Auburn Mountainview junior Christian Rotter captured the South Puget Sound League 3A/Seamount 3A sub-district cross country meet this past Saturday at Fort Steilacoom Park.
Rotter finished the 5,000-meter course in 16 minutes, 10.80 seconds.
Behind Rotter Auburn Mountainview grabbed seventh place in the team race with 165 points, moving the Lions on to the district meet Saturday.
Representing the Lions at the district meet will be Rotter, senior Jonah Zucati (22nd, 17:23.74 at sub-districts), sophomore Derrick Howlett (34th 17:46.48), junior Mat Harris (50th, 18:35.03), freshman Carson Porter-Keese (58th 19:01.07), senior Jorge Montiel (64th, 19:31.19) and freshman Abram English (20:46.64).
Corey Brinkman, a junior from Auburn Riverside, finished second behind Rotter, posting a 16:14.43 and helping the Raven boys grab fourth at the meet with 106 points.
For Auburn Riverside, senior Dax Tate was 12th with a 17:01.28, senior Daniel Arnold finished 19th with a 17:20.55 and junior Thomas Broch was 30th with a personal-best 17:40.32.
Also posting personal-best times were Raven juniors Riley Mckee (18:04.41) and Armando Valencia (18:04.91) and senior Carlos Sandoval (18:21.37).
Auburn senior Tyler Perrin also moves on to the district meet with a 23rd-place, 17:24.17 personal-best time.
The Westside Cross Country Classic 3A district boys 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.