Juanita boys win double-dual cross country meet | Prep XC Report

The Juanita High School boys' cross country team took five of the top six spots at Wednesday's double-dual meet at Kelsey Creek Park in Bellevue, finishing with a near-perfect 18 points in a victory over Lake Washington and Bellevue.

The Juanita High School boys’ cross country team took five of the top six spots at Wednesday’s double-dual meet at Kelsey Creek Park in Bellevue, finishing with a near-perfect 18 points in a victory over Lake Washington and Bellevue.

Rebel senior Santos Zaid won the race in 17 minutes, 48 seconds, followed closely behind by Erik Oldenburger (17:59) and freshman Noah Kells (18:05).

Finishing fifth was sophomore Andrew Burt in 18:10, and rounding out the placers was freshman Nick Goodwin, coming in sixth (18:27).

Tops for Lake Washington was Devon Grove in 18:33.

On the girls’ side, the Rebels weren’t quite able to keep up with a deep Bellevue team, losing 25-51.

Emily Peterson (20:21) and Alexis Manns (20:44) were not far off the pace set by Bellevue senior Julia Ellings (20:01), with junior Rachel Blanch finishing sixth in 22:06.

Lake Washington’s best runner was Bridget Wittke in 22:24 (7th).