Langley girl takes high place at 5K

Published 4:05 pm Friday, October 24, 2014

A 10-year-old girl from Langley finished second in her age division at the Dawg Dash 5K run on Sunday in Seattle.

Kaia Swegler Richmond, 10, ran the 5,000-meter course in 21:40, placing second in her age division up to 15 years old and eighth for all women. Overall, she placed 64th out of 1,710 runners.

For comparison, several runners on the top-15 ranked South Whidbey High School girls cross country team, which races 5,000-meter courses of varying difficulty over a season, have yet to match Kaia’s time. Only two Falcon girls have better times, junior Mallorie Mitchem and freshman Elizabeth Donnelly.

The race is a 29-year tradition put on by the University of Washington Alumni Association.