Mount Si sophomore Hannah Waskom was the sole runner to punch a ticket for state, finishing fifth in the 4A District 1 cross country championships Saturday, Nov. 1, at Whidbey Island.

Waskom had a time of 18:37.37 on the challenging course at South Whidbey High School.

As a team, Mount Si girls finished ninth. The boys finished 13th.

After Waskom, freshman Chloe Cosgrove was 44th at 21:06.72, a personal record. Freshman Julene McDonald was 47th with 21:14.91, sophomore Lyndsey Sydnor was 54th with 21:26.81, and junior Melissa Hruska was 56th with 21:27.55. Sophomore Ellie Bruce was 79th witha  time of 22:03.33.

For the boys, sophomore Jackson Stokes was 51st with 17:41.20;  Grant Baker was 55th with 17:46.42; Tanner Sundwall was 68th with 18:01.09; Johnny Gendro was 89th with 18:43.15; Hunter Franklin was 94th with 18:51.71.

In the 5K open, Alexander Helfrich, a freshman, was Mount Si’s fastest boy, finishing at 32nd with a time of 18:55.99.

Stokes and Sundwall had their best performances of the year, per assistant coach Sean Sundwall, as the Langley course was running about 30 seconds slow based on previous times of all athletes.

“So both of these boys excelled,” commented Sundwall.

Cosgrove, who had the only personal record of the day, saw her best race ever. All girls were solid, stated Sundwall.