Shorewood cross country boys & girls teams win Wesco South Team titles

Shorewood Cross Country Team and Coaches

Cross Country season has entered the postseason. This last Saturday (10/24/26) Wesco League Championships were held at Granite Falls HS to determine League Champions and Individual League Honors.

It was a beautiful fall day in the PNW with added excitement and anticipation of the Homecoming Dance later in the evening and the Homecoming Assembly and Game (Shorewood beat Shorecrest in the Rotary Cup matchup) the day prior.

Shorewood competed well with 40 athletes on the team achieving new Personal Bests (PB or PR for Personal Record) over a 5k course. 

For the JV runners this was the culmination to their season and for Varsity this meet marks the start of the postseason. Congrats to any of our seniors, as well as seniors from other schools, who completed their XC careers!

Eli Graves (L) and Olivia Decker (R)
won Wesco South Individual titles, setting new course records

Congratulations to Shorewood runners Eli Graves & Olivia Decker for winning the Wesco South Individual Titles, both setting a new course record. 

Girls Wesco South Champions!
(L to R): Dylan Formo, Neha Adhikaram, Cleo Dalasta, Olivia Decker, Kate Schmidt, Annika Crow, Maddie Gussow, Not pictured: Maya Mirabueno, Reese Davison

Boys Wesco South Champions! 
(L to R): Liam Schmidt, Jensen Blaine, Ku Blessing, Noah Raupp, Isaiah Schuelke, Eli Graves, Kellan Roberts, Aiden Witt, Brayden Yee, Jack deLaChapelle, Joel Rice, Not pictured: Alonzo Rogers

Congratulations to the Boys & Girls Varsity Teams for winning the Wesco South Team Titles!!! 

Making that five in a row Wesco South Titles for the Boys team (as they say, "one for the thumb") and the 2nd for the senior girls in their 4 years. 

Marshall Akers (L) and Daphne LaClergue (R) won their Wesco JV races

Congratulations to Daphne LaClergue & Marshall Akers for winning the Wesco JV races. The Shorewood JV Girls Team placed 2nd and Shorewood JV Boys Team placed 1st in the JV races! 

The Wesco League Championships Meet determined League Champions and also All League honors. 

• Wesco South includes Shorewood, Shorecrest, Lynnwood, Meadowdale, Edmonds-Woodway, Mountlake Terrace, Archbishop Murphy (2A). 
• Both the JV Girls and JV Boys competed in a JV race comprised of Wesco 2A/3A schools (13 schools - Wesco North & South).

Wesco South All League Honors: 1st Team All Conference Honors goes to athletes who place 1st-7th at Wesco Championships, 2nd Team Conference Honors goes to those who place 8th-14th, and All Conference Honorable Mention goes to those who place 15th-21st

• 1st Team: Olivia Decker (1st), Kate Schmidt (2nd), Eli Graves (1st), Kellan Roberts (2nd), Brayden Yee (4th), Noah Raupp (5th), Aiden Witt (6th)
• 2nd Team: Cleo Dalasta (8th), Annika Crow (10th), Jack deLaChapelle (8th)
• Honorable Mention: Neha Adhikaram (15th), Maya Mirabueno (19th), Ku Blessing (16th), Isaiah Schuelke (18th)

The results from Saturday: Results 10.24.26.

Congratulations also goes to Colin Casimir (4th) & Ezra Scheleen (5th) for placing in the Top 5 in the 2A/3A Boys JV Race.

This coming Saturday (10/31) is the NW District 1 Championships, the State qualifying meet where Shorewood and all of Wesco South, Wesco North, and the Northwest Conference (16 schools in total) compete for 4 team spots to State and/or 28 individual spots to State to be held in Pasco on Nov 7th.

Report From Co-Head Coaches Paul Villanueva & Joel Reese

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Shorecrest piles up personal bests at Wesco cross country championships

Top 10 Varsity Girl finishers. Photo by Lisa Muilenburg
L-R: Riley Welch (9th Shorecrest) Lauren Kajimura (7th Shorecrest), 5th EW, Alex Urquhart (3rd Shorecrest), Olivia Decker (1st Shorewood), Kate Schmidt (2nd Shorewood), 4th EW, 6th EW, Cleo Dalasta (8th Shorewood), and Annika Crow (10th Shorewood)

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

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Shorecrest XC team at the Mountain Loop Invitational

Girls' XC team
Photo by Lisa Muilenburg

Saturday morning, October 10, 2026 the Shorecrest cross country team raced at Granite Falls High School in the Mountain Loop XC Invitational. It was a great warmup for their homecoming dance that evening.

Mid-race photos by Lisa Muilenburg

The Girls Varsity team took 3rd place overall, led by freshman London Simon with a 13th-place medal finish, followed by teammates Gillian, Natalie, Keira, Lucy, Madison, and Kiersten.

The Boys Varsity took 7th place overall.

The Boys JV also took 3rd, led by Oliver Peoples’ 8th-place finish, with all of his scoring teammates running personal bests.

Many other athletes continued to hit personal and season bests at this meet.

We look forward to their next race, which will be a league meet at Hamlin Park in Shoreline, WA, on October 14, starting at 3:45pm.

--Lisa Muilenburg

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Young Shorecrest XC runners step up to the challenge

Shorecrest Cross Country Team
before the Twilight Costume Race

By Lisa Muilenburg

On October 3, 2026, Shorecrest attended the 18th Annual XC Twilight Invitational at the Memorial Golf Course in Everett, WA. While resting many of our top varsity athletes who traveled to major invitationals over the last two weekends, we featured our up-and-coming young runners. They truly stepped up to the challenge!

The Women's varsity race was led by three of our more experienced runners—Delilah, Nicole, and Harper—who set a strong pace for the group. The entire team finished within one minute of each other, resulting in 5K personal bests for Natalie, London, Gillian, and Dayana.

In the Men's JV Freshman/Sophomore race, all eight of our athletes achieved season or personal bests. In the Women's JV Freshman/Sophomore race, nine out of ten runners also set a season or personal best.

Congratulations to all of our athletes, and thank you to everyone who participated in the costume run at twilight. We are excited for the promising continued growth of the Shorecrest program.

Shorecrest's next race is the Mountain Loop Invitational at Granite Falls High School on October 10, 2026. Come out and support our Scots!

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Shorecrest Varsity XC runners compete in 2026 Nike Bob Firman Invitational in Spokane Valley WA

XC race start. Photo by Lisa Muilenburg

Shorecrest varsity

Cross Country Boys & Girls

9-26-26

Spokane Valley WA

Shorecrest Varsity runners traveled to Spokane Valley, WA for the 2026 Nike Bob Firman Invitational!

There were 2,892 high school athletes representing 115 schools from 10 states and 1 Canadian Province.

Both the girls and boys teams competed in the Elite races, against nationally ranked teams. The tough competition resulted in big PR's and great races for many of our athletes. We are excited to see where this puts them in WA state rankings.

Our next meet is the Nike Twilight XC Invitational, Saturday October 3, 2026 at Legion Memorial Golf Course 144 W Marine View Dr, Everett, WA 98201

We are excited to see how the whole team does at this competition.

-Lisa Muilenburg

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Shorecrest cross country team hosted a 3-way league meet September 24, 2026

The Shorecrest cross country team hosted a 3 way league meet on our hilly Hamlin Park course September 24, 2026.

Though some of our athletes were feeling under the weather, those who ran dug deep, many of them stepping up and running a personal best time for the shorter distance.

A special thank you to the Shoreline Water District for donating cones to mark the course, and the Shorecrest Boosters and parents who helped facilitate the meet.

For our next meet a small group will be traveling this weekend for the Nike Bob Firman XC Invitational at "The Course" in Spokane Valley, WA, September 25, 2026.

We are so proud of all our athletes. Go Shorecrest!

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Shorewood coaches named Boys Cross Country 2025 State Coaches of the Year

Joel Reese (l) and Paul Villanueva (r) named WSCCCA 3A Boys Cross Country 
Coaches of the Year 2025
Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools

Congratulations are in order for Shorewood High School's own Coach Reese and Coach Villanueva, who were selected as Boys Cross Country 2025 State Coaches of the Year!

Paul Villanueva has been the head XC coach at Shorewood for 16 years! He's also coached Track & Field for almost 26 years and spent 7 years as an assistant football coach. 

Joel Reese has been coaching Stormray WC runners for ten years and Track & Field for almost as long. 

Please join us in thanking these coaches for their coaching, leadership, and mentorship of so many students in their careers and celebrating their well-deserved honor!

Correction: This year will be Paul Villanueva's 26th year as a coach!

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Shoreline youth compete at Nike Cross Country NW Regionals in Spokane

Shoreline Runners from Shorewood and Shorecrest

Story and photos by Paul Villanueva & Joel Reese (XC Head Coaches at Shorewood)

Outstanding accomplishments for a few members of our High School Cross Country Teams in Shoreline for competing at Nike Cross Country Northwest Regionals this past weekend in Spokane.

Nike XC Regionals Northwest, also known as NXR, is comprised of runners spanning from 7 states: WA, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, and Hawaii. NXR is the qualification meet to NXN which is Cross Country Nationals.

L to R: Shorewood girls "Shoreline Distance" Maya Mirabueno, Neha Adhikaram, Olivia Decker, Cleo Dalasta, Violet Koslowsky

Girls from Shorewood, running under the name Shoreline Distance (unattached from Shorewood), were Violet Koslowsky, Olivia Decker, Cleo Dalasta, Maya Mirabueno, & Neha Adhikaram. They placed 9th in the Open Section 2 Division (297 runners, 31 scoring teams), with PRs by Olivia (16 sec drop) and Cleo, Violet tying their PRs. 

L to R: Shorecrest girls Addison Phillips, Alex Urquhart, Scout Lynass, Riley Welch

Girls from Shorecrest, running unattached were Alex Urquhart, Addison Phillips, Scout Lynass, and Riley Welch in the Open Section 3 Division, 5 runners required for a team place. 

Ethan Urquhart from Shorecrest placed 4th

Ethan Urquhart from Shorecrest also ran in the Open Section 4 Division placing 4th!

L to R: Joel Reese, Noah Raupp, Max Billett, Tristan Crittenden, Eli Graves, Isaiah Schuelke, Brayden Yee, Aiden Witt, Paul Villanueva

The boys from Shorewood, comprised of Max Billett, Eli Graves, Tristan Crittenden, Isaiah Schuelke, Aiden Witt, Brayden Yee, and Noah Raupp, placed 9th in the Championship Division, earning them NXR All-Region Team Honors while also being the Top WA 3A Team in the Region (there are 8 Regions in the US) and regardless of classification being the 2nd WA Team overall. 

Max Billett placed 20th (season's best time of 15:09) earning him 3rd Team All-Region Honors (197 runners in the Championship Division), PRs by Eli (dropping 19 seconds, down to 15:39) and Tristan (going under 16 min for the 1st time, 15:41).

Also, congratulations to Max, Tristan, Violet, Addison for being selected by the Washington State Cross Country Coaches’ Association as Sr. All-Stars for the State.

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Shorewood Cross Country competes at State Meet - Boys Team brings home a podium finish

L to R:  Co-Head Coach Joel Reese, Coach Emma King, Noah Raupp, Aiden Witt, Isaiah Schuelke, Max Billett, Eli Graves, Brayden Yee, Tristan Crittenden, Kellan Roberts, Jack delaChapelle, Coach Leslie Silver, Coach Uriel Lopez, Co-Head Coach Paul Villanueva

From Co-Head Coaches Paul Villanueva & Joel Reese

Shorewood XC competed well at the State meet this past weekend. For the third year in a row Shorewood qualified both girls and boys teams to the State meet in the same year. Before that it hadn't been since 1984 that both teams qualified in the same year. 

Shorewood XC Varsity with Coaches

The trip to Pasco was wonderful. On a beautiful day our athletes competed with the best from around the state. It was a tough field on a difficult course. Our runners competed well -all should be proud of their efforts, and all should be proud of the athletes representing Shorewood XC as well as Shorewood/Shoreline as a whole.

 
The boys team placed 2nd!!!, marking the best State finish for the boys team in school history!!

Shorewood XC Varsity with Coaches

Max Billett, Isaiah Schuelke, Eli Graves, & Tristan Crittenden placed in the Top 35 in 3A (all finishing in a better placing than their previous best State placing also with their best times on the State course)

Max, Isaiah, & Eli made the podium placing 6th, 9th, 20th (respectively)!!

Max and Isaiah will be named to the Washington State Cross Country Coaches Association All-State Team!

Isaiah crushed his previous Personal Record 5k time by 14 seconds going under 16 minutes (big milestone) for the first time with a time of 15:47.2.

L to R: Violet Koslowsky, Cleo Dalasta, Lucy Eichelberger, Olivia Decker, Annika Crow, McKenzie Clark, Maya Mirabueno

The girls team placed 12th in the entire State in the 3A classification, improving their placing as a team in each of the last three seasons.

Violet Koslowsky also had her best placing at the State meet finishing 32nd as well as her best time on the State meet course.

Cleo Dalasta also had her best placing at the State meet as well as her best time at the State meet course.

L to R: Aiden Witt, Max Billett, Kellan Roberts, Isaiah Schuelke, Tristan Crittenden, Brayden Yee, Eli Graves.

Those who competed at State for the first time were Brayden Yee, Kellan Roberts, Aiden Witt, Olivia Decker, & McKenzie Clark

Those who competed at State for a third time were juniors Lucy Eichelberger, Maya Mirabueno, Annika Crow, Isaiah, & Eli.

Alternates: Noah Raupp, Jack delaChapelle, Neha Adhikaram, Daphne LaClergue

Although our season is finished, a lot of the team, 12 members, will be competing in a National meet (NXR - Nike Cross Regionals - Northwest Division) on their own this weekend in Spokane. 

Photos by Paul Villanueva

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Shorewood Cross Country Boys are NW District 1 Champions - both Boys and Girls State bound

L to R: Back Row - Coach Uriel Lopez, Coach Leslie Silver, Neha Adhikaram, Olivia Decker, McKenzie Clark, Daphne LaClergue, Eli Graves, Kellan Roberts, Brayden Yee, Jack delaChapelle, Isaiah Schuelke, Noah Raupp, Tristan Crittenden, Aiden Witt, Grady Marshall, Aidan Koenig, Joel Rice, Coach Joel Reese, Kneeling Row - Coach Emma King, Annika Crow, Luz Guillen-Salinas, Cleo Dalasta, Violet Koslowsky, Max Billett, Coach Paul Villanueva. Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools.

Shorewood Cross Country Boys are NW District 1 Champions - both Boys and Girls State bound

From Co-Head Coaches Paul Villanueva and Joel Reese

No trick but a treat! 

Last weekend, Shorewood Boys XC became the WesCo South League Champions! 

This past Saturday, November 1, 2025 Shorewood Boys & Girls Cross Country Teams both qualified for State. 

L to R: Tristan Crittenden, Kellan Roberts, Isaiah Schuelke, Max Billett, Eli Graves, Aiden Witt, Brayden Yee. Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools

The rain and wind were relentless but so was Shorewood XC. A few personal records were broken on a slick course, and Shorewood will be represented well at the State Championships in Pasco this upcoming weekend.

This is back to back to back years that the Boys and Girls teams have qualified for the State meet in the same year and before that the first time since 1984 in the same year. 

Three of fourteen Shorewood runners ran new personal bests over a 5k course that was slick and in parts soggy. 

Congrats to Max Billett for winning and defending his individual NW District 1 Championship winning with a time of 15:47.9. Max has now won the NW District 1 Individual Title the last two years. 

Running new personal bests were Eli Graves and Isaiah Schuelke! 

The Shorewood Boys placed six runners in the Top 18 and as you may be able to put together, with those outstanding efforts the Boys team secured the NW District 1 Regional Title, a 4-peat making them back to back to back to back Regional Champions and returning to the State meet! 

L to R; Maya Mirabueno, McKenzie Clark, Annika Crow, Violet Koslowsky, Cleo Dalasta, Lucy Eichelberger, Olivia Decker. Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools

The Girls team placed 2nd as a team, placing six in the Top 26 to make their return to the State meet for back to back to back years. 

Running a new personal best was Olivia Decker. 

On the boys side the Top 28 individuals and Top 4 teams qualified for the State meet and on the girls side the Top 35 individuals and Top 5 teams qualified for the State meet. NW District 1 (Regionals) is comprised of 15 3A schools from WesCo North, WesCo South, and Northwest Leagues.

Next weekend, Shorewood will be heading to the WIAA State XC Championships in Pasco. This is no trick but such a treat! 

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Cross Country Girls: Shorecrest wins District 3A Championship - Shorewood takes 2nd - both will go to state

L-R: Shorecrest District 3A Champions: Delilah Canestro, 10th grade, Rosalie Campbell, 11th grade; Addison Phillips, 12th grade; Scout Lynass, 12th grade; Alex Urquhart,10th grade; Riley Welch, 11th grade; and Harper Birgfeld, 10th grade.

The Shorecrest Girls Cross Country Team won the District 3A Championship held in Arlington on Saturday November 1, 2025 and secured their fourth consecutive trip to State as a team.

They competed against 14 other teams and finished with 41 points. The first, second and fifth finishers overall were Shorecrest girls! 

Alex Urquhart, a tenth grader at Shorecrest, took first place in the girls race with a time of 19:02.

The boys team finished 5th with two two runners qualifying individually to compete at the state competition.

Shorewood girls finished in second place and also qualified for state.

The state competition is November 8th in Pasco.

11-3-2025 Updated with additional information

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Shorewood Boys Cross Country brought home the WesCo South League Title

Shorewood Boys Cross Country brought home the WesCo South League Title this past Saturday, October 25, 2025 at Granite Falls High School in Snohomish County. 

This makes a 4-peat, back to back to back to back Titles for the Boys team. The Girls Team was a very close 2nd! 

It was wet and windy but we managed to avoid a lot of the rain during our races. The early rain made the course somewhat soft and slick but athletes did a good job competing. 

Max Billett winning 2A/3A Wesco South Title

Congratulations to senior Max Billett for winning the WesCo South Individual Cross Country Title. The WesCo League Meet determined League Champions and also All League honors. 

WesCo South includes Shorewood, Shorecrest, Lynnwood, Meadowdale, Edmonds-Woodway, Mountlake Terrace, and Archbishop Murphy (2A). 

Both the JV Girls and JV Boys competed in a JV race comprised of WesCo North & South 2A/3A schools (13 schools) and both Shorewood JV Teams placed 2nd in their respective JV races! 

Girls Varsity placed a very close 2nd

Congratulations to sophomore Chloe Mergler for placing 2nd in the girls JV race and Luz Guillen-Salinas placing 5th. Congratulations to junior Colin Casimir for placing 2nd in the boys JV race and Quinn Martin placing 5th.

WesCo South All League Honors (1st Team Conference Honors goes to athletes who place 1st-7th at WesCo Championships Varsity race, 2nd Team Conference Honors goes to those who place 8th-14th, and All Conference Honorable Mention goes to those who place 15th-21st)

• 1st Team: Max Billett (1st), Tristan Crittenden (2nd), Eli Graves (3rd), Isaiah Schuelke (6th), Violet Koslowsky (3rd), Annika Crow (5th)
• 2nd Team: Kellan Roberts (9th), Aiden Witt (10th), Cleo Dalasta (8th), Olivia Decker (9th), Maya Mirabueno (13th)
• Honorable Mention: Noah Raupp (15th), Brayden Yee (17th), McKenzie Clark (15th), Neha Adhikaram (16th)

Full results can be found here.

Next weekend, Shorewood will be heading to Regionals (NW District 1 Championships) at Lakewood HS in Arlington. This is for one of 4 spots to 5 spots for the State meet to be held in Pasco in two weekends. 

Report from Head Coaches: Paul Villanueva and Joel Reese

Photos by Paul Villanueva

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Shorecrest girls win cross country Championship races in spite of heavy rain and winds

Shorecrest cross country teams at Granite Falls WA

Despite heavy rain and winds, the Shorecrest girls cross country team won both the the varsity and junior varsity races at the WesCo Championships on October 25, 2025 at Granite Falls High School in Snohomish County. 

The varsity race was won by a senior runner and the the junior varsity race was won by an up-and-coming freshman.

The boys varsity team came in 5th overall and the junior varsity team came in 6th. This was the last meet for the junior varsity team. 

Many athletes ran personal bests at the 5K distance despite a muddy and challenging course.

The next meet will be the District 1 and 2 Championships at Lakewood High School on November 1st. From there it will be determined who goes on to the State Championship on November 8th in Pasco! 

--Kelly Hjelle

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Shorecrest cross country team competed at Nike Hole In The Wall Invitational October 11, 2025

Shorecrest cross country teams

The Shorecrest cross country team braved rain, wind, and muddy conditions to compete at the Nike Hole In The Wall Invitational meet on October 11, 2025 at Lakewood High School in Arlington, WA.

The competition was deep with over 100 high school teams in attendance. Standout accomplishments include several of our athletes achieving personal bests in the 5K distance and the Shorecrest girls taking second overall in the JV Silver race.

Our next meet will be against Snohomish, Stanwood, and Shorewood on Thursday 10/16. The races will take place at at Valley View Middle School at 3:45 (JV boys), 4:15 (all girls) and 4:45 (varsity boys).

The junior varsity athletes have two more races with the varsity athletes likely going on to the state competition November 8th in Pasco.

The Shorecrest community, coaches, staff, and families are all so proud of these athletes!

--Kelly Hjelle

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Cross Country: Shorecrest hosted meet at Hamlin Park

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The Shorecrest Cross Country team hosted our home meet at Hamlin Park on September 25, 2025. 

The competing schools included Sultan, Meadowdale, Everett, and Kamiak.

The girls varsity/junior varsity race was a big success for Shorecrest! 

The team finished first overall with the top two girls being Shorecrest runners. Both girls are sophomores and have an impressive mix of spirit, athleticism, and perseverance!

The boys' varsity race was one of the most suspenseful in recent Shorecrest history with the top three teams finishing one point apart. 

Shorecrest came out on top with 50 points, Meadowdale with 51 points and Kamiak with 52 points.

Three of the top 10 boys in the junior varsity race were from Shorecrest with the team placing second overall.

Our next meet will be Saturday, October 4th at the Hoka 29th John Payne Cross Country Invitational in Tacoma. With 122 high school teams currently on the roster, it should be an exciting meet!

Kelly Hjelle
Shorecrest Cross Country assistant Coach

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Shorecrest cross country team does well in The Mook meet in Oregon

Shorecrest cross country team
Photo courtesy Shoreline Schools

The Shorecrest cross country team had great success in The Mook meet in Tillamook Oregon on September 20, 2025 competing against approximately 80 other teams, many of which are very high ranking in the region.

Our runners far exceeded all hopes and expectations for this race with 26 out of 37 athletes running personal bests in the 5k distance!

Additionally, the girls team is currently ranked 2nd in the state in the 3A division. One runner broke the overall Shorecrest school record in the 5k distance with a time of 18:10 and one other girl finished with a time of 18:38 breaking the 5K sophomore school record.

Our top three boys in the elite category were freshmen! Two of them broke the previous Shorecrest freshman record for the 5k distance with times of 16:20 and 16:28 and the third boy ran a time of 17:46. All three boys have been a great addition to the team and have an exciting future ahead.

Shorecrest will be hosting our home meet on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 3:30pm in Hamlin Park. The competing teams will include Kamiak, Everett, Meadowdale, and Sultan. This is a great opportunity to come to a nearby meet and cheer on the runners!

Kelly Hjelle
Shorecrest Cross Country Assistant Coach

Correction: girls record breaking 

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Cross-country: Shorecrest meet with Archbishop Murphy, Monroe, and Mountlake Terrace

Cross country teams

Cross-country

9-10-2025

McCollum Park, Everett

Shorecrest, Archbishop Murphy, Monroe, and Mountlake Terrace

Shorecrest cross country debuted our largest team at the most recent meet on September 10, 2025 at McCollum Park in Everett.

Shorecrest proudly had eight of the top 10 runners in the girls race and they won the overall race. 

Shorecrest boys were the first finishers in both the varsity and junior varsity races with an overall win in the junior varsity race and 2nd place in the varsity race. 

The four teams showed great camaraderie and competitiveness!

Our next meet will take place on September 18, 2025 at Jackson High School in Everett. We will be competing against Jackson, Marysville-Getchell, and Sultan. 

Two days later we will be in Tillamook, Oregon competing against 81 other teams at the Mook XC Invitational at the Alderbrook Golf Course. The athletes and coaches are hoping for our 4th consecutive co-ed state qualification this year!

--Kelly Hjelle, Assistant Coach

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Shorecrest cross country teams compete in spite of wasps and lightning 9-6-2025

Shorecrest cross country team

The Shorecrest cross country team had an eventful Jamboree at Lake Wilderness on Saturday 9-6-2025 which included lightning flashes and wasp stings.

The Tahoma CoEd Relays was filled with unexpected challenges when multiple runners were stung while running and lightning caused the race to be delayed for 30 minutes.

The athletes persevered and finished the race with enthusiasm, determination, and support for their fellow teammates.

The first official meet for Shorecrest will be Wednesday, September 10th at McCollum Park in South Everett. They will be competing against Archbishop Murphy, Mountlake Terrace, and Monroe at 3:45.

Come support these amazing athletes!

Kelly Hjelle

Shorecrest Cross Country Assistant Coach

Correction to title: the problem was lightning, not lighting!

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