Mount Baker Invitational 2006

Capital cross country teams thrive on road Oct 01, 2006

THE OLYMPIAN Graydon Manning and Amanda Wright led the way as Capital\'s boys and girls cross country teams continued to prepare for the offseason with impressive performances on Saturday. Manning finished fourth overall, and the Cougars were 10th out of 48 teams, as the boys traveled to Palo Alto, Calif., to compete in the Stanford Invitational. Manning, a senior, covered 5,000 meters in 15 minutes, 47 seconds, eclipsing his personal best by three seconds.

Bywater Breaks Mt Baker Record Oct 02, 2006

Joey Bywater set a scorching 14:53 to break the Mount Baker Invitational record freshly set by Matt Freker just last year. HIs first place effort was not enough to win Lake Stevens boys the title. Burlington-Edison defended the title another year with a 85-99 victory.

Early pass gives Crossman win Oct 02, 2006

DOUG PACEY THE BELLINGHAM HERALD Photo by Philip Dwter SILVER LAKE - This time, Bronwyn Crossman knew all about who was running with her at the front of the pack during the 31st Mount Baker Invite. The Squalicum junior raced to an easy victory on Saturday at Silver Lake Park and avenged last year\'s second-place finish. Crossman\'s time of 17 minutes, 39.62 seconds is the fastest since Sehome\'s Susannah Shaw set the 5K course record of 17:27 in 2002.