Recent News

The boys team won the 2023 PCL and Westside Classic titles with another undefeated season. The boys followed up with a 5th pace finish at state (in a 20 team meet, compared to 16 teams in other classifications). Cruize Corvin won the 3A state title, with the fastest time in all classifications. Zander Trevino finished on the podium as well in 8th place. The 2023 team had Cruize under 15 minutes, Zander under 16, and Jax Corvin, Caleb Griffin and Evan Oroho all under 17 minutes. Wyatt Blanchard and Octavio Jaimes rounded out the varsity with times under 17:10.

Upcoming Season

The season starts Aug 21. Please make sure your athlete is cleared and ready to go. Practices are at 3:00 PM until approximately 5:00 PM. Also, our Parent Meeting is on Wednesday, Aug. 23 after practice. More information will go home with the athletes. Please contact the coach if you need access to the Lakes Calendar. You can find our schedule and stats on athletic.net. We will be doing our annual team camp on Anderson Island Aug 2-2. You can also find us on Lakes XC on Facebook.

Lakes Best Times on the Fort Steilacoom Course

You can view the most recent list of the best Lakes athlete times on the Fort Steilacoom Course. Click on this link for the best time on the Fort Steilacoom course. These are not PR’s but the best times on our course. These times only go back to 1999 when the current Fort Steilacoom course came into being. Over time, parts have changed but the the start/finish area and location of the hills has remained relatively constant.

Coach Clark

This year Coach Clark achieved to milestones. In the spring, he was awarded the Frosty Westering Excellence in Coaching award from the Tacoma Athletic Commission. Then he was inducted into the Washington State Cross Country Coaches Hall of Fame on January 20. He also was voted Coach of the Year for the 16th time at the Pierce County League Championships.

State Meet History

Lakes has a rich history of State Meet participation. We have had a number of athletes finish on the podium, including some state champions and All Americans. You can view a comprehensive list of all Lakes State Meet competitors and award history here. For times and places, you can view the WIAA Cross Country web page for past state meet results, going back to the very first state championship meet. You can visit their past results page here.

Training Routes

We will be adding more maps to our training routes page. This allows our athletes to have a better idea of how far and fast they ran. We use them to help plan our athletes training and keep track of where they are running, which is quite helpful with a large team.

Lakes running in the news

If you see an article about Lakes Cross Country in the news, please contact us so we can link them here.