The Mount Baker girls' cross country team was led by Rachael Hatcher and Kelsie Nern as it finished second in a three-team Northwest Conference meet on Wednesday, Sept. 26, in Burlington.

Burlington-Edison won the meet with a score of 34 points, Mount Baker earned 41 points and Ferndale had 50 points.

Hatcher finished first with a time of 20 minutes, 17 seconds and Nern finished in 20:26.

Makalee Latta finished third and had a time of 20:35 for the Golden Eagles.

Katherine Dunford had the third best time for Mount Baker running a 22:05.

Jillian Anderson ran a 21:08 for Ferndale.

Burlington Airport

5,000 meters

Team scores: 1. Burlington-Edison 34; 2. Mount Baker 41; 3. Ferndale 50

Top individual finishers: 1. Rachael Hatcher (Mount Baker) 20:17; 2. Kelsie Nern (Mount Baker) 20:26; 3. Makalee Latta (Ferndale) 20:35

Burlington-Edison: Sydney Brown 21:07; Meghan Templeton 21:20; Ciera Gordon 21:21; Katie Studebaker 21:36; Christina Sosa 21:49; Callie Logan 23:15 ; Amelia Brown 23:24.

Mount Baker: Rachael Hatcher 20:17; Kelsie Nern 20:26; Katherine Dunford 22:05; Katie Buss 23:40; Angie Overstreet 28:13 ; Cameron Noe 32:01.

Ferndale: Makalee Latta 20:35; Jillian Anderson 21:08; Mikaela Hernandez 22:29; Mindi Caldwell 23:18; Elise Freeman 23:51 ; Jana Peterson 24:00; Nancy Devenere 24:02.