Juniper Dotson is in a hurry. (Amber Wyman photos)
They zipped in Granite Falls.
Running at the sixth annual Mountain Loop Invitational Saturday, the Coupeville Middle School cross country squad placed seven runners in the top 10 and made their presence felt in the team scoring as well.
The Wolf girls, led by third place finisher Juniper Dotson, almost caught front-runner Centennial, with the Snohomish-based school edging CMS 36-43.
Granite was third, with Cedar Park Christian-Bothell in fourth.
On the boys’ side of things, Jesse Kehoe claimed a second place showing on the 1.67-mile course, with Coupeville finishing third in the team standings behind Centennial and CPC.
The Wolves return to Granite Falls next Wednesday, October 14 for a different race, the Granite Gallop.
That will be the next-to-last race of the fall, with the Cascade League Championships slated to go down in Langley October 21.
Coupeville’s girls had four of the top nine finishers Saturday.
Saturday results:
GIRLS:
Juniper Dotson (3rd) 11:13.9
Sarai Dangerfield (5th) 11:25.0
Ava Clark (7th) 11:36.9
Abi Dangerfield (9th) 12:26.7
Alayla Schwarz (24th) 14:28.5
Leah Hernandez (25th) 14:44.3
Dresden Rusch (31st) 15:29.6
Lillian Lachnit (32nd) 15:43.8
Gracie Gonzalez (36th) 16:02.9
The Wolves put three boys in the top 10.
BOYS:
Jesse Kehoe (2nd) 10:00.9
Cole Van Dyke (7th) 10:42.5
John Davis (10th) 11:22.0
Leo Hernandez-Gomez (18th) 12:17.1
Antonio Echeverria Bryant (19th) 12:19.8
Gavin Goldman (20th) 12:29.1
Brody Griffith (22nd) 12:49.8
Hayden Maynes (23rd) 12:49.8
Stone Simpson (24th) 14:22.9
Danny Powers (28th) 19:55.6
Henry Engel (29th) 22:50.1
Resting their feet and letting the ferry do all the work.
