Bellevue boys win BHS Invite

Forty teams from around the state of Washington competed this weekend in the 25th Bellevue Cross Country Invite at Lake Sammamish State Park. The Bellevue boys team won the event, scoring 20 points lower than second-place Seattle Prep.

Results

Girls Varsity

Team scores

1, Eisenhower, 36 points; 2, Cedarcrest, 44 points; 3, Stanwood, 74 points; 4, Nathan Hale, 122; 5, Holy Names Academy, 149; 7, Newport, 158; 11, Bellevue, 209; 32, Sammamish, 376.

Varsity runners #7-8

1, Lindsay Thomas, Eisenhower, 20:56; 6, Julia Ellings, Bellevue, 21:49; 8, Danielle Seymour, Newport, 22:02; 13, Taryn Blache, Newport, 22:27; 14, Nicole Tom, Bellevue, 22:27.

Varsity runners #5-6

1, Tia Smith, Cedarcrest, 20:25; 9, Venecia Xu, Newport, 21:12; 10, Tiffany Eisenbach, Bellevue, 21:12; 27, Bryanna Woo, Newport, 22:19.

Varsity runners #3-4

1, Margret Parobek, West Valley (Yakima), 19:25; 23, Lauren Schur, Newport, 21:27; 27, Alexis Neuman, Bellevue, 21:32; 28, Alisa Poplawski, Newport, 21:37; 32, Jaclyn Stutz, Bellevue, 22:09; 41, Liz Green, Sammamish, 22:58.

Varsity Runners #1-2

1, Minna Fields, Stanwood, 18:29; 16, Jessica Spray, Newport, 19:56; 30, Melanie Luis, Bellevue, 20:29; 34, Emily Meyer, Newport, 20:47; 38, Vandan Kasar, Bellevue, 21:08; 46, Laynee Viniotis, Sammamish, 22:50.

Boys Varsity

Team scores

1, Bellevue, 25 points; 2, Seattle Prep, 45; 3, Eisenhower, 76; 4, Nathan Hale, 117; 5, Walla Walla, 140; 9, Newport 177; 15, Interlake, 253; 28, Sammamish, 387.

Varsity runners #7-8

1. Ryan Sherman, Bishop Blanchet, 16:47; 2, Ryan Long, Bellevue, 17:08; 4, Brandon Mahoney, Bellevue, 17:11; 16, Stephen Strozyc, Bellevue, 17:11; 17, Zachary Johnston, Interlake, 18:03; 22, Johnny Dance, Newport, 18:15; 29, Jay Taves, Interlake, 18:38; 34, David Raschko, Sammamish, 18:53; 56, Brandon Mecham, Sammamish, 19:51.

Varsity Runners #5-6

1, Charlie Penner, Bellevue, 16:41; 2, Robert Ferris, Bellevue, 16:51; 19, Blaine Lints, Newport, 17:42; 21, Matthew Gabel, Newport, 17:47; 27, Ivan Liniski, Interlake 18:07; 28, Patrick Northey, Interlake, 18:11; 36, Tommy Danielson, Sammamish, 18:26; 40, Hank Tea, Sammamish, 18:36.

Varsity Runners #3-4

1, Matt Crawford, Seattle Prep, 16:33; 3, Philip Matthews, Bellevue, 16:38; 7, John Fowler, Bellevue, 16:50; 16, Alex Bell, Newport, 17:20; 27, Feynman Liang, Interlake, 17:48; 35, Sammy Staples, Newport, 17:55; 44, Staal Githinji, Interlake, 18:16; 52, Tomas Navarja, Sammamish, 18:51.

Varsity Runners #1-2

1, Joel Ambo, Bellevue, 15:20; 5, Michael Williams, Bellevue, 15:43; 22, Michael Hutchins, Newport, 16:47; 26, Kris Plunkett, Newport, 16:56; 35, Max Crowell, Interlake, 17:19; 46, Michael Zhang, Interlake, 18:02; 51, Eric Fallon, Sammamish, 18:30.

Contact Bellevue Reporter Sports Writer Joel Willits at jwillits@bellevuereporter.com or 425-453-5045.

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