PASCO — The East Jefferson boys cross-country team finished seventh in the state in the 1A championships held at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco, coming within a handful of points of finishing in the top five.
The Rivals didn’t have any top finishers but they were consistent with five runners in the top third of the field. They had a trio of runners all finish together at 26th, 27th and 28th and two more finish together at 56th and 57th. That’s out of 155 runners. All of East Jefferson’s runners finished in the top 100.
The Rivals finished with 194 team points. Colville was sixth with 193 (lower scores are better in cross-country scoring) and La Center fifth with 188. Cedar Park Christian won the state 1A title with 49 points.
Joshua Yearian led the team in 26th place with a time of 16 minutes, 56.1 seconds. Right behind was teammate Noah Isenberg in 27th at 17:02.8 and Dustin Hines was 28th at 17:08.6.
Nico Errichetti was 56th at 17:46.0 and Rainier Smith Williams 57th in a time of 17:47.0.
Not counting toward the team score were Zeke Banks, who finished 90th in 18:59.6 and Atom Barrett, who was 98th in 19:25.3.
East Jefferson had three girls at state, not enough for a full team score. Leah Ferland led the way, coming in 50th with a time of 21:19.7. Hilina Taylor-Lenz was 68th in a time of 21;44.7 and Michael Gregg 118th in a time of 23:25.3.
At the 2A meet, there were four Olympic Peninsula runners.
Sequim’s Dawn Hulstedt was 53rd in the girls’ race in a time of 20:37.6. Port Angeles’ Leia Larson was 84th in 21:26.9 and Miriam Cobb was 107th in 22:12.4. In the boys’ 2A race, Port Angeles’ Andre Campbell was 114th in a time of 17:52.9.
