Islander cross country hosts Interlake, Lake Washington

The Mercer Island girls took the top spot in their portion of the meet, while the Saints won over the Islander boys.

October 1, 2015 3:30 pm
Mercer Island's Cece Rosenman (second from left) and Chloe Michaels (far right) keep pace with Interlake's Camila David-Smith (far left) and Aishanee Wijeratna Wednesday
Mercer Island's Cece Rosenman (second from left) and Chloe Michaels (far right) keep pace with Interlake's Camila David-Smith (far left) and Aishanee Wijeratna Wednesday

Mercer Island cross country hosted Interlake and Lake Washington at Luther Burbank Park Wednesday, Sept. 30. The Islander girls took the top spot in their portion of the meet, beating Interlake 30-35. The Saints won over the Islander boys 18-43.

Interlake had the top finishers in both the boys and girls races. Camila David-Smith won the girls 5K with a time of 19:59. Mercer Island had six runners finish in the top 10 of the girls race, beginning with Chloe Michaels placing fourth at 20:20. Cece Rosenman was right behind Michaels in fifth place (20:21). Mary Rose Vu was sixth (20:35), Kayla Lee placed seventh (20:40), Alexa Bauman was eighth (20:41) and Elly McMillan finished 10th (21:12).

Luke Beauchamp won the boys 5K with a time of 16:46. Tiger McBurney finished fourth for the Islanders at 17:28, while Nate Benson placed sixth (17:52) and Ben Vandenbosch finished 10th (18:26). Noah Talerman was 11th (18:33), Andrew Arvish placed 13th (18:46) and Luke Kenworthy finished 15th (18:59) for Mercer Island.

Next, Mercer Island cross country will take on Bellevue at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7 at Kelsey Creek Park.

Photo above left, Tiger McBurney competes during the boys 5K Wednesday at Luther Burbank Park.