Cardinal girls, boys, bring home solid finishes at Nike Pre Nats

This past Saturday in Portland, Medical Lake head cross country coach Gene Blankenship and his team got to see what the future just might look like come November at the state championships.

Both the Cardinal boys and girls ran at the Nike Pre Nationals at the Portland Meadows horse race track and earned some impressive finishes — and got to scout their most likely toughest competition in Pasco.

The Medical Lake girls surprised everyone with their runner-up finish to multi-time Oregon state champions, St. Mary’s in the Division 3 varsity division, losing 132-142. Meanwhile the Cardinal boys fin...