Middle School Cross Country 2011-10-20 at City Beach

The Wildcat United cross country team, made up of students from both OHMS and NWMS, ran their second home meet of the season last Thursday at City Beach Park in Oak Harbor with much success.

Of the four races, boys and girls 7th grade and boys and girls 8th grade, Oak Harbor runners won three.

In the 7th grade girls race, it was another 1-2 finish for Oak Harbor, with Kaitlyn Chelberg coming in first in 10:50 and Carolynn Wicker just one second behind. After one Burlington and one Mt. Vernon runner crossed the finish line, it was a slew of OH runners. Gabrielle Chavez was 5th in 12:23, Mia Gehrmann 6th, Erica Sugatan 7th, and Emma Lerch 8th. Karissa Cashen was 10th for Wildcat United.

Also in the 7th grade race but not in the top 10 this time were Maegan Gore, Christina Ferris, Maliah Anliker, Sarah Gartley, Julia Hebert, Aujuna Frye and Jennifer Hebert.

Click HERE for photos of the 7th grade girls race.

The 7th grade boys race was the only one without an Oak Harbor runner as the winner. Of the 31 runners in the race, only 5 were from OH. Kelly Holt was the first of these, finishing in 6th overall in 10:47. Kegan Snell was right behind in 7th, just one second later. Michael Husmann was 14th, Alexander Hartley 18th and Jayke Callies 19th.

7th grade boys photos are HERE.

Mariel Empinado won the 8th grade girls race and won big. Her winning time was 10:23, and the second place time over a minute later: 11:29. Also in the top 10 for OH were Emily Miesle in 4th, Zoe Bassett 5th, Caitlyn Dodge 6th, Carly Hall 7th, Sarah Dodge 9th and Geslyne Barreta 10th. The total time difference between 4th and 8th was just 4 seconds - it was a tight group of runners. Also finishing for Wildcat United were Resego Mooki, Anna Whitefoot, Mily Larsen and Jackelyn Garcia

Photos from the 8th grade girls race are posted HERE.

Oak Harbor took the top 2 spots in the 8th grade boys race, with Logan Clark winning in 9:44 and Garrett Haugen second in 10:10. John Dix was 6th, Matt Molitor 8th and Michael Thornton 10th. Nathan Larsen, Garrett Stahl, Jared Hunt, Casey Quijino, Dominic Jones and Justin Cross rounded out the 8th grade field for Oak Harbor.

Photos from this race are HERE.

The meet ended the middle school cross country regular season. Next week, on October 27th, the runners head to Mt. Vernon for the championships.

Next up for the middle schools is girls volleyball, with the first match on November 15th when North Whidbey travels to OHMS. Admission is always free to middle school sporting events.