ISSAQUAH — A pair of Sequim runners had the best area showings at the Bellevue Invitational at Lake Sammamish State Park.
Brendon Despain placed 11th in the boys varsity Nos. 1s and 2s race at the 54-school meet Saturday.
Waverly Shreffler came in 19th for the Wolves in the girls varsity 1s and 2s race.
Daniels ran the boys 5-kilometer race in 16 minutes, 15.73 seconds.
Teammate Jackson Oliver was 21st (16:32.97) in the race, and Port Angeles’ Cameron Butler finished 59th (17:54).
“The best part was running with such fast dudes from all over the state,” Butler said of the Bellevue Invite.
The varsity competition was divided into four races, with each school having up to two runners, based on their standing within their teams, in each race.
Sequim freshman Ash Francis placed fourth in the Nos. 3s and 4s race. Teammate Chris Jeffko was 28th and Port Angeles’ Gabe Long took 62nd.
In the Nos. 5s and 6s race, C.J. Daniels was 18th and Wendall Lorenzen was 29th for Sequim, while Port Angeles’ Hunter Dempsey took 66th and A.J. Fischer was 67th.
Sequim runners Christian Ash and Bryce Drake were 44th and 72nd, respectively, in the Nos. 7s and 8s race, and Port Angeles Ari Athair and Jackie Young were 71st and 82nd.
Port Angeles’ best girls varsity time was achieved by Gracie Long, who ran a 20:27.02 and placed 43rd in the 1s and 2s race.
Audrey Shingleton, Sequim’s No. 2 runner behind Shreffler, came in 57th with a time of 21:33.95.
In the girls 3s and 4s race, Port Angeles sophomore Madelyn Dougherty came in 27th. Sequim’s Kiara Pierson took 55th and teammate Elizabeth Rosales was 61st.
Sequim had three other varsity racers competing: Noelle Bittner was 61st in the 5s and 6s race, and Alexis Cromer was 52nd and Emily Webb 58th in the 7s and 8s race.
The Port Angeles girls had no other varsity runners
