Cross Country complete state results

At mentioned in an earlier post, Tyler King, Oak Harbor's lone boys entry finished 5th with a time of 15:33. "TK" is a junior and will be back next year for a shot at state champ.

Addy Royal was the first Wildcat across the line for the girls, finishing in 36th place with a time of 19:47. Next was Allison Duvenez, then Jessica Denmon, Abby Leete, Taylor Von Grey, Ariel McCarter and Christina Wicker.

As a team the girls finished 15th in the state. On the plus side is only one of the girls on the state team is a senior, so the future is looking good for OHXC.

Cross Country

Tyler King, a junior from Coupeville who runs on the OH team finished 4th at the State Championships Saturday in Pasco. Good job.

On the girls side, no times are available, but word is that Addy Royal finished in 59th place.

Cross Country - girls team going to state!

At South Whidbey High School Saturday afternoon, the OHHS girls cross country team showed that depth is important.

The highest placing OH runner was Allison Duvenez, who finished in 6th place with a time of 19:34, followed closely by Addy Royal in 19:38. (the winning time was 18:58)

What did it for the Wildcats was the race run by Christina Wichers. She passed several runners late to capture 28th place, and gave Oak Harbor the one extra point they needed to get third place and the trip to Pasco. Jessica Denmon finished in 44th place, and Abby Leete, recently back from an injury was 48th.

For the boys, only Tyler King qualified for state on an individual basis, finishing in 6th place. His time was 16:41. As a team the boys finished in 9th place.

Cross Country - 10-1-09

Both the boys and girls cross country teams were in action at the only home meet of the year. In previous years the meet was run at the Wirth Farm off Boon Rd, but the farm was unavailable this year so a course was set up at Oak Harbor's City Beach Park.

The boys nearly swept their portion of the meet, finishing 1-2-4-5, and capturing 8 of the top 10 spots. Junior Tyler King finished first, followed by Matt Reith. A Monroe runner finished 3rd, then Matt Bolte and John Kaltenbach were 4 and 5th to round out scoring finishes and capturing first place as a team. The other finishers were Colton Elliot, Wyatt Homola and Mitchell Jackson.

The girls team was seriously depleted by injuries and illness. Jessica Denmon was on a college visit, Abby Leete and Heather Dale are nursing injuries, and Emily Bain broke her nose at school that day, and Addy Royal and Allison Duvenez were not feeling well. Allison ran the race despite her illness and finished a respectable 2nd place.

Even though the girls were missing so many top runners, the JV girls stepped up and as a team finished just two points short of the win, finishing 2nd to Monroe 33-32 (low score wins).

After Duvenez, Oak Harbor runners finished 5-6-8, Christina Wickers, Taylor von Grey and Ariel McCarter, respectively.

Others running were Jessica Foster, Carlie Kenny, Bailey Martinez, Taylor Bates and Christina Houck.

151 photos, from the boys JV, boys varsity, and girls race are posted HERE.

OHHS Cross Country

The Wildcat Cross Country team traveled to Seaside, Oregon for a big invitational cross country meet. There were over 2,500 runners from 95 schools entered in six different races.

The boys and girls each had 3 races to choose from. A 5000 meter 'easy' race, the 6000m 'moderate' race and the 7ooom 'difficult' course.

Of the six races, Oak Harbor runners won two. Coupeville's Tyler King, who runs XC for Oak Harbor won the boys difficult race and Adrianna Royal won the girls moderate race. Both were close wins. Royal beat her opponent by 7 seconds, recording a time of 24:33, and King had only a two second lead, clocking 22:12. What's even more impressive is that both runners are juniors and will be back with the team next year.

Senior Jessica Denmon placed 17th on the easy course, junior Allison Duvenez 10th in the difficult and Sophomore Emily Bain 37th in the easy to earn 2nd place team honors for the Wildcat women.

On the boys side, Senior Matt Bolte finished the easy course in 18:20 for a 44th place finish and Matt Reith was 10th on the moderate course with a time of 21:39.

Other runners participating, but not finishing in the top 50 wer Wayatt Homola who ran the easy course, Mitchell Jackson on the moderate, and John Kaltenback and Colton Elliot on the dificult.

For the girls, other runners were Nadija Beronilla was on the easy course, Taylor Von Grey just missing the top 50 in 52nd on the moderate course and Christina Wichers and Ariel McCarter on the hard course.