No letdown here.
Coming off strong finishes at the Three-Course Challenge in Seaside, Ore., four days earlier, Sequim’s cross country squad looked plenty ready for their first Olympic League meet of the season.
Sequim runners took six of the top seven places in both varsity races as they swept Olympic and North Kitsap on Sept. 24 in Bremerton.
On the boys’ side, No. 2-ranked Sequim saw C.J. Daniels, Brendan Despain, Peter Ohnstad and Jackson Oliver take the top four places and finish within seven seconds of one another (15:11 to 15:18).
Teammate Chris Jeffko was sixth (16:11) and Mikey Cobb was seventh (16:24). Chase Ridgway (10th) and Christian Ash (11th) rounded out the Wolves’ varsity group. Logan Dean of Olympic placed fifth, the top non-Sequim finisher.
On the girls’ side, Sequim’s Waverly Shreffler, hardly challenged with a first-place win at 19:53, was followed by Wolves Audrey Shingleton (third, 21:10), Emily Webb (fourth, 21:12), Erin Vig (fifth, 21:18) and Noelle Bittner (21:20).
Elizabeth Rosales was ninth at 22:22. Only North Kitsap freshman Anneli Seaberg broke up the top five, placing second overall.
Sequim’s junior varsity boys nearly made it a three-race sweep, but the squad placed second just behind a deep North Kitsap squad.
Sequim junior Wendall Lorenzen led the entire JV race for a first-place finish — and would have beat all but four non-Sequim varsity runners — while SHS freshman Andrew Hansted was third.
“Top to bottom the girls and JV boys improved,” assistant coach Michael Cobb said. “The only improvement the varsity boys need is faster times – that will come.”
Sequim is at Kingston to take on Klahowya and the host Buccaneers on Oct. 1, then races at the Curtis Invite at University Place on Oct. 4.
Nearly 50 schools from various leagues and classifications are slated to run there, including Bellarmine Prep (4A, girls No. 2, boys No. 3), Bishop Blanchet (3A, boys No. 7), Ballard (3A, girls No. 5), Lakeside-Seattle (3A, girls No. 6), Peninsula (3A, girls No. 9), Lindberg (2A, girls No. 9), White River (2A, girls No. 1) and Medical Lake (1A, boys No. 1).
