Mob Improves - Not Enough For KingCo

The XC Mob posted undeniable improvement at the KingCo championships for which all runners should be proud. (PRs in yellow and red.) There was no doubt after the meet that the league is much stronger this year with the additions of Skyline (Sammamish) and Issaquah. The Mob varsity missed qualifying for the District meet by a mere 9 points. Last year, the team experienced similar disappointment as they missed qualifying for State by just 6 points. Qualifying as individuals for the District meet, Andrew and Matt will move ahead and run at Lincoln Park on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 1, .

The team scores on Thursday were:

1, Skyline, 54; 2, Redmond, 60; 3, Issaquah, 115; 4, Bothell, 141; 5, Inglemoor, 145; 6, Ballard, 158; 7, Garfield, 174; 8, Eastlake, 176; 9, Roosevelt, 183; 10, Newport, 187; 11, Woodinville, 246.

Full varsity results can be found here.
Full team results can be found on the Athletic.net Mob Website.

As a comparision of how competetive the league was this year, Andrew's time of 16:15 would have placed him 4th at KingCo last year. This year it was good for 15th place.

Congratulations to the RHS seniors, too, as their high school careers come to a close.

Etri Ajbour
Eden Garcia
Jim Hiner
Jack Laurence
Nick Millman
Chris Nguyen
Andrew Sahl
Max Simon
Derek Yamamoto

The performances of Matt, Daniel, Ben, Izaac and Seth demonstrated that the Mob will return a strong core of runners next year. If the improvement shown this year is any indication, next year's team will mark its return to the District and, quite possibly, the State meets. Go Rider Mob!