Prep Cross Country Roundup: Aberdeen runners win at three-way meet in Tumwater

Also: Montesano’s Schweppe sisters place 1-2 at The Gorge

By Ryan Sparks • October 18, 2024 5:15 am
PHOTO BY ALICIA TISDALE Aberdeen’s Toby Nelson (left) and Zeke Olson (right) helped the Bobcats to a victory in a three-team meet on Wednesday at Pioneer Park in Tumwater.
PHOTO BY ALICIA TISDALE Aberdeen’s Toby Nelson (left) and Zeke Olson (right) helped the Bobcats to a victory in a three-team meet on Wednesday at Pioneer Park in Tumwater.

Aberdeen runners won their respective races while Monte’s Schweppe sisters placed 1-2 as we review recent prep cross country results for Twin Harbors teams.

PREP CROSS COUNTRY

Aberdeen boys edge Tumwater by one point

Led by another top finish by Henry Nelson and Cecil Gumaelius, Aberdeen won a three-team league meet over Tumwater and Centralia on Wednesday at Pioneer Park in Tumwater.

Nelson, a senior, placed first in the boys 5K varsity race with time of 16:33.33 followed by freshman teammate Gumaelius in second with a time of 16:52.64.

Freshman Toby Nelson (18:16.46 PR, 9th) and junior Ezekiel Olson (18:21.34 PR, 10th) each recorded personal-record times in the race.

Cats junior Johnathon Watkins (18:30.00 PR, 11th) also PR’d to round out Aberdeen’s team score of 34 points, finishing one better than Tumwater (34) and well ahead of Centralia (53).

“(The victory) was impressive since our typical No. 3 runner Jacob Hallak didn’t feel well and ran towards the back,” Aberdeen head coach Dennis Nelson said. “This was accomplished by huge PR’s from Toby, Zeke and John. Also the boys had to fight through monsoon style during the last portion of the race.”

PHOTO BY ALICIA TISDALE Aberdeen sophomore Ailyn Haggard won the 5K cross-country girls race in a meet in a 2A Evergreen League meet on Wednesday in Tumwater.

PHOTO BY ALICIA TISDALE Aberdeen sophomore Ailyn Haggard won the 5K cross-country girls race in a meet in a 2A Evergreen League meet on Wednesday in Tumwater.

In the girls race, Aberdeen super-sophomore Ailyn Haggard took the top spot with a time of 19:07.08, crossing the line nearly 50 seconds ahead of Tumwater’s Alexandra Broome (19:55.52, 2nd).

Sophomore Serenity Allread (25:57.29, 8th), freshman Taylor Hatton (26:30.88, 9th), junior Ines Horcajada (27:59.97, 12th) and junior Aitana de Vente Boix (29:07.47, 14th) placed for Aberdeen as the Bobcats finished with 35 points to finish second behind Centralia (32).

Full results available at athletic.net.

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Monte’s Schweppe sisters finish 1-2 at the Gorge

Montesano sisters Haley and Samantha Schweppe finished 1-2, respectively, in the 5K varsity small-school race of The Gorge Amphitheater Invitational on Thursday, Oct. 10 in Quincy.

Haley, a standout sophomore, won the race with a time of 19:08.75 followed by senior Samantha crossing the finish line with a time of 19:50.36.

Monte sophomore Zoe Ray placed seventh with a time of 21:08.08 followed by teammates Aiden “Phoebe” Bowe (23:38.72, 23rd) and Alice Nelson (25:28.16, 30th) as the Bulldogs placed third overall as a team with 58 points.

In the boys race, Montesano junior Benjamin Anderson placed third with a time of 17:28.06 to lead the Bulldogs to a 5th place finish with 129 points.

Colton Sweet (18:28.74, 14th), Alexander Bale (20:12.95, 38th), Owen Young (20:17.94, 40th) and Mikhail Vilchitsky (20:26.60, 43rd) rounded out Monte’s team score.

The event featured runners from 30 schools from Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Full results are available at athletic.net.