With the largest contingent of qualifying runners in team history, Whisper Running heads to Nationals in Louisville, Kentucky next week!

Five teams representing four age groups, along with one individual runner, for a total of 35 runners from Whisper, will toe the line at Tom Sawyer Park on Saturday, December 9. The five teams is also the most ever qualified by Whisper. Meet entries include:

Girls 7-8:

Elias Nitzschke

Props to Elias for being the sole female qualifier from Whisper!

Boys 9-10:

Colton Timplerley, Hockinson MS
Campbell Brumfield, Harmony ES
Isaac Hubbard, Homeschool
Henry Lee, Franklin ES
Luke Crawford, Firm Foundation ES

Boys 11-12:

Lucas Ballard-Miller, Emerald ES
Kalin Gunderson-Mehlberg, Pleasant Valley MS
Samuel Erickson, Skyridge MS
Finley Langdon, Homeschool
Rip Nitzschke, Alki MS
Davaul Boyle, Liberty MS
Karter Lafrance, Pacific MS

Boys 13-14 Team A:

Harrison Decker, McMurray MS (Vashon Island)
Cooper Dollens, View Ridge MS
Payten Jones, Skyridge MS
Leif McBennett, McMurray MS
Conner Hill, Toledo MS
Tavin Timperley, Hockinson MS

Boys 13-14 Team B:

Kian Christiansen, Rochester MS
Wyatt Nitzschke, Columbia River HS
Austin Chamberlain, Hockinson MS
Keane Cooper, Skyridge MS
Tristan Walter, St. Joseph’s
Mason Strogen, Liberty MS
Seamus McVeigh, Alki MS

Boys 15-18 Team A:

Henry Nelson, Aberdeen HS
Alan Penrose, NW Christian HS (Lacey, WA)
Brody Will, Hudson’s Bay HS
Gunnar Morgan, Rochester HS
Treyton Marty, Toledo HS
Tristan Von Bargen, Tenino HS
Joshua Morgan, Tumwater HS
Benjamin Morgan, Tumwater HS
Calvin Hubbard, Battle Ground HS (Team B)