The first cross country coaches poll of the season is out and a pair of local teams cracked their respective top-10 lists.
Bellevue begins the year sixth in the 3A boys rankings and Interlake’s girls check-in at seventh.
The Wolverines ended 2012 with a sixth place finish at state behind the fifth place individual finish of then-senior Spike Sievert and will welcome back three state competitors from last year in Kyle Pratt, Graham Wendle and Jacob Feinman.
Antoinette Tansley, who was 13th at state as a sophomore last year, will lead the Saints after their ninth place finish in 2012.
4A Boys
Central Valley
Gig Harbor
Eisenhower
Wenatchee
Jackson
Olympia
Garfield
Eastlake
Mead
Lewis & Clark
Others: Ferris, Lake Stevens, Bellarmine Prep
4A Girls
Camas
Tahoma
Richland
Snohomish
Bellarmine Prep
Central Valley
Eisenhower
Eastmont
Central Kitsap
Jackson
Others: Union, Redmond, Roosevelt, Eastlake, Gig Harbor
3A Boys
North Central
Nathan Hale
Kamiakin
Seattle Prep
Mount Spokane
Bellevue
Columbia River
University
Bainbridge
Blanchet
Others: Lakes, Oak Harbor, Shorewood
3A Girls
Glacier Peak
Kamiakin
Peninsula
Prairie
Mount Spokane
Liberty
Interlake
Mercer Island
Shadle Park
Lakeside
Others: Blanchet, Oak Harbor, Stanwood
Josh Suman: jsuman@bellevuereporter.com; 425-453-5045