Cross Country 2011-10-22 at Lakewood HS

The WESCO 3A championships were held Saturday afternoon at Lakewood HS just outside of Arlington. As expected, Glacier Peak won both the boys and girls titles, but in second place in both were the Oak Harbor Wildcats.

GP dominated in the girls race, and no Oak Harbor girls were in the top 10 finishers, but the Wildcats did capture the next 3, and put 3 more into the top 20. Hannah Bressler was 11th, Christina Wicker 12th, Heather Dale 13th, Alex Laiblin 16th, Ashley Everett 18th and Taylor Von Grey in 20th. Also in the varsity race were Carlie Kenny at 21st and Jonalynn Horn in 24th.

In the girls JV race, Rachel Crowther was the top OH runner and was 8th overall. Also running were Emily Bain, Nikki Blanchard, Gracey Pauley and Sophie Rath.

On the boys side, the gap between Glacier Peak and Oak Harbor was only 6 points. GP scored 56 to the Wildcats' 62. That was a lot closer than the 47-point gap in the girls race. The top OH runner was Matt Reith, who finished in 4th place overall. Two other Wildcats also finished in the top twenty - Josh Schrum in 8th, John Rodeheffer in 9th and John Kaltenbach in 15th. Also in the boys varsity race for OH were Stephen Miller, Dakota Powers, Esai Cunningham, Nathan Wagner, Patrick Mayer, Thomas Honeycutt, Adriel Eckart, Wyatt Homola and Clayton Richardson.

In the boys JV race, Isaac Matthews was the top OH finisher, in 21st overall. Also running were Brendan Bristow, Joel Erickson, Gunnar Melnick, Ryuta Meany and Alex Berry.

Next for the Cross Country team is the District race, held at South Whidbey High School in Langley. The first 3A race starts at 12:10pm, and admission is free.