One hundred and three high schools, South Whidbey among them, met at Lakewood High School Saturday, Oct. 6, for the 35th annual Hole in the Wall Invitational cross country meet.

Nearly 3,000 runners took part in one of the largest cross country meets in the United States.

The Falcons boys finished eighth — first among 1A schools — out of 53 schools who earned team points in the varsity boys division (team average over 18 minutes). The South Whidbey girls finished 32nd, fifth among 1A teams (team average over 22:30).

South Whidbey returns to league action when it travels to King’s for a North Sound Conference meet at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11.

South Whidbey results at the Hole in the Wall

Varsity boys (331 runners): 12, Michael Cepowski, 16:29.6; 35, Callahan Yale, 16:56; 91, Thomas Simms, 17:35.6; 106, Reilly McVay, 17:41.4; 132, Cooper Ullmann, 17:51.2; 190, Eli Waldron, 18:18.7; 205, Aiden O’Brien, 18:22.9.

Varsity girls (275): 10, Kaia Swegler Richmond, 19:17; 148, Grace Huffman, 22:19.5; 155, Natalie Rodriguez, 22:28; 240, Grace Complita, 24:27.1; 243, Laila Gmerek, 24:29.7.

JV boys, under 21 minutes (259): 43, Aidan Donnelly, 18:22.4; 69, Steven Osborn, 18:38.1; 87, Tyler King, 18:47.4; 97, Ben Lind, 18:53.2; 187, Trent Hogarth, 19:47; 200, Luc Gandarias, 19:55.2; 242, Preston Leon, 21:04.3.

JV boys, over 21 minutes (363): 135, Christopher Schuster, 20:57.5; 348, Chris King, 27:17.5; 352, Ben Fly-Rinker, 27:39.9.

Frosh/soph boys (223): 56, Drew Larson, 18:58.6; 176, Liam Bjork, 22:13.3; 192, Tate Waldron, 22:51.3.