Girl runners look good early

"The South Whidbey girls cross country team opened its season with two early meets, and were impressive enough that the state coaches' poll ranks them number five among all AA schools. "

“The South Whidbey girls cross country team opened its season with two early meets, and were impressive enough that the state coaches’ poll ranks them number five among all AA schools. At the Shoreline Invitational, the Falcon girls met the best 4A runners in the Northwest and finished tops among 2A schools their own size. At the North Cascades Conference jamboree, Lisa Depender paced the Falcons with a fifth place individual showing.Here are the results:Shoreline InvitationalSept. 9, 2.1 milesMeet scored by adding times of each team’s top five varsity runners.Team Scores: (1st) Eisenhower 63:28 (No. 1 ranked 4A ranked team in the state, 18th nationally) 11th South Whidbey 69:02 (No. 1 2A team) The race was run in flights, each team’s number 7 runs together, then each team’s number 6, etc. Flight1 is the slowest, Flight 7 the fastest. Flight 1 – 1. Heater (Eisenhower), 13:21. 2. Christensen (Snohomish), 13:25. 3. Hansen (Newport), 13:46. 4. Flynn (Bellevue), 13:53. 5. Callie Supsinskas (South Whidbey), 13:59. 6. Weiand (Gonzaga Prep), 14:05. 7. Gribier (Marysville-Pilchuck), 14:11. 8. May (Sehome), 14:16. 9. Berg (Cresent Valley, Ore.), 14:16. 10. Smith-Bronstein (Mercer Island), 14:27.Flight 2 – 1. Gibbons (Eisenhower), 13:19. 2. Moreno (Snohomish), 13:24. 3. Decker (Marysville-Pilchuck), 13:92. 4. Hartsig (Bellevue), 13:37. 5. Hoyt (Sehome), 13:54. 6. Thompson (Newport), 13:57. 7. Ronan (Kamiak), 14:04. 8. Passi (Shorewood), 10:07. 9. Malaena Hymas (South Whidbey), 14:17. 10. Craig (Edmonds-Woodway), 14:20.Flight 3 – 1. Mowers (Snohomish), 12:46. 2. Baird (Eisenhower), 12:58. 3. Common (Marysville-Pilchuck), 13:33. 4. Conlin (Newport), 13:39. 5. Rice (South Albaby, Ore.), 13:40. 6. Hill (Shorewood), 13:46. 7. Kries (Gonzaga Prep), 14:06. 7. Gleason (Mount Rainer), 14:08. 8. Torpey (Sehome), 14:16. 9. Suggs (Heritage), 14:18. 10. Bridges (Bellevue), 14:18.Flight 4 – 1. Carmody (Eisenhower), 12:49. 2. Campbell (Snohomish), 13:02. 3. Bonn (Marysville-Pilchuck), 13:15. 4. Govier (Mercer Island), 13:38. 5. Clotzen (Newport), 13:42. 6. Forward (East Valley), 13:52. 7. Olmsted (Sehome), 13:55. 7. Harshman (Heritage), 14:00. 8. Karen Schwager (South Whidbey), 14:07. 9. Pruitt (Edmonds-Woodway), 14:09. 10. Troy (Bellevue), 14:16.Flight 5 – 1. Barany (Eisenhower), 12:55. 2. Davis (Newport), 13:00. 3. Spada (Snohomish), 13:16. 4. Bliss (Cresent Valley, Ore.), 13:21. 5. Curtis (Sehome), 13:23. 6. Hanks (Marysville-Pilchuck), 13:21. 7. Ardissono (Shorewood), 13:35. 8. Blodgett (Kamiakin), 13:43. 9. Julie Gabelein (South Whidbey, 13:43. 10. DeGroot (East Valley), 13:44.Flight 6 – 1. Hummel (Eisenhower), 12:25. 2. Simkins (Marysville-Pilchuck), 12:29. 3. Bell (Gonzaga Prep), 12:51. 4. Malgesini (Snohomish), 13:00. 5. Frostad (East Valley), 13:00. 6. Reeve (Newport), 13:09. 7. Christensen (Cresent Valley), 13:09. 8. Grant (Mercer Island), 13:21. 9. Smith (Sehome), 13:23. 10. Thomsen (Shorewood), 13:32. 11. Sarah Degraaf (South Whidbey) 13:33.Flight 7 – 1. Adams-Moore (Newport), 11:52. 2. Connelly (Marysville-Pilchuck), 12:08. 3. Talarico (Eisenhower), 12:21. 4. Frostad (East Valley), 12:40. 5. Frey (Cresent Valley, Ore.), 12:41. 6. Rice (Mount Rainer), 12:42. 7. Culnane (Snohomish), 12:46. 8. Maclean (Shorewood), 12:51. 9. Hargarten (Mercer Island), 12:57. 10. Isgrigg (Gonzaga Prep), 12:57. 18. Lisa dePender (South Whidbey) 13:41. JV Race : Kirsten Smethurst, 14:38; Laura Hudson 17:04 North Cascades Conference JamboreeSept. 7, at Skagit Valley College, Race Distance 1.43 miles.(No team scores were kept.)GIRLS:1) Grace Coulter (Blaine) 8:512) Bobeya Krishnek (Mount Baker) 9:073) Jackie Lewis (Nooksack Valley) 9:104) Miwa Krishnek (MB) 9:295) Lisa dePender (South Whidbey) 9:396) Sarah Degraaf (SW) 9:427) Karin Rhode (MB) 9:448) Megan Pfieffer Holt (MB) 9:469) Julie Gabelein (SW) 9:4710) Karen Schwager (SW) 9:4711) Jaime Anderson (Lakewood) 9:4812) Ashley Marshall (Meridian) 9:4913) Tiffany Criger (LW) 9:5014) Michelle Huizenga (Mer) 9:5415) Jennifer Fellows (MB) 9:5716) Kari Strotz (MB) 9:5817) Andrea Brown (MB) 10:0518) Callie Supsinskas (SW) 10:0719) Julie Park (MB) 10: 1120) Malaena Hymas (SW) 10:12 41) Laura Hudson (SW) 12:12 “