Metro Cross Country Championships Recap


Photos By Jamie Mitchell

Results from PNTFO

Varsity Boys 

William Schneider (Bishop Blanchet High School) claimed the individual title with a time of 14:52.70. Schneider led the rest of the field by 25 seconds, followed by his freshman teammate Vincent Recupero in 15:17.30. Recupero finished with Carter Joy (Seattle Preparatory School) right on his heels, as Joy finished just a second behind him in 15:18.90. All three individuals will be returning next year so expect this rivalry to continue.

Overall, the team title was secured by Bishop Blanchet High School as they easily won over Seattle Preparatory School by 18 points. Although Seattle had a strong showing, giving Blanchet a challenge. Seattle kept their 1-5 split under a minute! The complete team results can be seen here:

Place

Team

Points

Scorers

Times

1

Bishop Blanchet High School

32

1+2+4+5+20 (23+46)

1:22 1-5 Split | 15:26 Avg

 

2

Seattle Preparatory School

50

3+8+11+12+16 (17+30)

0:52 1-5 Split | 15:51 Avg

 

3

O'Dea High School

129

14+19+26+27+43 (54+67)

0:56 1-5 Split | 16:31 Avg

 

4

West Seattle High School

139

15+18+25+33+48 (61+71)

1:05 1-5 Split | 16:34 Avg

 

5

Lincoln High School

167

22+28+29+37+51 (53)

0:53 1-5 Split | 16:47 Avg

 

6

Roosevelt High School

168

9+31+32+47+49 (69+73)

1:22 1-5 Split | 16:44 Avg

 

7

Nathan Hale High School

171

6+38+41+42+44 (56+60)

1:13 1-5 Split | 16:45 Avg

 

8

Lakeside School

178

7+36+40+45+50 (66+75)

1:26 1-5 Split | 16:47 Avg

 

9

Ballard High School

209

13+24+55+58+59 (77+85)

1:26 1-5 Split | 16:58 Avg

 

10

Garfield High School

216

10+21+39+68+78 (79+92)

2:20 1-5 Split | 17:01 Avg

 

11

Eastside Catholic High School

258

34+35+62+63+64 (80+87)

0:49 1-5 Split | 17:15 Avg

 

12

Ingraham High School

318

52+57+65+70+74 (82+83)

0:49 1-5 Split | 17:37 Avg

 

13

Franklin High School

399

72+76+81+84+86 (88+90)

1:19 1-5 Split | 18:27 Avg

 

14

Rainier Beach High School

462

89+91+93+94+95

4:15 1-5 Split | 21:28 Avg

 

  

Varsity Girls 

Freshman Lily LaPorte (Bishop Blanchet High School) defeated the rest of the field, finishing in 17:27.70. Second place was Claire Archer (Roosevelt High School) in 17:43.40, coming extremely close to her beating her personal best of 17:35! Seattle Preparatory School had two runners claiming 4th and 5th place overall, but it was not enough to give them the win over a strong Bishop Blanchet team.

Bishop Blanchet High School walked away from the meet winning both the girls and the boys title, as they beat Seattle Preparatory School 52-67. Seattle Preparatory put up a fight but it's very difficult to beat a team that finishes with an average of 18:41! The complete team results can be seen here: 

Place

Team

Points

Scorers

Times

1

Bishop Blanchet High School

52

1+8+10+14+19 (33+42)

1:56 1-5 Split | 18:41 Avg

 

2

Seattle Preparatory School

67

3+4+12+17+31 (45+50)

2:23 1-5 Split | 18:53 Avg

 

3

Roosevelt High School

83

2+7+13+27+34 (35+48)

2:34 1-5 Split | 19:07 Avg

 

4

Holy Names Academy

90

9+15+16+20+30 (37+43)

1:16 1-5 Split | 19:17 Avg

 

5

Lincoln High School

180

5+26+32+52+65 (71+80)

3:12 1-5 Split | 20:13 Avg

 

6

Ballard High School

181

18+28+38+44+53 (55+77)

1:54 1-5 Split | 20:17 Avg

 

7

Nathan Hale High School

209

11+39+40+59+60 (66+83)

2:34 1-5 Split | 20:32 Avg

 

8

Franklin High School

212

6+41+46+49+70 (72+79)

3:12 1-5 Split | 20:33 Avg

 

9

West Seattle High School

214

21+23+47+61+62 (64+69)

1:55 1-5 Split | 20:37 Avg

 

10

Lakeside School

247

22+54+56+57+58 (76+84)

1:48 1-5 Split | 20:57 Avg

 

11

Garfield High School

251

24+29+63+67+68 (73+74)

1:58 1-5 Split | 20:55 Avg

 

12

Ingraham High School

265

25+36+51+75+78 (81+82)

3:05 1-5 Split | 21:17 Avg