From the Goal Line

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Cross country rankings

October 28th, 2009 at Wed, 28th, 2009 at 4:56 pm by Megan Managan

Below is the top 10 3A cross country teams as voted on by the Cross Country Coaches Association. The Mercer Island girls team has held onto the No. 6 spot for several weeks and the boys team makes their first appearance in the rankings at No. 10.

Boys 3A — 1, North Central (Spokane); 2, Bellevue; 3, Mount Spokane; 4, Peninsula (Gig Harbor); 5, North Kitsap (Poulsbo); 6, Bishop Blanchet (Seattle); 7, Seattle Prep; 8, Lindbergh (Renton); 9, Columbia River (Vancouver); 10, Mercer Island

Girls 3A — 1, Glacier Peak (Snohomish); 2, Shadle Park (Spokane); 3, Mount Spokane; 4, North Kitsap (Poulsbo); 5, Columbia River (Vancouver); 6, Mercer Island; 7, Capital (Olympia); 8, Seattle Prep; 9, Bellevue; 10, Enumclaw

The teams will be running tomorrow afternoon in the Sea-King District meet at Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah. The girls race will kick the afternoon off beginning at 2:30 p.m. while the boys event will follow at 3:15.

On the line is a chance to qualify for the state meet in Pasco on Nov. 7. In the boys race the KingCo league is alloted four team qualifications and 20 individuals, which includes any runner who finishes in the top 30 overall, but whose team does not qualify. The KingCo girls have five team allocations and places for 25 individual runners. The Mercer Island girls are looking to repeat their state championship from last season.

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Megan Managan I’m the sports reporter at the Mercer Island Reporter newspaper. On this blog you’ll find extra bits and pieces to stories I’ve written, behind the scene looks at teams and observations on the sports in our area. I’ll field questions here, and ask a few too. You can follow me on Twitter (@MIRsports ) or send me an e-mail.

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