NWC Weekend Round-up: Girls

South Whidbey

Sehome, Squalicum, Mt. Baker, Nooksack, Anacortes, and Mt. Baker all competed at the South Whidbey Invitational.  Sehome ran their team in the top end Division 1 race, while the rest ran in the Division 2 race.  Brittany Gappa ran on her own in the Division 1 race while her team ran in the Division 2.

Division 1

Sehome easily outdistance a field stacked with 4A powers Jackson, Eastlake, and Eisenhower.  

Top 5

Sehome 45

Jackson 82

Eastlake 86

Eisenhower 86

West Point Grey 118

Sehome place 5 runners in the top 19 and 8 in the top 30.  Emily Pittis finished 3^rd overall, followed by a strong race from frosh Rebekah Oviatt who finished 7^th.  Sarah Huffman was 12^th, Abby Cybula 18^th, Dana Ringler 19^th, Zanna Sullivan 23^rd, Lindsay Hodgson 29^th and Jessa Clark 30^th.  Sehome had 5 in before anyone else had 3, and 6 in before anyone else’s 4^th.  Brittany Gappa waged a strong battle with Sally Larson of Cedar Park Christian for the individual battle.  Larson pulled away down the stretch for the victory, with Gappa finishing 2^nd.

Division 2

Mt. Baker had the top local team finish, placing 4^th, Squalicum was 6^th, and Nooksack Valley was 8^th.  Lynden was incomplete.  South Whidbey won the team title.  Rachael Hatcher had a strong race, finishing 3^rd in 20:42, her teammate Kelsie Nern was 8^th.   Lynden Freshman Grace Sauter had a fine invitational debut, finishing 11^th.  Claire Scott led Squalicum, finishing 13^th, and Alex Parson led Nooksack, finishing 16^th.

JV – Anacortes ran their girls in the JV race, led by Minta Demonte who finished 25^th.  Of note is that Sehome swept the top 7 spots in the JV Race, led by raced winner Natalie Anderson in 21:07.

Salt Creek Invite

Lynden Christian competed at the Salt Creek Invitational, finishing in 7^th place.  North Kitsap won the team title.  LC was led by Marissa Hielkema who finished 11^th.