Rain didn’t dampen the mood of Coupeville cross country runners. (Photos courtesy Elizabeth Bitting)
Bad weather never bothered them anyway.
Dodging steady rain Saturday, Coupeville cross country runners put up strong performances at the Lake Padden Relays.
The event, hosted by the Greater Bellingham Running Club, consists of relays in which four runners zip around the lake, covering 2.59 miles apiece.
While the calendar said August, the weather looked like October.
“The rain didn’t stop until the last runner crossed the line,” said CHS cross country guru Elizabeth Bitting.
“Mother Nature preparing us for a possibly wet and cold cross country season???”
Coupeville sent out two middle school squads, which finished second and third in their age divisions, as well as three high school quartets and a pack of coaches/parents.
The program leaders claimed fourth, while the high school boys earned a second-place finish.
The Wolf high school girls nabbed a second and third, with Aleera Kent and Mikayla Wagner doing double duty, running a leg with both squads.
“They were IMPRESSIVE!” said Bitting, who, even as she warms up from the late-summer freeze-fest, is more than ready for the start of the school season this coming Monday.
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