Overlake runners headed to 1A state meet | Prep cross country

Overlake's boys cross country team earned a trip to Saturday's 1A state meet for just the third time as a team in school history. They punched their ticket to the meet at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco with a fourth-place finish at bi-districts at South Whidbey.

November 2, 2015 6:51 pm

Overlake’s boys cross country team earned a trip to Saturday’s 1A state meet for just the third time as a team in school history. They punched their ticket to the meet at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco with a fourth-place finish at bi-districts at South Whidbey.

Esteban Sanchez led the way with a 15th-place finish in 17:49.65 and Tyler Strafford followed in 17th in 17:54.11. Other runners are Zach Foster, Luke Wetherbee, Nathan Cunningham, Eduardo Gutierrez and Luke Brezak.

On Friday, senior Peri Wallent returns to the state meet at Sun Willows. At bi-districts, she finished 20th in 21:25.99.

At the league championship meet, Overlake’s boys and girls took second at Lincoln Park in West Seattle.

For the boys, Foster took fifth (16:47.20) and Sanchez took sixth (16:50.30). On the girls’ side, Hannah Sether finished sixth in 20:30.10.