Lake Washington and Juanita cross country runners qualified for this week’s district meet at Lake Sammamish State Park after last Thursday’s KingCo meet at the same park. The SeaKing district race takes place on Thursday, Oct. 27 at Lake Sammamish State Park. The girls race begins at 2:30, while the boys start at 3:15.

From districts, the top five teams or top 25 runners whose team did not qualify will move on to the state competition, which will be held on Nov. 5 in Pasco, Wash.

In the girls race Juanita finished in fourth place, to qualify as a team for districts, with 119 points, while Lake Washington took seventh as a team with 146 points. In the girls race the top four teams qualified for districts and the top 20 runners whose team did not qualify moved forward.

Individually for the girls, Juanita’s Alexis Manns was seventh overall with a 19:58 time, while Molly Grager took 10th in 20:19. Teammate Rachel Blanch was 30th with a time of 21:47, Emily Peterson was 32nd in 21:52 and Leina McDermott was 40th with a time of 22:41. Rebels Regi Lammers took 46th at 23:59, while Kathryn Wuchter was 47th in 24:02. For Lake Washington, Lacy Coan was 13th overall at 20:22, Anneke Kniestedt was 29th in 21:38 and Mackenzie Toher was 31st overall with a time of 21:49.

Also racing for Lake Washington was Riley Toher taking 36th place, Olivia Whiby in 37th, Lauren Gwinn in 38th and Chloe Burns in 45th place.

In the boys race, Lake Washington took sixth place with 118 points, while Juanita finished seventh with 183 points. While neither team made the district race, the top 20 runners who finished in the top 40 spots at KingCo moved forward.

Individually, Devon Grove finished in third place for Lake Washington, with a 16:09 time. Juanita’s Santos Zaid took 10th place with a 16:59 time. Jason Curlanis finished in 25th place, while Aran Kagen took 26th. Both race for the Kangs. Joe Castro finished in 18:14 for Lake Washington, to earn 31st place, while Kenny Drabble finished with a time of 18:16 in 33rd place. Juanita’s Erik Oldenburger took 37th place in 18:41, while Kurt Lamon from Lake Washington was the last racer to finish from Kirkland to qualify for districts. He finished in 40th place with a 18:47 time.

Also racing for Juanita was Andrew Burt, who was 43rd overall in 18:53 and Lake Washington’s Nathan Maris, who finished in 44th place with a 19:20 time. Ajay Joski was 46th for the Rebels, while Grant Hanner took 47th place and Nathan O’Farrell was 48th.