Bellevue boys, Interlake girls crack first top-10 | Prep sports news

The first cross country coaches poll for 2013 is out and two teams with top-10 finishes at state last year are back among the state's best.

The first cross country coaches poll of the season is out and a pair of local teams cracked their respective top-10 lists.

Bellevue begins the year sixth in the 3A boys rankings and Interlake’s girls check-in at seventh.

The Wolverines ended 2012 with a sixth place finish at state behind the fifth place individual finish of then-senior Spike Sievert and will welcome back three state competitors from last year in Kyle Pratt, Graham Wendle and Jacob Feinman.

Antoinette Tansley, who was 13th at state as a sophomore last year, will lead the Saints after their ninth place finish in 2012.

4A Boys

Central Valley

Gig Harbor

Eisenhower

Wenatchee

Jackson

Olympia

Garfield

Eastlake

Mead

Lewis & Clark

Others: Ferris, Lake Stevens, Bellarmine Prep

4A Girls

Camas

Tahoma

Richland

Snohomish

Bellarmine Prep

Central Valley

Eisenhower

Eastmont

Central Kitsap

Jackson

Others: Union, Redmond, Roosevelt, Eastlake, Gig Harbor

3A Boys

North Central

Nathan Hale

Kamiakin

Seattle Prep

Mount Spokane

Bellevue

Columbia River

University

Bainbridge

Blanchet

Others: Lakes, Oak Harbor, Shorewood

3A Girls

Glacier Peak

Kamiakin

Peninsula

Prairie

Mount Spokane

Liberty

Interlake

Mercer Island

Shadle Park

Lakeside

Others: Blanchet, Oak Harbor, Stanwood

Josh Suman: jsuman@bellevuereporter.com; 425-453-5045