The youth movement is on for the Auburn Riverside boys cross country team.

This season the Raven boys head into the season with just three seniors on the roster.

As usual, however, the roster is deep with talented runners.

This year’s crew is led by senior Trevor Love, who was 53rd at last year’s Washington State 4A championship meet, posting a personal record time of 16 minutes, 23.5 seconds.

This year, he’s already bested that time by more than a second, running a 16:22.00 on Sept. 22 at the Bellevue High School Invitational.

Auburn Riverside also looks to juniors Trevor Gesell, Patrick McFarland, Andrew Cooper and Isaiah Tiangson, as well as sophomore Nick Rogerson to contribute.

For the Auburn Riverside girls, junior Rachel Covey is making her presence felt with the 18th best 4A time in the state. Covey posted a 19:25.65 at the Bellevue Invitational, smashing her previous personal best of 19:45.8.

Last season Covey ran in the Westside Classic District Meet, but did not move on to the state meet.

Also back for the Ravens is senior Lauren Saunders, whose best time this season is a 20:38.4 set at the Fort Steilacoom Invite on Sept. 15. Saunders looks to ramp up as the season progresses, aiming to break her personal best time of 20:11.5, which she set as a sophomore.

The Auburn Riverside girls also look to seniors Cheri Broch, Grace Werran and Lisa Ngo and sophomore Claire Kerbs.

Next up for the Ravens is a tri-meet at Kentlake with Kent-Meridian on Oct. 3.

ALSO: The Auburn boys team will again be keyed by senior Tyler Flannery, who looks to punch his ticket to state for the first time this season. Flannery’s best time so far this year is a 16:58 posted against Auburn, Kentlake and Tahoma earlier this season. Flannery is joined by senior Brennan Wallin, sophomore Tyler Perrin, juniors Nick Vale and Adam Stafford, and freshman Cameron Link… For the past two seasons, Auburn senior Anna deCarteret has made the cut for the state 4A girls championships. Although she has yet to get near the 19:15.4 personal best she ran as a sophomore at the state meet, she looks to make it three straight state appearances this season. So far this year her best time is the 20:41.5 she ran on Sept. 12. Also on the roster for the Trojan girls are senior Anna Starr, juniors Kimberly Anderson, Madeleine Jones and Ececia Tobin and sophomore Denielle Wallin. The Trojans’ next meet is Oct. 3 against Kentridge and Kentwood .. This year looks to be a rebuild year for the Auburn Mountainview boys cross country team. Last year the team made its third appearance at the Washington State 3A championship meet. Four of the team’s top-five runners from last season are gone, including Dylan Summerlin and Ethan Rumbaugh, who graduated, and senior Chris Scharer who chose to concentrate on his studies this season. New coaches Tim Tubbs and Brandon Beck look  to senior Aarun Rumbaugh to help pick up the slack this season… As always, turnout is a struggle for the Auburn Mountainview girls. This year’s roster boasts just five girls, Allison Hammer, Rachelle Kline, Avdeep Mangat, Caitlyn Hogencamp and Alyssa Rumbaugh.