Tumwater’s Alexandra Broome impressed on Wednesday, finishing first among all runners by nearly a minute in an EvCo meet involving Tumwater, Centralia, and Aberdeen.
Broome won the girls race in 20:37.7 seconds, 50 seconds ahead of the next-closest runner.
That runner was Centralia’s Liesl Stout, who finished in 21:27.2, ahead of Eva Stout and Ellie Stout, who took third and fourth at 21:52.5 and 22:00.0.
Less than a second behind Ellie Stout was Centralia’s Esther Hopkins and Tumwater’s Juliet Fox, who crossed the line in 20:00.6 and 20:01.0 to finish in fifth and sixth.
With the help of four top-5 finishers, Centralia finished first as a team with 22 points, 14 ahead of Tumwater.
Tumwater’s Delilah Cline took seventh at 23:06.7, Centralia’s Andi Voetberg took eighth in 23:09.6, and Centralia’s Evelyn Hoy rounded out the Top 10 with a mark of 23:28.3.
The highest area finisher on the boys’ side was Centralia’s Ethan Weiher, who took second in 17:24.7.
Tumwater had five racers finish in the Top 10, including Hayden Newman (4th, 18:02.8), James Smith (5th, 18:03.1), Landon Anderson (8th, 18:46.4), Landon Martin (9th, 18:47.7), and Tyler Clark (10th, 18:48.8).
As a team, the Thunderbirds finished in second with 36 points, eight behind Aberdeen, which won thanks in part to a stellar race by Cecil Gumaelius, who won the boys race in just 15:41.8.
