Cross Country 2010-09-30 at City Beach

The Oak Harbor Cross Country team hosted the only home meet of the season last Thursday at Oak Harbor's City Beach. Visiting the Wildcats were the 3A Lynnwood Royals and 4A Lake Stevens Vikings.

Running first were the JV boys, with Josh Schrum coming in first place with a time of 17:15 over the 2.75 mile course. Adriel Eckart was 5th overall in 18:28. Sidney Dawson and Aaron Yonkman were only 5 seconds apart in 12th and 13th, Brendan Bristow and Ryuta Meany were 10 seconds apart in 19th and 20th. Dustin Mirabal was 25th, Steven Souza 29th, Ben Pralle 31st and Stacy Jappert 35th. Lake won the JV team title with 22 points. OH was 2nd with 39 points and Lynnwood earned 81 points. (Low score wins).

The girls run a combined JV/Varsity race. Two Vikings crossed the finish line in 1st and 2nd, then there were 7 straight Wildcats. As is becoming tradition, the girls run as a group, saving themselves for Saturday's prestigious Baker Invite. Six of the girls crossed the line over a 3-second period in the order Abby Leete, Allison Duvenez, Adrianna Royal, Christina Wicker, Hannah Bressler, and Alex Laiblin. Olivia Meyer crossed 14 seconds later in 9th place. The winning time was 18:15 and the top OH time was 19:01.

Taylor Von Grey was the first OH JV girl, finishing in 91:44. Heather Dale, Emily Bain and McKenzie Jackson finished 16-17-18 overall, Bailey Martinez was 28th, Megan Maronde 30th and Ashley Cooley 33rd. Oak Harbor win the team title with 25 points, Lake Stevens was 2nd with 36 and Lynnwood 3rd with 85.

In the Boys Varsity race, the winner was Tyler King in 15:13, wearing Coupeville colors but training with and strongly supported by Oak Harbor runners. Lake Stevens finished in 2nd place, over 30 seconds behind King. The first true Oak Harbor runner was Caley Powers, 4th overall with a time of 16:06. Wyatt Homola, Mike Kincy and Clayton Richardson finished 13-14-15, Nate Miller 18, Thomas Honeycutt and Chris OpDyke were 20th and 21st. Lake Stevens was first overall with 18 points, Oak Harbor 2nd with 46 and Lynnwood 3rd with 82.

165 photos covering all 3 races are posted HERE.