Medical Lake qualifies seven for state track

Medical Lake took care of business as expected last weekend at the District 7 track championships at Riverside High School.

The Cardinals will send seven athletes — six boys and one girl — to this weekends’ 1A, 2B and 1B state track meet at Roos Field at Eastern Washington University. Three other Medical Lake competitors will be alternates after missing the top-two finish for state.

“The only thing I was hoping was we’d get a second guy into the 32 (3,200-meter run), but that just wasn’t in the cards,” co-head coach Gene Blankenship said of his defending 1A state champions. “Other than that, w...