Cardinal numbers improving

MEDICAL LAKE – Even though each cross country course is different, Medical Lake head coach Gene Blankenship can find ways to make comparisons and show his runners continue to make progress each week.

Blankenship rewarded his varsity runners with a trip to Tillamook, Oregon to compete in the “Mook Invitational” that drew teams from across the nation.

“The times were great, the placements were not,” Blankenship said. “This is a big time meet, I swear, with teams from Michigan, Alaska and Hawaii, some of the top teams in Idaho and good teams from Washington.”

Blankenship was familiar with the are...