Smith qualifies for Junior Olympic championship meet / Cross country

By Jim Waller • November 21, 2016 1:30 am
Oak Harbor High School sophomore Alex Smith qualifed for her third Junior Olympics national cross country championship by placing fifth in a regional meet Saturday. (Photo by Jim Waller)
Oak Harbor High School sophomore Alex Smith qualifed for her third Junior Olympics national cross country championship by placing fifth in a regional meet Saturday. (Photo by Jim Waller)

Oak Harbor High School sophomore Alex Smith qualified for the National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships by placing fifth at the regional qualifying race Saturday, Nov. 19, in West Linn, Ore.

Smith, 15, covered the muddy 5K course in 21:21 to qualify for the national meet for the third time.

The championship meet is set for Dec. 10 in Hoover, Ala.