The Oak Harbor High School boys cross country team claimed third place at the Three Course Challenge in Seaside, Ore., Saturday, Sept. 17.
Each school splits its team into three groups, one each for the hard (5,000 meters), moderate (5,000 meters) and easy (4,500 meters) courses. The courses include mud pits and other obstacles.
The Wildcats competed in Division I, which features the biggest schools. The boys took third out of 21 teams in the division, while the Oak Harbor girls placed seventh out of 22.
Kentridge was the Division I boys champion with 132 points; Monta Vista (Cupertino, Calif.) had 168 and Oak Harbor 203.
Camas, with 84 points, won the girls Division I title. Oak Harbor scored 304.
In all, 88 boys teams and 89 girls teams and 2,205 high school athletes took part.
Oak Harbor’s Ben Gasper (20:09) won the Division I hard course race, beating Inglemoor’s Liam Elias by one second. Gasper was fifth overall out of 429 runners.
Michael Lym (15:36) was third in the division’s easy race (sixth overall out of 441). Over the moderate course, Tyler Grehan (19:30) took eighth (12th overall out of 429).
For the Oak Harbor girls, sophomore Alex Smith (23.57) placed seventh in the moderate race (14th overall out of 302). Her freshman sister Megan took 14th (20:56) on the easy course (26th overall out of 336); and Laura Rodeheffer (25:44) was 15th on the hard course (31st overall out of 268).
Oak Harbor goes to Lynnwood’s Martha Lake Airport Park to meet Lynnwood, Cascade and Lake Stevens at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22.
Other Oak Harbor Division I results at Seaside:
Boys, hard course (159 runners): 26, Wyatt Pauley, 23; 74, Chris Brooks, 24:44; 95, Dillon Sanchez, 25:58; 137, William Nicholson, 28:27; 142, Lucas Nicholson, 29.
Boys, moderate course (184): 19, Kegan Snell, 20:58; 46, Cameron Costner, 22:32; 52, Peyton Horn, 23:01; 67, Seth Gluth, 24; 84, Kurt Husler, 24:45; 111, Robby Galang, 26; 112, Joey Ledgerwood, 26; 141, Joey Vangorder, 27:16; 145, Trenton Fischer, 27:32; 150, Andrew Lof, 27:42; 155, Hayden Miesle, 28:52; 156, Mason Fields, 28:58; 172, Luke Turner, 32:02.
Boys, easy course (189): 14, Joseph Ralston, 16:45; 16, Miguel Guzman, 17; 42, Nick Krantz, 18:09; 85, Joshua Stone, 20:18; 91, Austin Hauter, 20:32; 105, Daniel Gibson, 21:12; 139, Casey Towsley, 22:56.
Girls, hard course (125): 20, Natalie Merrill, 26:26; 33, Carolynn Wicker, 27:35.
Girls, moderate course (122): 36, Emma Lerch, 26.50; 47, Tamia Rios, 27:31; 51, Megan Keating, 27:54; 64, Riley Bordan, 28:44.
Girls, easy course (140): 20, Kaitlyn Chelberg, 21:18; 29, Alora Caillier, 22:20; 60: Stephany Florez, 24:17; 66, Shandiin Vandervene, 24:30; 73, Elyssa Nortier, 24:46; 106, Sophia Mischke, 27:20; 137, Ashley Berry, 34:15.
