Historic XC Season
GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONS!
BOYS finish as best ever EHS team at State!
The 2021 Eastlake XC team finished the best combined Boys & Girls program in the State with the 5th place finish of the Boys team and the 1st Place finish of the Girls team!
The Boys ran a tough race against an outstanding 4A field of 16 teams and 152 runners. Ethan Pedersen led the squad with a 5th Place finish followed closely by Noah Zahn in 10th place. Ethan earning 1st Team All-State and Noah 2nd Team All-State. The Boys team finished 5th overall, which is the best team finish by an Eastlake Boys XC team at State (previous was 10th place). The boys team was also represented by: Justin Hom (68th), Connor Hom(75th), Chris Lynn(77th), Daniel Montano(116th), and Quinn Hulet(136th).
The Girls team flew out of the start in 1st place at the first mile split and never looked back. Finishing the 5K course with the fastest team average in Eastlake history and beating 2nd place Lewis and Clark by 40 points. Led by Jane Roos in 8th place the Lady Wolves put 4 girls in the top 14 and 5 in the top 24 places out of over 145 runners. Emily VanValkenburg in 11th, Fiona Wolf 13th, Sally Roos 14th, all joined Jane on the podium and earned 2nd Team All-State honors. Alyssa Flindt (24th), Claudia Wolf (53rd), and Ashley Lotzkar (58th) rounded out the amazing Girls team.
Dual District Champions!
Congratulations to the 2021 Cross Country team for an outstanding 4A Wesco-Kingco District Championship. Both Boys and Girls finished 1st place!! The Boys tied Issaquah with EHS #6 runner Chris Lynn beating Issaquah's #6 by only 17 seconds to break the tie. Ethan Pedersen finished 1st place again this week individually. The boys team was represented by: Ethan Pedersen, Noah Zahn, Daniel Montano, Justin Hom, Connor Hom, Chris Lynn, and Quinn Hulet. The girls team was represented by: Fiona Wolf, Jane Roos, Sally Roos, Alyssa Flindt, Claudia Wolf, Ashley Lotzkar, and Erin Schmidlin.
Both teams now advance to the WIAA State Cross Country Championship in Pasco, WA on Nov 6th. Both teams are ranked #3 in the State by the XC Coaches Association Poll.
Kingco Champions!
Congratulations to the Cross Country team for an awesome Kingco Championship. Both JV Boys and JV Girls finished 1st in Kingco. The Boys Varsity team finished 3rd with Ethan Pederson taking 1st place individually and Noah Zahn 4th. Ethan is only the 5th boy in Eastlake history to be crowned Kingco XC Champion. The Girls Varsity team claimed the Kingco Championship, the 8th EHS XC Girls Kingco title in school history. The girls team was represented by: Fiona Wolf, Jane Roos, Sally Roos, Alyssa Flindt, Claudia Wolf, Ashley Lotzkar, and Erin Schmidlin.