Daniel Harrison led the Wolves on Sept. 17 at the cross country meet in Ketchikan. Harrison came in fourth overall.
Wrangell High School boys cross country team placed second on Sept. 17 at the Ketchikan Invitational meet.
The Wrangell girls cross country team is Mia Wiederspohn and Miranda Ridgeway, far left in red.
The Wrangell High School cross country boys team placed second at the Ketchikan Invitational at Ward Lake last Saturday.
Sophomore Daniel Harrison once again led the Wolves, coming in fourth place overall with a time of 16:44.91. Harrison was outpaced by just over a second by Sitka's Trey Demmert, who placed third at 16:43.20. First and second place went to Sitka's Silas Demmert and Annan Weiland, respectively.
Wrangell's Boomchain Loucks placed ninth at 17:40.25 out of 88 runners, followed by Devlyn Campbell in 10th place at 17:41.07, Ethan Blatchley in 11th at 17:41.95, Elias Decker in 15th at 18:17.04, Ian Nelson in 19th at 18:30.93 and Randy Churchill in 29th place at 19:19.94.
Assistant coach Mason Villarma said the results were the best performance in Wrangell High's cross country program history.
"We lost to Sitka, who is poised to win the (Division) 3A state title. Daniel Harrison broke the program record with a 16:44.91. Boomchain Loucks is currently the best freshman in the state with his 17:40 at Ketchikan," Villarma said.
The boys team placed second with an overall time of 1:28:05, with Sitka placing first with an overall time 1:25:21. Wrangell bested teams from Juneau's Thunder Mountain, Haines, Petersburg, Juneau-Douglas, Kake, Klawock, Metlakatla, Craig, Hydaburg, Ketchikan, Mt. Edgecumbe and Skagway.
On the Wrangell girls team, Mia Wiederspohn placed 39th out of 66 runners with a time of 26:13.26. Miranda Ridgeway placed 60th at 31:36.54.
"They have trusted the process and workouts without hesitation," Villarma said of the runners. "You can really sense their excitement and their will to achieve more."
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