Falcon boys win at King’s / Cross country

By Jim Waller • October 18, 2019 1:30 am
South Whidbey’s Reilly McVay, left, Cooper Ullmann, Aidan Donnelly and Thomas Simms head the the finish line in Thursday’s race at King’s. (Photo by Karen Swegler)
South Whidbey’s Reilly McVay, left, Cooper Ullmann, Aidan Donnelly and Thomas Simms head the the finish line in Thursday’s race at King’s. (Photo by Karen Swegler)

The South Whidbey High School boys cross country team finished the regular season with a 20-40 win at King’s Thursday, Oct. 17.

The Falcon girls fell to the Knights 22-33.

Both the boys and girls ran the 2.4-mile course at the same time.

King’s Nick LeBar won in 12:48, nipping the Falcons’ Mike Harwell, who registered the same time, at the finish line.

The next four across the line were all from South Whidbey and came in as a group: Thomas Simms (third, 13:23), Cooper Ullmann (fourth, 13:24), Reilly McVay (fifth, 13:24) and Aidan Donnelly (sixth, 13:24).

The Knights’ Naomi Smith recorded the best girls time, 13:44.

Kaia Swegler Richmond of South Whidbey placed second (15:02), while Grace Huffman (17:25), Flannery Friedman (17:26) and Jasmin Graner (17:27) went 6-7-8, and Natalie Rodriguez placed 10th (18:16).

The Falcons head to Lakewood for the North Sound Conference Championships at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 26.

Grace Huffman, left, Jasmin Graner and Flannery Friedman take a corner together in Thursday’s race. (Photo by Matt Simms)

Grace Huffman, left, Jasmin Graner and Flannery Friedman take a corner together in Thursday’s race. (Photo by Matt Simms)