XC boys earns top academic award
Published 3:58 pm Friday, November 7, 2014
Running smart is an admonishment often said for cross country and other distance runners. In the case of the South Whidbey boys cross country team, they’re smart runners.
South Whidbey High School boys cross country was recently awarded the 1A academic championship by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association. The nine Falcons who were subject to the evaluation had a cumulative grade point average of 3.781, the highest score of all the 1A teams in Washington. They are: Truman Hood, Cole Zink, Anthony Kovic, Will Simms, Kohl Hunter, Anders Bergquist, Collin Burns, Cory Ackerman and Evan Mellish.
The Falcon cross country team was the only one from South Whidbey to be crowned academic champions this season. South Whidbey’s boys runners left Thursday for the state 1A cross country championship on Saturday in Pasco.
South Whidbey qualified for the state race Nov. 8 in Pasco.
