Last year the Raven girls were a force. The team snagged second at the state 4A meet.

This year the team looks to be just as dominant with a strong core of returning state competitors.

In addition to the Williams sisters, Auburn Riverside returns senior Rachel O’Neil, the defending 4A 100-meter hurdles champion. O’Neil has the sixth best time in the state at 15.54 seconds. O’Neil’s winning time at state last year was 15.02.

The Ravens also boast a strong group of distance runners in seniors Lauren Saunders and Cassidy Brown and junior Rachel Covey.

Saunders has the fastest 800 time in the South Puget Sound League 4A with a 2:23.84.

Brown is second in the SPSL 4A in the 1,600 with a 5:51.53 and third in the 800 with a 2:25.62. She is also in the league’s top 10 in the 3,200.

In the field events, senior Lori Hansen has a top 10 state 4A mark with a leap of 5 feet, 2 inches in the high jump and is 10th in the SPSL 4A in the javelin and triple jump.

Sophomore Ayanna Ford is in the top 10 in the league in the shot put, discus and javelin.

The Auburn Riverside boys squad looks to senior Trevor Love to set the pace in the distance events. Love is in the top five in the league in both the 400 and 1,600.

Junior Trevor Gesell is third in the SPSL 4A in the 3,200 with a 9:55.35 and senior Devon Larson is fifth in the league in the 110 hurdles with a 15.23.

Senior Joe Miles looks to earn a state berth in the shot put and sophomore Mar’Yea Harris is in the top five in the league in the 200.

The school’s 1,600 relay team of Brady Lewis, Mitchell Blanchard, Sean Kierce and Matt Saunders should also make some noise.