Ballard High School senior Erin Philbeck and sophomore Alex Bowns set personal bests for the Beavers during the Sept. 10 KingCo Preview meet at Lincoln Park in West Seattle.

Philbeck placed finished third overall in the girls race on the 5,000-meter course in a personal-best time of 19:18.

The top five runners for Ballard in the girls race were Philbeck, Natalie White, Erle Lima, Rochelle Erskine and Hannah Murphy.

Bowns set a personal best of 16:32 and placed eighth overall in the boys race.

The top five Beavers in the boys race were Bowns, Jesse Bengtsson, Blair Scott, Garret Wirta and Victor Bailey.

Because this was a preview meet, teams were not given overall scores.

Ballard cross country starts is scoring meets at 4 p.m. on Sept. 16 at Upper Woodland. The Beavers will be competing against Bothell and Inglemoor.

UPDATE: The Sept. 16 meet will start at 5 p.m. not 4 p.m.