Shorecrest Cross-Country plays host to four-team meet Oct. 4 after Shorewood boys top Mount Vernon and Shorecrest

The Shorecrest cross country teams play host to a four-team meet Thursday, Oct. 4, after the Scot girls defeated Shorewood and the Shorecrest boys lost to Shorewood as part of a triangular meet at Mount Vernon, Thursday, Sept. 27, and both Scot teams competed Saturday at the Marysville-Pilchuck Tomahawk Twilight Invitational.

Shorewood competes Thursday against Stanwood and Jackson at Jackson High School in Mill Creek after the Thunderbird boys defeated Mount Vernon and Shorecrest, the T-bird girls finished third behind Mount Vernon and Shorecrest, and both teams competed Saturday in the Nike Pre-Nationals in Portland.

In the Nike Pre-Nationals at the Portland Meadows Race Track, Keenan Stephens of Shorewood finished 12th in the boys’ Division 2 Varsity 5,000 meters with a time of 16:58, with teammate Omar Abdulla 21st in 17:14, Andrew Christianson 25th, Michael Sutherland 43rd in 17:39 and Thomas Miller 44th in 17:39; Keelin McKeller finished 26th in the girls’ Division 3 Varsity race in 21:47, with teammate Elizabeth Lapham 38th in 22:12, Connie Castaneda 59th in 23:05, Sarah Haensly 70th in 23:38 and Skylar Petrichko 73rd in  23:42.

In the meet at Mount Vernon Thursday, the Thunderbird boys won with a low score of 28, followed by Mount Vernon with 40 and Shorecrest with 52; and the Mount Vernon girls scored 24, to defeat Shorecrest with 37, and Shorewood with 65.

            

In the meet at Hamlin Park, Shorecrest plays host to Cascade, Mountlake Terrace and Oak Harbor at 3:45 p.m. Thursday.