With four runners in the top eight, the top-ranked Camas boys cross country team easily won the 19-team Westside Classic 4A regional cross country meet Saturday in University Place.
The Camas girls, meanwhile, edged out South Kitsap to win the team title.
Sophomore Sam Geiger was the fastest Camas runner, placing third in 16 minutes, 03 seconds, just six seconds behind winner Connor Griffith of Olympia.
Camas senior and district champion Daniel Maton was fourth in 16:13. Jackson Lyne and Spencer Twyman were seventh and eighth, respectively.
Luc Utheza rounded out the Camas scorers in 16th, giving the Papermakers a score of 38 points. Tahoma finished second with 64.
Aspen Ashcraft placed third and Halle Jenkins was sixth as Camas won the girls title with 101 points, 15 ahead of South Kitsap.
Ashcraft’s time of 19:02 was 52 seconds behind runaway winner Ella borsheim of Bellarmine Prep. Jenkins finished in 19:08.
Haylee Brodahl of Union placed 10th in 19:33. Presley Timmons of Skyview was 13th in 19:42.
The top seven teams and 49 individuals qualified for the state meet on Nov. 3 in Pasco.
Phelps third in 3A race
Emily Phelps finished third in the 3A race at the Westside Classic, helping Fort Vancouver’s girls team qualify for state for the first time.
Phelps finished in 19:02, 11 seconds behind winner Patience Mwaura of Lincoln.
Prairie’s Meri Dunford finished fourth in 19:08, leading the Falcons to a third-place team finish. Fort finished fifth.
In the boys race, Prairie’s Luke Lund finished seventh in 16:41. Mountain View’s Shun Yamaguchi was ninth in 16:49.
The top five teams and 35 individuals qualified for the state meet on Nov. 3.
