Oak Harbor’s John Rodeheffer posted the best time out of more than 1,000 runners at the Sehome Invitational cross country meet Saturday, Sept. 13, at Bellingham’s Civic Stadium.
The Wildcat boys tied Snohomish for third with 79 points and the girls finished 15th in the season-opening meet for Oak Harbor.
Glacier Peak took the boys team title with 41 points; Sehome captured the girls title with 35.
In all, 36 teams and 1,046 athletes took part.
The boys meet was divided into five races: junior varsity, freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors. The girls meet had four races, one for each class.
The top runner in each division and the next two best finishers determined the team score.
Rodeheffer, a senior, covered the two-mile course in 9:53.
On the girls side, Oak Harbor’s Jonalynn Horn placed 12th, best among Wildcat girls, in the senior race in 13:03.
Oak Harbor will join Edmonds-Woodway, Kamiak and host Mount Vernon at Skagit Valley College at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18.
Oak Harbor results at Sehome:
JV boys (173 runners): 63, Joe Gilham, 14:24; 71, William Nicholson, 14:50; 105, Casey Towsley, 15:33; 138, Daniel Gibson, 16:59; 150, Jacob Paul, 17:47.
Freshman girls (101): 15, Olivia Flack, 14:06; 32, Megan Keating, 14:50; 76, Chloe Levell, 17:21; 88, Emma Wezeman, 18:53; 95, Megan Peek, 19:46.
Freshman boys (103): 10, Jake Hucko, 11:49; 12, Michael Lym, 11:56; 23, Ryan Vasileff, 12:29; 58, Benjamin Gasper, 13:09; 59, Cooper Treadwell, 13:11.
Sophomore girls (127): 27, Laura Rodeheffer, 13:53; 35, Carolynn Wicker, 14:18; 49, Tamia Rios, 14:58; 57, Meredith Bain, 15:26; 71, Elyssa Nortier, 16:07.
Sophomore boys (128): 3, Miguel Guzman, 10:52; 43, Wyatt Pauley, 12:08; 91, Scot Erickson, 13:05; 112, Ben Bozeman, 14:06; 121, Joshua Margraf, 14:26; 122, Lucas Nicholson, 14:31.
Junior girls (120): 88, Carly Crowther, 17:19; 95, Alana Austin, 17:56.
Junior boys (118): 30, Logan Clark, 11:30; 46, Joe Gorman, 11:57; 51, Caleb Peek, 12:01; 93, Garret Stahl, 13:13; 98, Nathan Larson, 13:30.
Seniors girls (91): 12, Jonalynn Horn, 13:03; 42, Jessica Hollins, 14:46; 64, Alisa Meany, 16:10.
Senior boys (85): 1, John Rodeheffer, 9:53; 34, Sebastian Ceaser, 11:28; 69, Gage Eccleston, 13:16; 83, Alex Berry, 15:46.
