The third Metro League cross country meet of the year brought the season's first meeting between West Seattle and Chief Sealth high schools Friday, Oct. 2, at Lower Woodland.

Within the context of a six-team meet won by Nathan Hale High, the duel between West Seattle (third) and Sealth (fourth) was won by West Seattle 79 to 97.

Daniel Perrine of Chief Sealth battled among the top 12 the whole distance to lead the local schools with a 10th place in the team scoring, but all five West Seattle scoring runners crossed the finish line before Sealth's next runner, Michael Autenrieth, followed in 19th place.

The competitive cohesiveness of the West Seattle team would be the envy of many a cross country coach as Jesse Tarabochia, Michael Wickham, Eli Swedlow, Lars Stromberg, and Chad Miller placed 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th, respectively.

Perrine (Sealth) (18:50), Tarabochia (West Seattle) (19:30), and Miller (West Seattle) (20:19) all recorded noteworthy personal records for the hilly Lower Woodland course.

In the girls' race, Chief Sealth, led by Courtney Moore (24:49), finished third in a four-team field. West Seattle entered too few runners to make a scoring team.

The Duwamish Peninsula teams meet again, Thursday, Oct. 22, in the Metro League championship meet at Lower Woodland.