WA State Watch /// XC '26

This update folds in the Oct 10 results — the NIKE Hole in the Wall XC Invitational, the 5th Annual Fall Classic and the 9th Annual Battle for the 509 — plus the Oct 7–9 league and invite slate (Rose City Championship Invite, PSL at Mt. Tahoma, Metro Week 4). They sit on top of the HOKA 30th John Payne XC Invite and the NIKE 18th Annual Twilight XC Invitational (Oct 3) and the late-September Nike Bob Firman Invitational and Nike Portland XC (Sept 26), along with the Sept 19 Bellevue, Fort Steilacoom and Mook invites. Every board is re-sorted on the fastest verified 2026 mark per athlete. ▲/▼ show rank movement against the previous update; NEW marks an athlete who was not on that board last time.

Mook flag (*): marks run at The Mook XC Invite at Alderbrook are flagged. The fast, downhill-oriented course has produced 5K marks roughly 9% (about 1:25) faster than the same athletes run elsewhere — context for the board, not a disqualification.

The North Central classification correction continues to apply: North Central runners appearing in "2A" result feeds are filed on the 3A boards per the WIAA 2024-28 numbers, not wherever a given results service listed them. This update moves Elliot Yegge and Miles Watson onto the 3A boys board. Hermiston (OR-located, WIAA member due to travel logistics) is scored as a WA school on these boards, consistent with WIAA classification.