On Saturday, Sept. 24, the Cedarcrest Cross Country squad competed at the Bellevue Invite at Lake Sammamish State Park.
Coming into the meet, Cedarcrest runners were hoping to continue their strong performance, said Cedarcrest coach Bruce McDowell. They weren’t disappointed.
The meet had many top schools making an appearance; rules called for varsity runners to be paired off, by rank, in flights. With more than 40 teams at this meet, Cedarcrest was hoping for top 10 performances by the different squads. The runners more than exceeded that. The boys finished eighth in the open race. The JV girls finished ninth. The varsity runners both finished fifth.
The only teams that beat Cedarcrest were 4A schools, McDowell said.
The boys had three top-10 finishes: Ben Benson was sixth in his flight; Ryan LaTurner was 10th in his; and Austin Ward was 10th in the JV race.
The girls had five top-10 finishes: Alicia Krivanek was 10th in her flight; Mary Cate Babock was ninth in hers; Kate Vergillo was 10th in hers; Kelly Hall won the JV race and Alison Swift finished fourth in the open.
Hall put on a great surge in the last mile to catch the leader, McDowell said of the JV race.
Athletes of the meet were Austin Ward, Gideon Bender, Kaden Overman, Kelly Hall, Alison Swift and Sama Shams. Gideon ran so well, he will move into a faster workout group, McDowell said. Kaden broke 20 minutes for the first time in a 5K. Sama, an Egyptian foreign exchange student, ran her first race.
McDowell also said that 75 percent of the returning runners broke personal records for 5K runs.
Cedarcrest Boys
Ian F., 12th, Flight 1&2, 15:08;
Ben B., 6th, Flight 3&4 16:27;
Grant V., 20th Flight 1&2 16:40;
Chase B., 11th Flight 5&6 17:12;
Emmett K., 24th Flight 3&4 17:19;
Ryan L., 10th Flight 7&8 17:25;
Daniel M., 17th Flight 5&6 17:31;
Justin Y., 12th Flight 7&8 17:37;
Junior Varsity
Austin W. 10th, 17:47;
Brennan L. 12th, 17:51;
Gideon B. 13th, 17:52;
Brady S., 46th, 18:50;
Briggs H. 62nd, 19:03;
Patrick M. 76th, 19:25;
Open Race
Kaden O., 33rd, 19:28;
Alex P. 82nd, 19:30;
Dylan H. 36th, 19:30;
Jackson F. 49th, 19:52;
Ben N. 70th, 20:12;
Connor E. 77th, 20:17;
Calvin N. 94th, 20:38;
Bennett S. 117th, 20:54;
Dawson C. 118th, 20:54;
Hunter R. 171st, 21:48;
Husein S. 193rd, 22:06;
Cole C. 212th, 22:25;
Jake W. 246th, 22:55;
Brodie R. 262nd, 23:13;
Cedarcrest Girls
Madi S., 29th, Flight 1&2, 19:59;
Lily K., 30th, Flight 1&2, 19:59;
Alicia K., 10th, Flight 3&4, 19:59;
Mary Cate B., 9th, Flight 5&6, 20:30;
Kate V., 10th, Flight 5&6, 20:39;
Megan R., 30th, Flight 3&4, 21:00;
Elsie D., 14th, Flight 7&8, 21:08;
Cecelia K., 24th, Flight 7&8, 21:59;
Junior Varsity
Kelly H. 1st, 20:41;
Greta K. 60th, 23:09;
Anna C. 61st, 23:10;
Anna P. 67th, 23:19;
Katelyn W. 70th, 23:20;
Ginger V. 76th, 23:31;
Chloe C. 98th, 23:51;
Open Race
Alison S. 4th, 23:04;
Jenna Y. 110th, 26:09;
Helen L. 173rd, 28:22;
Lexie N. 201st, 29:59;
Morgan G. 217th, 31:56;
Sams S. 232nd, 43:44.
Full results for the meet can be found at the following link. http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=116988#394.
Next Saturday, Cedarcrest travels to Yakima for the Sunfair Invite.
