Cougars take 2nd in championship meet / Middle school cross country

North Whidbey Middle School placed second in the six-team league cross country championships Wednesday, Oct. 17, at Fort Nugent Park.

Anacortes captured the title with 186 points. North Whidbey tallied 226, Burlington-Edison 399 and Cascade of Sedro-Woolley 405. Conway and Mount Vernon did not enter enough runners in all divisions to earn a team score.

Leading the Cougars were Carly VanGiesen (seventh-grade girls, second place), Jameson O’Hara (seventh-grade boys, third place), Sydney Lupien (eighth-grade girls, ninth place) and Avi Salinger (eighth-grade boys, fourth place).

Winners were Conway’s Taylor Hoyer (seventh-grade girls, 9:27.61), Anacortes’ Philip Fogle (seventh-grade boys, 8:50), Anacortes’ Jessica Frydenlund (eighth-grade girls, 9:37) and Burlington-Edison’s Brady Lee (eighth-grade boys, 8:11).

North Whidbey results

Seventh-grade girls (52 runners): 2, Carly VanGiesen, 9:42.41; 4, Ella Bishop, 10:22; 6, Claire Paul, 10:44; 16, Brianna Richard, 11:26; 17, Kayla Bodenhafer, 11:36.37; 18, Breanne Marley, 11:36.75; 23, Iliyana Roldan, 12:02; 25, Lola Chargualaf, 12:10; 27, Paige Miesle, 12:22.93; 29, Cayla Turner, 12:28; 38, Adriana Lawrence, 13:03; 40, Payton Syring, 13:22; 42, Faith Nowicki, 13:36; 43, Lynn Conto, 13:39; 46, Leylah Dominguez, 14:09; 47, Sadie Marriott, 14:23; 52, Jennifer Mattingley, 16:24.

Seventh-grade boys (66): 3, Jameson O’Hara, 9:19; 4, Alex Jenkins, 9:20; 9, Jackson Wesley, 9:32; 13, Jacob Figarelle, 9:42; 20, Cameron Chapman, 10:08; 25, Tyler Leonard, 10:16; 27, Jeroam Wood-Pina, 10:31; 32, Troy Washington, 10:43; 36, Matthew Garstin, 10:56; 38, Tayshaun Bulthuis, 11:00; 40, Ayden Hawkins, 11:06; 41, Lucas Brown, 11:14.46; 43, Landon Vandergrifft, 11:17; 46, Joshua Hayes, 11:29.65; 47, Cyris Roldan, 11:31; 50, Ayden-Paul Bangcaya, 11:39; 56, Rafael Njera-Diaz, 12:11; 57, Henry Jordan, 12:18; 58, Sabian Martinez, 12:39; 61, Theron Hull-Walton, 12:52; 63, Levi Bennett, 14:55; 64, Caden Guy, 14:56.

Eighth-grade girls (40): 9, Sydney Lupien, 10:29.79; 14, Adrienne Root, 10:50.92; 15, Alexia Sanchez, 10:53; 18, Lexius Neman, 11:09; 22, Milaina Souders, 11:47; 33, Camille Glownia, 13:14.8.

Eighth-grade boys (61): 4, Avi Salinger, 8:42; 8, Jacob Pearson, 8:59; 11, Michael Abunimeh, 9:13; 13, Miles Erikson, 9:21.88; 18, Kaeden Frazier, 9:31; 19, Kyle Eckles, 9:41.24; 37, Dennis Kloewer, 10:41; 39, Shane Smith, 10:51; 46, Jermaine Denmon, 11:56; 52, Ian Ramos, 12:20; 53, Jeff Hogarth, 12:34; 54, Gavin Clark, 12:43; 57, Edgar Martinez, 13:47; 58, Branden Reetz, 14:02; 59, Aiden Daniels, 14:49; 60, John Hernandez, 15:45.