The Wildcat United middle school cross country team finished its season the way it started – dominating its competition.
Wildcat United, a combined team of Oak Harbor and North Whidbey middle school athletes, won the eight-school Northwest League championship meet at Skagit Valley College Wednesday, Oct. 21, easily outdistancing second-place Anacortes 266-299. Cascade Middle School of Sedro-Woolley placed third with 404 points, and Mount Vernon’s La Venture Middle School followed with 560.
Wildcat United’s strongest showing came in the eighth-grade girls race where it placed five runners in the top nine, led by champion Patricia Miessner (9:19). Megan Smith finished third (9:39), Addy Day sixth (10:25), Keelie Partridge seventh (10:31) and Ella Erikson ninth (10:41).
Wildcat United placed at least two runners in the top 11 in the other three races.
Colton Livingston (9:05) was second and Tanner Hackerott (9:37) eighth in the seventh-grade boys race; Octavia Prosser (10:19) and Annie Salinger (10:20) finished 3-4 and Ashley Shoemaker (11:08) eighth in the seventh-grade girls race; and Peyton Horn (8:50) ran fourth and Lincoln Bassett 11th (9:22) in the eighth-grade boys race.
“Ninety-five percent of the runners PR’ed from their previous race on the same course,” coach Mike Briddell said.
Other Wildcat United results:
Eighth-grade boys (60 runners): 15, Shamus Warden, 9:42; 21, Hayden Miesle, 10:06; 23, Mason Fields, 10:16; 26, Richard Skillin, 10:24; 34, Robby Galang, 10:38; 37, Trenton Fisher, 10:58; 39, Aiden McCarthy, 11:07; 40, Spencer Lien, 11:07; 45, Shane Sanders, 11:25; 53, Luke Turner, 12:34; 55, Ridgely Briddell, 12:43; 56, Andrew Lof, 12:59; 57, Albert Hull, 13:02.
Eighth-grade girls (42 runners): 13, Cat Wicker, 11:04; 16, Mia Wezeman, 11:33; 17, Haley Abbott, 11:34; 20, Diandra Dominguez, 12; 23, Frances Empinado, 12:20; 24, Kyra Pitts, 12:21; 25, Gracie Upchurch, 12:34; 36, Ashley Berry, 14:36; 38, Hannah Stasel, 15:05; 40, Natalie Halverson, 17:41; 41, Cheyanne Winchester, 18:39; 42, Anastasia Drake, 19:04.
Seventh-grade boys (70 runners): 15, Anthony Ashworth, 9:59; 16, Aidan Wright, 10; 31, Greyson Fleming, 10:48; 37, Riley Williamson, 11:13; 38, Sam Peek, 11:15; 39, Isaac Reyes, 11:30; 40, Brendan Massicotte, 11:33; 41, Nick Morris, 11:36; 43, Justin Smith, 11:56; 44, Henry Booth, 11:59; 62, Caelleb Mendlik, 13:35; 66, Zach Badaouie, 14:12; 68, Justin Vasileff, 14:43; 69, Quincy Sellgren, 15:55.
Seventh-grade girls (54 runners): 19, Aaliyah Spencer, 12:01; 28, Makayla Shipman, 12:39; 35, Princess Garcia, 13:01; 39, Jasmine Mitchell, 13:33; 50, Elizabeth Nuttall, 15:26.
