Mercer Island girls ninth at state meet | Prep cross country

Published 6:49 pm Monday, November 9, 2015

The Mercer Island girls cross country team had a top 10 finish at the 3A state cross country championships Saturday, Nov. 7 at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.

The Islander girls placed ninth overall with a team score of 193. Glacier Peak won with a score of 112.

Cece Rosenman was Mercer Island’s top finisher in the girls 5K, coming in 31st at 19:33. Maggie Baker was 55th (19:59.6) and Kayla Lee behind her at 56th (19:59.8). Alexa Bauman placed 61st (20:01.9), Mary Rose Vu was 63rd (20:04.2), Elly McMillan finished 110th (21:16.9) and Chloe Michaels was 112 at 21:21.1. Jordan Oakes of Holy Names Academy placed first with a time of 17:53.5. Bellevue’s Katherine Penner placed sixth at 18:36.7.

Competing for the boys, Ben Stoops placed 59th, finishing the boys 5K with a time of 16:31.9. North Central won the event as a team and had the top finisher in Justin Janke, who won with a time of 15:02. Interlake placed fourth as a team, and Juanita placed ninth. Interlake’s Luke Beauchamp finished eighth at 15:46, with Juanita’s Tom Mikkelson right behind him in ninth at 15:46.1.

Mercer Island’s Chloe Michaels (743) pushes her way through the girls 5K at the 3A state cross country championships Saturday, Nov. 7 at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco (Kin Lee/Contributed Photo).