Shorewood Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams bring home the WesCo South League Title

Boys Varsity Podium: Noah Plotnik, Tristan Crittenden, Isaiah Schuelke, Max Billett, Otto Erhart, Luke Gillingham, Eli Graves, Alex Yee, Finn delaChapelle, Avery Lagasca, Kyan McCary-Smith

Shorewood Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams brought home the Wesco South League Title this past Saturday, October 21, 2023 at Granite Falls HS.  

This makes back to back Titles for the Boys team. We're verifying but believe the last time the girls won the WesCo title was in 2005.

Girls Varsity Podium: Luz Guillen-Salinas, Lilah Becker, Annika Crow, Lucy Eichelberger, Hanna Bruno, Sawyer Whiting, Maceana MacDonald, Jazzi Zimmer, Cleo Dalasta, Finley Houck, Nora Sterling, Maya Mirabueno

Congratulations to sophomore Max Billett for winning the Wesco South Individual Cross Country Title and breaking his own sophomore 5k school record!  

Among the Shorewood athletes, 47 ran new personal records on a 5k course. The WesCo League Meet determined League Champions and also All League honors.

Shorewood boys team with coaches

WesCo South includes Shorewood, Shorecrest, Lynnwood, Meadowdale, Edmonds-Woodway, Mountlake Terrace, Archbishop Murphy (2A), and Cedarcrest (2A). 

Both the JV Girls and JV Boys competed in a JV race comprised of WesCo North and South 2A/3A schools (14 schools) and both Shorewood JV Teams placed 3rd in their respective JV races.

Shorewood girls team with coaches

WesCo South All League Honors 

• 1st Team Conference Honors goes to athletes who place 1st-7th at WesCo Championships, 
• 2nd Team Conference Honors goes to those who place 8th-14th, and 
• All Conference Honorable Mention goes to those who place 15th-21st

1st Team: Max Billett (1st Place), Otto Erhart (2nd), Luke Gillingham (3rd), Isaiah Schuelke (7th), Hanna Bruno (3rd), Lucy Eichelberger (7th) 

2nd Team: Eli Graves (12th), Annika Crow (10th), Maya Mirabueno (11th)

Honorable Mention: Alex Yee (17th), Finn delaChapelle (18th), Sawyer Whiting (15th)

Next weekend, Shorewood and Shorecrest will be heading to Regionals (NW District 1 Championships) at Lakewood HS in Arlington. This is for one of 5 spots to the State meet to be held in Pasco in two weekends.

--Paul Villanueva, NBCT