in 16th to cap an outstanding day of performances from Bellevue area runners.
Also considered: Bellevue-Lakes state quarterfinal football; Bellevue-Lakes state championship boys basketball; Newport-Jackson state quarterfinal baseball; Bellevue Christian-Chimacum state semi-final baseball; Newport-Arlington district play-in boys basketball; Sammamish-Lake Washington football; Bellevue Christian-Northwest Christian football
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