Both the boys and girls Ballard High School cross country teams placed third in the Oct. 14 KingCo 4A All-City meet against Roosevelt and Garfield.

Garfield came in first in the boys race with 36 points and a tiebreaker against Roosevelt, which also had 36 points. The Beavers finished with 48.

Sophomore Alex Bowns led Ballard with a sixth-place finish in 16:45 over the 3.1-mile course.

Seniors Aaron Hamiltion (16:46) and Jesse Bengtsson (16:57) placed seventh and ninth respectively.

The girls team, without its top three runners, came in a distant third with 81 points to Roosevelt's 24 and Garfield's 33.

No Beaver girl finished in the top 10.

Erin Philbeck, Natalie White and Erle Lima were rested by coach Bruce Drager in preparation for next week's KingCo Championship.

Ballard will send its top seven varsity boys and top seven varsity girls to compete in the KingCo Championship Oct. 22 at Lake Sammamish State Park.