NWC Weekend Round-up: Boys

South Whidbey

In what looks like a battle that will go on all year, Squalicum won round two slipping past Sehome by 3 points as the teams finished 4^th and 5^th in a top heavy Division 1 race.  The top 5 teams were separated by only 11 points, with Jackson winning the meet on a tiebreaker over Kamiak.

Jackson                        68

Kamiak                        68

Eisenhower                 72

Squalicum                   76

Sehome                       79

Eastlake                       129

Anacortes                    197

Meadowdale               251

Eastside Catholic        251

NWC Notes – after a slow first mile, Patrick Gibson took control, stretching things out to a 17 second victory.  Dillon Quintanna, running 3^rd for most of the second half of the race, ended up 4^th.  Conner Johnsen finished strong to move up to 5^th, Reed Henderson had another strong effort in 7^th, Chris Fredlund followed up his sophomore race victory at the Sehome Invite with a 10^th place finish, and Liam Toney finished 13^th – giving Sehome the strongest top 3 combo in the race.

Division 2 Race – this race was for smaller, more developing teams.  Schools in this category with an elite runner were allowed to run the elite runner in the Division 1 race and the rest of their varsity team in this race – which is what Mt. Baker did, running Quintanna in Division 1, and the rest of the team here.

The top NWC finisher in the Division 2 race was Shelby Miles of Mt. Baker in 6^th, followed closely by Stephen Diet of Nooksack in 7^th.  Nooksack was the top NWC finisher in the team results, finishing 4^th, Lynden led by Robby Swineford 12^th place individual finish was 9^th, and Mt. Baker finished 11^th – had they run Quintanna in this race it appears Baker would have finished 4^th.

Salt Creek Invite –

Lynden Christian traveled to the Salt Creek Invitational in Port Angeles, where they finished 5^th as a team and were the top 1A team.  The meet was won by Nathan Hale.

Top 5 teams:

Nathan Hale                33

Interlake                      94

Bainbridge                  97

Bellevue                      98

Lynden Christian        152

LC was led by Cody Velthuizen in 16^th place in 15:50.95. 

For those trying to compare times across invites or previous races, Salt Creek is listed as a 3.0 mile course, but it is well know that the course is a bit shorter and times are historically very fast.