The Sehome boys' cross country team defeated Ferndale and Blaine in a Northwest Conference meet on Wednesday, Sept. 19, in Ferndale.

Sehome scored 31 points, Ferndale had 40 and Blaine 63.

"It was really close," Ferndale coach Nick Carlson said in a phone interview. "We had three of our guys in the top 6 and had a pretty strong showing, but Sehome is very strong. It was a great turnout."

Tom Bradley from Blaine finished first in 16 minutes, 20 seconds and Ferndale's Connor Jungkuntz finished second six seconds later. Sehome's Reed Henderson was third with a time of 17:16, followed one second later by teammate Conner Johnsen.

"Tom ran a strong race, but I was happy with Connor finishing just six seconds behind," Carlson said.

At Hovander Park

5,000 Meters

Team scores: 1. Sehome 31; 2. Ferndale 40; 3. Blaine 63

Top individual finishers: 1. Tom Bradley (Blaine) 16:20; 2. Connor Jungkuntz (Ferndale) 16:26; 3. Reed Henderson (Sehome) 17:16

Blaine: Tom Bradley 16:20; David Shapiro 19:20; Danny Thorpe 19:36; John Cochran 19:50; Christian Sharp 21:10; Alex Dodge 21:23; Ivan Sanchez 21:26.

Sehome: Reed Henderson 17:16; Conner Johnsen 17:17; Nathan LeTavec 18:00; Peter Finfrock 18:05; Josh Schacht 18:06; Zane Markosian 18:07; Ethan Hassi 18:17.

Ferndale: Connor Jungkuntz 16:26; Logan Jungkuntz 17:18; Joshua DeVenere 17:49; Kaleb Palmby 18:55; Ethan Levine 19:49; Jacob Stocklass 19:53; Wiley Wright 20:06.