Hermiston Girls Cross Country Runner Up At District 8 Meet

WANDERMERE GOLF COURSE – As runners take the course for the Washington State High School cross country championship, the Bulldogs of Hermiston will be well represented.

After a second-place finish at the 3A/4A District 8 meet on Saturday, Oct 30, the Lady Bulldogs are off to the state cross country meet on Saturday at Sun Willows Glof Course.

Hermiston’s 87 points lagged only behind champion Mead’s 25 points. Kennewick, Walla Walla and Mt. Spokane rounded out the top five team scores.

Hermiston was led by sophomore Megan Joyce placing seventh and running her best time of her career with a time of 19 minutes, 21.83 seconds. Freshman Elizabeth Newman finished 16^th with a time of 19:52.01 followed in 17^th by senior Alexia Serna and a time of 19:54.33. The Hermiston second-place team finish included junior Ashley Treadwell in 24^th and senior Cydney Sanchez in 29^th.

The Hermiston boys finished the district meet with a fourth-place finish and qualified two runners based on individual placement. Senior Logan Springstead will be running his final race as a Bulldogs after placing 11^th in districts while freshman Jarsen Rodriguez will be making his first appearance after placing 12^th.  

Boys team scores: 1. Mead, 50. 2. North Central, 52. 3. Mt Spokane, 70. 4. Hermiston, 118. 5. Cheney, 129. 6. University, 156. 7. Joel Ferris, 172. 8. Walla Walla, 190. 9. Kennewick, 263. 10. Southridge, 283. 11. Ridgeline, 313.

Individual Hermiston boys’ results: 11. Logan Springstead, 16:54.84. 12. Jaysen Rodriguez, 16:55.22. 22. Zachary Turner, 17:11.10. 35. John Mills, 17:44.81. 38. Pedro Pacheco, 17:53.72. 42. Grant Anderson, 18:08.07. 52. Kellen Joyce, 18:43.46.

Girls team scores: 1. Mead, 25. 2. Hermiston, 87. 3. Kennewick, 93. 4. Walla Walla, 137. 5. Mt Spokane, 152. 6. Joel Ferris, 155. 7. Ridgeline, 171. 8. University, 186. 9. Southridge, 189. 10. Cheney, 195.

Individual Hermiston girls’ results: 7. Megan Joyce, 19:21.83. 16. Elizabeth Newman, 19:52.01. 17. Alexia Serna, 19:54.33. 24. Ashley Treadwell, 20:23.92. 29. Cydney Sanchez, 21:03.89. 31. Jaquelin Garcia Sandoval, 21:23.05. 32. Madeline Franke, 21:27.94.