Raven, Lion squads move on to Westside Classic girls | Prep girls cross country
Published 4:25 pm Wednesday, October 29, 2014
The Auburn Riverside and Auburn Mountainview girls cross country teams earned berths to the district race with top-seven finishes at the South Puget Sound League 3A/Seamount League sub-district meet at Fort Steilacoom last Saturday.
The Ravens grabbed fourth out of 10 teams with 143 points.
Amanda Bunger, a junior, led Auburn Riverside with a 15th overall finish. She completed the 3.1-mile course in 21 minutes, 24.09 seconds.
Senior Sammy Sponenburg (20th, 21:37.96), senior Claire Kerbs (26th, 21:49.27), sophomore Jessica Soerink (38th, 22:28.68), freshman Kristina Pogosian (44th, 22:59.90), freshman Leah Kerbs, 50th, 23:24.70) and junior Cierra Deissler (64th, 24:12.75) also moved on to the district meet.
The Lions qualified as a team, finishing seventh with 160 points.
Freshman Samantha Goedde led the Lions with a 10th overall finish in 20:54.25.
Also moving on from Auburn Mountainview are: junior Yadira Ventura (24th, 21:45.50); junior Tiffany Pott (28th, 21:52.53); sophomore Callie Bartlett (40th, 22:34.93); senior Alyssa Rumbaugh (58th, 23:50.83); freshman Angie Andreotti (59th, 23:54.77); and sophomore Cassidy McCandless (61, 24:02.24).
Running in the district meet will be Auburn junior Deneille Wallin, who finished 17th overall with a 21:26.30, and sophomore Anevay Avila, who was 29th overall with a 21:53.59.
The Westside Cross Country Classic 3A district girls race begins at 2:20 p.m. Saturday, with the top-25 individuals and top-5 teams moving on to the Nov. 8 state 3A championships at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.
