By the Herald staff
POMEROY -- Tri-Cities Prep freshman Carina Leon won the Blue Mountain district meet, beating Waitsburg freshman Maya Garcia by 9 seconds to become the first Prep runner to qualify for state.
Leon finished the 5-kilometer course in 21 minutes, 56 seconds.
Five area runners qualified for next week\'s 2B-1B state meet in Pasco, while Prep freshman Samuel Mota-Martinez narrowly missed a spot in the boys race, finishing 12 seconds back of the final berth in sixth place.
Pomeroy GC
Boys
Team scores (winner to state)--St. John-Endicott 33, Pomeroy 58, Tri-Cities Prep 68, Dayton 84, Waitsburg 110, Asotin inc.
State qualifiers
St. John-Endicott--2, David Fischer 17:49; 4, Ben Salzman 19:29; 7, David Sackmann 20:15; 9, Cody Siegel 20:29; 14, Brad Riehle 21:22.
Individuals--1, Grant Fowler (Aso) 17:42; 3, Tyler Stevens (Day) 19:17; 5, Tyler Cragie (Pom) 19:59.
-- Mid-Columbians
Tri-Cities Prep--6, Samuel Mota-Martinez 20:11; 10, Randy Cornelius 20:31; 12, Daniel Faust 20:54; 22, Antonio Ledesma 22:21; 24, Trevor Merk 22:49. Dayton--16, Garret Warren 21:36; 17, Jayson Ball 21:41; 29, Sandy Yudhistira 23:49; 32, Micah Ramsey 24:53. Waitsburg--13, Wyatt Withers 21:11; 19, Matt Leid 21:58; 20, Phillip Kock 21:59; 27, Chris Carpenter 23:47; 28, John Hockersmith 23:48.
Girls
Team scores (top 2 to state)--Asotin 22, Pomeroy 54, Dayton 56, Waitsburg, St. John-Endicott, Tri-Cities Prep inc.
State qualifiers
Asotin--3, Jodi Moss 22:12; 4, Jessie Johnson 22:49; 7, Laura Fowler 23:58; 8, Lynn Daffau 24:04; 10, Tracy Matin 24:10.
Pomeroy--5, Destiny Wolf 23:36; 12, Leslie Williams 24:58; 18, Allie Herres 28:14; 20, Nikki Livingston 30:21; 21, LenaKay Schuman 30:34.
Individuals--1, Carina Leon (TCP) 21:56; 2, Maya Garcia (W) 22:05; 6, Sierra Henderson (Day) 23:48; 9, Ivanna Salidvar (Day) 24:08.
Mid-Columbians
Dayton--17, Bernice Galicia 28:08; 22, Kyra Stevens 30:42; 23, Tressa Robins 32:23. Tri-Cities Prep--14, Helen Mary Roach 25:48; 19, Anna Rogers 29:16. Waitsburg--15, Mary Alice Potolicchio 25:58.