Three Kent runners compete in cross country state championships

Published 3:18 pm Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Kent-Meridian senior Anthony Raftis posted a personal best time of 16 minutes, 6.5 seconds in the 5-kilometer earning him 44th place in a field of 144 runners at the 4A state cross country championships on Nov. 7 at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pasco.

Raftis shaved four seconds off his previous personal record of 16:10.

Kentridge senior Natasha Knipp took 65th place in the girls 5K with a time of 19:50.7. Olivia Baerny, a junior at Kentridge, finished 104th posting a time of 20:35.5. There were 141 runners in the girls 5K.

Tahoma High School took first place in the boys team standings, and Camas High School placed first for the girls.