The Centralia girls cross country team and Tumwater boys cross country teams both won league championships on Wednesday, winning the 2A EvCo Championships at the Bishop Complex in Aberdeen.
The Centralia girls finished with 39 points, 20 ahead of Shelton and Black Hills, who tied for second.
The Tigers were led by Elyse O’Dell, who finished second in the girls race with a time of 21:20.56.
Joining O’Dell in the top 10 was Liesl Stout, who placed fifth at 21:44.21, and Eva Stout, who finished eighth in 22:01.84.
Eden Hansen (15th, 24:06.02), Andi Voetberg (17th, 24:10.07), Anna Jones (18th, 25:25.39), and Evelyn Hoy (19th, 25:33.79) earned a top-20 finish.
W.F. West had two top-20 finishers, including Azami Bortoletto, who took third at 21:36.12, and Kate Turner, who took the final spot in the top 10 at 22:44.12.
Black Hills was led by Maddie Knight, who finished fourth at 21:36.57, and Avery Reynolds finished ninth at 22:39.09.
Jane Birchard (16th, 24:09.82) and Adeline Rice (20th, 25:51.88) both also earned top-20 finishes.
On the boys’ side, Tumwater was led by Zane McAferty (16:58.95) and Tyler Clark (17:31.10), who finished second and fourth. Hayden Newman (17:45.11) and Landon Martin (17:46.62) also impressed by finishing eighth and tenth.
Landon Anderson (15th, 18:22.61), Noah Pickard (18:35.54), and Thomas Kressin (20th, 19:05.96) also earned spots in the top 20.
The Centralia boys team finished second, and the Tigers were led by Ethan Weiher, who placed sixth by clocking a 17:32.36, and Evan Thummel (11th, 17:56.24), Adam Leon (12th, 17:57.00), Eli Baldwin (14th, 18:21.00), and Will Guthrie (16th, 18:24.61) also contributed to the team effort.
Seth Thomasson led Black Hills with a 17:26.42 to finish third, and Roberto Jesus made it into the top 20 by finishing in 19:00.93.
Connor Clary (13th, 18:20.54) and Adam Butterfield (18th, 19:00.31) were W.F. West two top-20 placers.
Up next for the EvCo teams in the 2A District IV 1A/2A Championships, which will take place next Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Lewis River Golf Course in Woodland.
