Last Thursday, Big Finn Hill Park hosted the Northshore School District’s junior high cross country championship meet and Canyon Park Junior High eighth-grader Charlie Barringer won the title for the second year in a row, running the two-mile course in 11 minutes, 15 seconds.
Barringer will be competing this weekend in a Seattle meet on the USA Track and Field Cross Country circuit and then at in Boise, Idaho on Nov. 12 for the Nike Regional Championships.
Other finishers in the boys division were: Nick Laccinole (Northshore Junior High, 11:32); Stanley Wu (Northshore, 11:54); Alex Hill (Timbercrest, 11:56) and Brenden Both (Kenmore, 11:58).
On the girls’ side, Amber Rose from Kenmore (12:31) won by 28 seconds over Megan Tveit of Skyview (12:59). Other finishers included Kelby Pierce (Canyon Park, 13:15); Casie Moe (Northshore, 13:20) and Alex Hagen (Kenmore, 13:21).