Oak Harbor finished in the middle of the pack at the Western Conference Cross Country Championships Saturday, Oct. 22, at Lakewood High School in Smokey Point.
All 21 Wesco schools, regardless of classification, competed at the meet, and the Wildcat boys finished 11th and the girls 15th.
The event featured 879 runners, including a whopping 342 in the JV boys race, over the 5,000-meter course.
Glacier Peak captured both the boys and girls titles. The Grizzly boys had 74 points; Oak Harbor tallied 319. In the girls race, GP took the top spot with 90 points; the Wildcats had 348.
The Oak Harbor boys were sixth among 3A schools and fourth among the Wesco North teams. The girls were eighth in 3A and third in the North.
Sophomore Alexis Smith (19:52.73) recorded Oak Harbor’s best finish, taking 29th out of 167 in the girls varsity race. Yukino Parle of Edmonds-Woodway won in 18:01.77.
Michael Lym (16:58.73) led the Wildcat boys, grabbing 42nd out of 190. E-W’s Matthew Park took first in 15:47.02.
Oak Harbor, along with 64 other schools from all classifications, will compete at the District 1 Championships Saturday, Oct. 29, at South Whidbey High School. The 3A varsity girls race begins at 10:35 a.m. and the 3A varsity boys at 11:40.
Oak Harbor results at the Wesco meet:
Varsity girls (167 runners): 29, Alex Smith, 19:52.73; 67, Megan Smith, 20:58.78; 72, Natalie Merrill, 21:06.16; 84, Carolynn Wicker, 21:29.13; 117, Laura Rodeheffer, 22:29.69; 130, Kaitlyn Chelberg, 22:55.07; 133, Alora Caillier, 23:03.92; 135, Brenna Rodman, 23:07.71; 136, Tamia Rios, 23:09.25; 157, Riley Bordan, 24:20.86; 164, Megan Keating, 26:21.31.
Varsity boys (190): 42, Michael Lym, 16:58.73; 54, Jake Hucko, 17:12.51; 60, Tyler Grehan, 17:19.53; 77, Joseph Ralston, 17:37.79; 90, Miguel Guzman, 17:50.06; 103, Kegan Snell, 18:02.6; 124, Wyatt Pauley, 18:18.78; 149, Nick Krantz, 18:54.79; 154, Cameron Costner, 19:01.02; 157, Chris Brooks, 19:02.21; 168, Peyton Horn, 19:30.79.
JV girls (180): 71, Elyssa Nortier, 24:31.35; 73, Stephany Florez, 24:39.67; 100, Breanna Grehan, 25:47.28; 167, Ashley Berry, 30:10.13.
JV boys (342): 43, Blake Servatius, 18:38.9; 64, Micah Franklin, 19:04.91; 101, Josh Stone, 19:38.75; 119, Seth Gluth, 19:49.56; 158, Robby Galang, 20:32.02; 161, Dylan Sanchez, 20:33.94; 184, Daniel Gibson, 20:57.47; 190, William Nicholson, 21:04.05; 194, Joey Vangorder, 21:08.28; 214, Joey Ledgerwood, 21:38.33; 234, Dawson Seabolt, 22:00.94; 248, Jacob Dailey, 22:32.87; 257, Andrew Lof, 22:47.82; 258, Lucas Nicholson, 22:48.09; 264, Trenton Fisher, 22:56.33; 273, Hayden Miesle, 23:05.53; 283, Mason Fields, 23:28.52; 294, Casey Towsley, 24:03.45; Kurt Husler, 24:06.98; 317, Luke Turner, 25:18.67.
