4A boys

Last year, the first time Central Kitsap's Shane Moskowitz was supposed to win the title, he waited till the final mile to push the pace and wound up losing the race in the final 700 meters.

It's a mistake he wouldn't make twice.

Moskowitz made his move early and it paid off with the fastest time ever run on the Sun Willows GC 5K course, a torrid 15:06 that left Gig Harbor's Conner Peloquin in a race for second.

"I didn't want to leave it to the end," said Moskowitz, who was upset by Redmond's Mack Young last year. "I was not going to let that happen this year."

Peloquin said he expected Moskowitz to wait like he usually does.

"But right after the mile mark, he put on a huge surge," Peloquin said. "I didn't think it would last the rest of the race."

Adam Thorne finished third, leading Ferris to its fifth team title in the last seven years and keeping alive Spokane's string of 22 straight crowns.

4A girls

While Eastlake was busy repeating as team champions, Garfield's Anna Dailey flat ran away with the individual title, clocking just the third sub-18 girls mark on this 5K course.

Her time of 17:58 was a winner by 19 seconds over Stanwood's Minna Fields, while Redmond's Devin McMahon was third.

Dailey got a late scare when McMahon, who placed fourth two years ago, passed her during the final mile.

"I just told myself, 'You're going to stay with her, you're going to stay with her,' " Dailey said. "You just have to do it."

Eastlake, which edged Gig Harbor by a single point last year to halt the Tide's three-year run as state champs, extended its own streak to two, with Chelsea Orr leading the way in 15th place.

3A boys

It's hard to imagine North Central can still find ways to top itself, coming off three straight state titles -- the last two scoring just 24 and 36 points -- as well as a national championship.

But Ben Johnston gave the Indians their first individual champion during the run, finishing in 15:15 to edge Drew O'Donoghue-McDonald of Seattle Prep by 5 seconds.

"Coach (Jon) Knight really wanted this year's team to have its own identity," said Johnston, who has come on strong over the last several weeks after a summer injury had him off to a slow start.

Longtime assistant coach Len Long said that despite losing their top three runners and four seniors from last year's team, the Indians still set their sights on No. 1.

"We had a fantastic JV group last year," Long said. "And when you have to fight through the LCs, the Meads, the Ferrises, you either excel or you get left behind."

3A girls

The race of the day did not disappoint.

Two-time state champ Andrea Nelson of Shadle Park was unseated, finishing fourth as freshmen Amy-Eloise Neale of Glacier Peak and Katie Knight of North Central battled for the individual title.

Neale edged Knight by a second, and another freshman, Shadle's Kendra Weitz, finished fifth.

"It was pretty intense," Neale said. "There was a lot of pressure here. It's really fun knowing there's this great group of girls."

Shadle Park edged top-ranked Glacier Peak by eight points for the team title, giving Spokane three of the four big-school championships.

2A boys

Burlington-Edison and Sehome continued to ping-pong the team title, with B-E winning for the third time in four years and the former 3A powers finishing 1-2 for the fourth straight season.

Sehome's Scott Carlyle, who finished fourth last season, climbed those final three spots to No. 1. But, he said, it sounds a lot easier than it was.

"I was injured the first half of the season with a pulled ligament in my ankle, and it takes a while to find your running rhythm," he said. "I knew it would be tough and it was challenging."

2A girls

Last season, Kingston's Ruby Roberts was the defending champion but couldn't pull away from Sequim's Allison Cutting.

This time she didn't give the field any chance.

Roberts blew away the pack in 18:06, finishing 32 seconds ahead of her sophomore sister, Marina.

"I kind of wanted to break 18, but that's OK," she said with a smile. "That's pretty cool" finishing 1-2 with her sister.

Cutting, who has had a rough year with injuries and illness, finished 27th.

Sehome edged Kingston by two points for its fourth straight title.

1A boys

Last year's runner-up Bereket Piatt of Port Townsend moved up that crucial spot, cruising to a win with teammate Habtamu Rubio finishing second.

It's the second straight year the Redskins have placed 1-2 in the race, following Piatt's finish behind then-senior Quinton Decker last season.

But life as the front-runner hasn't been rosy for the junior.

"I wasn't even sure I was going to make it to state," said Piatt, who has been sick the last three weeks.

Port Townsend finished second in the team race behind Nooksack Valley.

1A girls

For the second straight year, Northwest's Maddie Meyers demolished the field, finishing in 18:01 -- among the top five times turned in by a girl on the state course.

More than a minute and a half passed before her teammate, Eliza Rice, finished in second.

"I wanted to get under 18, and I was so close, but I'm so happy," Meyers said.

King's won its fourth straight title by 27 points, with Adele Eslinger and Morgan Hammer finishing 8-9. LaCenter was second with 110 points.

B boys

Northwest Christian of Lacey repeated as team champions, giving the second back-to-back boys and girls titles.

Lucas Graham and Justin Holden sparked the Navigators with a 1-2 finish.

"Coach is always telling us to stay humble," said Graham, adding that winning does have one advantage.

"I think we'll get a lot less grief from the football players. They know the hard work we put in every week."

B girls

Despite losing five seniors, Northwest Christian dominated the race, scoring just 28 points as all five scoring runners finished in the top 11, and Nos. 6 and 7 were 20th and 21st overall.

Elizabeth Weber led the charge, finishing third.

"These girls took it to another level in terms of times today," said Navigators coach Bill Kehoe.

Colfax's Morgan Willson also took it to another level. The only member of the Bulldogs' girls team added a cross country title to the soccer, basketball and track titles she won last year as a freshman.

The first-year cross country runner breezed to a win in 18:36.