RICHLAND -- John Hylden of Tri-Cities Prep and Heather Siegel of St. John-Endicott were at the top of their fields Wednesday in a District 9 cross country meet at Johnson Park in Richland.
Hylden finished the 3.1-mile race in 17 minutes, 58.23 seconds, and the Jaguars stocked the top 5 to take first-place place at the event. TC Prep's Joseph Ghirardo was second overall with a time of 17:59.20.
At Johnson Park
Richland
3.1 miles
Boys
Team scores--Tri-Cities Prep 15, Pomery 50. Top 3--1, John Hylden (TCP) 17:58.23; 2, Joseph Ghirardo (TCP) 17:59.20; 3, Kelly Smith (TCP) 18:03.33. Tri-Cities Prep--Hylden; Ghirardo; Smith; 4, Sam Leon 18:10.28; 5, Will Bryan 18:32.52. Dayton--29, Micah Yeater 25:07.76. Liberty Christian--10, Daniel Witwer 20:04.30.
Girls
Team scores--St. John-Endicott 23, Tri-Cities Prep 34. Top 3--1, Heather Siegel (SJE) 21:26.85; 2, Meghan Gfeller (SJE) 23:21.20; 3, Yvonne Lumetta (TCP) 23:24.51. Tri-Cities Prep--Lumetta; 5, Bianca Lupercio 23:41.18; 7, Annie Bayless 25:10.81; 8, Makenna Richards 26:01.56; 12, Janet Kruschke 27:53.46. Columbia-Burbank--9, Christina Reisenauer 26:47.62; 11, Rachel Roberts 27:10.13.
CWAC
Prosser earned fifth-place finishes in both the boys and girls races in a meet at Mt. Adams Country Club in Toppenish.
5,000 meters
Boys
Top 3--1, Jeffrey Ott (Ell) 15:14; 2, Thatcher Montgomery (Ell) 15:28; 3, Caleb Carolan (Ell) 15:45. Prosser--5, Bradley Buttars 15:59; 16, Matthew Taylor 17:16; 19, Alexis Gonzalez 17:20; 27, Evan Jensen 17:46; 29, Rigo Orozco 17:57. Othello--10, Jonathan Rodriguez 16:33; 12, Jose Cabrera 16:55; 14, Ivan Mendoza 17:01; 21, Jessie Villarreal 17:31; 24, Anthony Barrera 17:39.
Girls
Top 3--1, Mariah Farris (Ell) 19:26; 2, Quinn Carolan 20:02; 3, Rachel Farris (Ell) 20:34. Prosser--5, Chelsie Price 20:54; 9, Kenzie Koch 21:59; 10, Mackenzie Davis 22:04; 15, Cortney Kilian 22:48; 16, Raquel Campuzano 22:49. Othello--17, Isabel Rocha 23:27; 19, Tristen Begay 24:40; 20, Janeth Ramos 24:41; 22, Julissa Valenicano 25:34; 23, Ashlee McMongile 25:44.
