Juanita’s Tansey Lystad takes first at 3A KingCo cross country meet

Rebel Tansey Lystad battled the cold winds coming off Lake Sammamish Thursday and the returning girls cross country champion to win the 3A KingCo meet individual title.

Lystad finished the 3.1 mile race in a time of 18:27, narrowly edging out last year’s winner Lindsay Benster of Mercer Island by just three seconds. Juanita as a team finished second to last out of the seven teams to compete, scoring just 126 points.

Lystad abd teammate Bonnie Gilbery will be the only Rebels to compete in the district meet Thursday at Lake Sammamish State Park at 3 p.m.