Shorecrest piles up personal bests at Wesco cross country championships

Top 10 Varsity Girl finishers. Photo by Lisa Muilenburg

GRANITE FALLS, Oct. 24, 2026 - Shorecrest brought strength in numbers to Saturday's Wesco cross country championships: five varsity girls in the top 13, a boys scoring pack separated by just 47 seconds, and JV runners setting personal records left and right.

 
Junior Alex Urquhart led the Scots in third at 19:15 over 5,000 meters. Seniors Lauren Kajimura (seventh, 19:35) and Riley Welch (ninth, 19:51) added personal bests, giving Shorecrest three finishers under 20 minutes. 

Ella Wylen (11th, 20:26) and Rosalie Campbell (13th, season-best 20:41) completed the scoring. Shorecrest finished second in the 2A/3A South division with 43 points, just seven behind Shorewood.

Senior Andrew Muilenburg led the varsity boys in 16:27 for 11th, followed by Aiden Poulin in 14th at 16:36. Waker Anderson (17:07) and Zack Meyer (17:08) ran personal bests, with Zain Pour (17:14) completing the scoring five. The Scots placed fourth with 95 points. Henry Wheeler added another personal best at 17:14, just four-tenths behind Pour.

Freshmen London Simon (second, 22:03.9), Dayana Alfaro-Malla (third, 22:10.5) and Gillian Martin (4th, 22:15.6) all ran personal bests in the girls JV race. Junior Natalie Skonier added a personal-best 22:41.1 with her sixth place finish in the front pack. Freshman Rosalie Vandervoort (25th, 23:56) rounded out the scoring five resulting in a win for the Shorecrest girls JV team.

Jaden Robertson broke 18 minutes with a personal-best 17:58 to lead the JV boys in eighth. Shorecrest finished fourth among 11 scoring teams, with all five scorers recording personal bests.

We are especially proud of all our JV athletes as they finished the regular season strong and the fact that 20 of Shorecrest's 24 JV boys and 13 out of 16 JV girls posted personal bests at this championship race. 

And we are very excited to see what our varsity athletes do in the postseason next week at the District meet, held at Lakewood High School, 17023 11th Ave NE, Arlington, WA 98223, October 31, 2026 starting at 11am. Come cheer them on as they race to state.

--Lisa Muilenburg