LAKEWOOD – Local cross-country runners Lilly Whitehead of Lakewood and Nathan Beamer of Arlington won their respective leagues at the conference championships held at Lakewood High School Oct. 24.
Whitehead ran a personal best of 19 minutes, 51.10 seconds to win the individual title at the Cascade Conference Championships.
The Lakewood girls team placed second overall scoring 51 points.
Their top finishers were: Britney Albro placing third in 20:04.30; Palina Buchanan 11th in 21:37.60; Keely Hall 13th in 21:49.40; and Emmaline Seth 28th in 22:57.7.
The boys team placed second overall scoring 86 points. Their top finishers were: James Hafner fourth in 16:59.78; Anthony Meza ninth in 17:25.83; Dylan Devon 20th in 17:49.43; Kevin English 26th in 17:57.08; and Ryan Hudson 33rd in 18:21.62.
Arlington’s Nathan Beamer won the Wesco championships finishing first in 15:41.50. Arlington’s boys team also placed first scoring 45 points.
Their top finishers were: Pieter Andrews finishing seventh in 16:13.71; Michael Barene 10th in 16:23; Zachary Cushman 11th in 16:23.38; and Kevin Mullin 16th in 16:34.21.
The girls team placed seventh overall with 185 points. Their top finishers were: Marie Gaudin 13th in 19:31.95; Mary Andrews 20th in 19:44.15; Emma Janousek 46th in 20:32.80; Kelsey Mutton 52nd in 20:44.54; and Camellia Hanna 54th in 20:47.39.
The Marysville Getchell boys team placed seventh overall scoring 244 points.
Their top finishers were: Cameron Wagstaff 21st in 16:43.27; Zachary Accaro-Fra 38th in 17:00.55; Gregory Panther 52nd in 17:15.76; Thomas Lindgren 72nd in 17:36.88; and Channing Frohlich 73rd in 17:37.22.
MG’s girls team was 16th overall scoring 450 points. Their top finishers were: Maguire Rossnagle placing 34th in 20:10.32; Taylor Roscoe 80th in 21:28.60; Ariana Sagali 109th in 22:06.79; Abby Ryiter 115th in 22:42.11; and Caitlyn Smith 139th in 24:04.09.
The Marysville-Pilchuck boys team placed 20th overall with 607 points. Their top finishers were: Nathan Venables 136th in 18:30.79; Arteom Lupekha 137th in 18:30.98; David Adams 138th in 18:31.87; Tommy Haelele 150th in 19:01.71; and Devine Darden 165th in 19:31.30.
