They’re off and running.

Sequim’s cross country squads kicked off their 2015 season with strong finishes at the Capital Invite in Olympia on Saturday, getting a particularly impressive performance from its senior boys.

The upperclassmen-heavy         Sequim squad that placed second at the class 2A state meet last year — and are ranked No. 2 heading into the season — raced to a second-place finish in the senior class race, just behind 4A Issaquah. (The Capital Invite is broken out into freshman, sophomore, junior and senior class competitions.)

Brendon Despain paced the Wolves with a 12:07 finish over 2.23 miles, good for eighth overall, with Jackson Oliver 11th (12:12), Chris Jeffko in 25th (12:47) and Wendall Lorenzen (13:15) in 41st. Sequim put six seniors in the top 52 places.

SHS freshman Ash Francis impressed as well, winning the freshman race outright. Francis finished the 2.23-mile course in just 12:27.

On the girls’ side, senior Audrey Shingleton was the top individual finisher with a 16:01 finish, good for 11th place, with teammates Emily Webb, Alexis Cromer and Mia Steben going 39th, 40th and 41st. Sequim placed fourth in the senior class girls’ race behind bigger schools Peninsula (3A), Olympia (4A) and Capital (3A).

SHS’s Elizabeth Rosales was 23rd in the junior race (17:27) while Kiara Pierson paced Sequim’s sophomores with a 17:07 finish in 28th place.

Senior Waverly Shreffler, the Wolves’ top girls runner in 2014, did not run.

Sequim is back in action at home Sept. 16 with a home meet at Robin Hill County Park against Bremerton and North Mason.

The Wolves compete at the Three-Course Challenge in Seaside, Ore., on Sept. 19 before hosting another home meet set for Sept. 23 against North Kitsap and Olympic.