Joey Bywater knows Abdi Hassan all too well. Bywater, a Lake Stevens junior, has lost a couple of big-time races to the Nathan Hale senior in the past, including the 1,600 meters at last year\'s Pasco Invite and earlier this year at the Salt Creek Invite. At Saturday\'s 38th running of the Richland Invitational cross country meet, Bywater figured it was time for a little payback. After running side-by-side at a blistering pace for almost the entire 3-mile course, Bywater surged over the final third of a mile to pull away to a seven-second victory over Hassan in a course-record time of 14 minutes, 59 seconds. \"That\'s the hardest I\'ve ever had to run to win a race,\" said Bywater, the 4A state 3,200 champion as a sophomore. \"Abdi is the toughest kid in Washington to run against.\"
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Boys course record falls at Richland Invitational
Oct 12, 2006
Richland Invite
Oct 8, 2006
Mead plows on, Bywater hits 14:59 locking in consistant sub 15 times. Abdi Hasen of Nathan Hale at 15:06. Andrea Nelson of SHadle burns in at 18:11