North Whidbey Middle School placed second in a three-team cross country meet Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Skagit River Park in Burlington.

Anacortes captured the meet with 125 points, followed by North Whidbey (185) and Burlington-Edison (229).

The Cougars’ top finish came from Carly VanGiesen, who won the seventh-grade girls race.

North Whidbey will host the middle school championship meet Wednesday, Oct. 17, at Fort Nugent Park.

North Whidbey results (top five)

Seventh-grade girls (41 runners): 1, Carly VanGiesen, 10:21; 3, Ella Bishop, 10:49; 7, Claire Paul, 11:32; 8, Brianna Richard, 11:40; 16, Iliyana Roldan, 12:02.

Seventh-grade boys (41): 2, Jameson O’Hara, 9:45; 5, Alex Jenkins, 9:59.31; 6, Jacob Figarelle, 9:59.76; 7, Jackson Wesley, 10:01; 9, Josh Trigg, 10:31.

Eighth-grade girls (26): 5, Sydney Lupien, 10:33; 11, Adrienne Root, 11:01; 17, Alexia Sanchez, 11:34; 19, Lexius Neman, 11:41; 20, Payten Seith, 11:55.

Eighth-grade boys (35): 5, Jacob Pearson, 9:20; 6, Michael Abunimeh, 9:27; 7, Miles Erikson, 9:42; 12, Kaeden Frazier, 9:58; 19, Kyle Eckles, 10:58.