Friends run with Zola Smith, right, of the Wild Girls in the final stretch of her leg of Junior Ski to Sea. The Wild Girls placed third in the elementary school female division. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Graysen Gordon of the Junior Beavers races to the finish line May 13 after finishing the kayak leg of Junior Ski to Sea. Gordon is the grandson of Brian Boatman, who has competed for decades on Beaver's Tree Service — a highly-competitive adult Ski to Sea team. The Junior Beavers placed second in the middle school male division. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Henry McPhee of the Salish Sea Cucumbers grabs his mountain bike to begin his 2.6-mile ride around Lake Padden. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
The crowd cheers on runners during the elementary school division of Junior Ski to Sea. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Hamsters on a wheel runner Zoe Kaiser, right, attaches the timing chip to biker Amalia Pacheco-Oleson's leg at the handoff in the elementary school division race. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
The FANZ — Aalyah Wilson, Zaniah Roxas, Noelle Erfle and Freyja Baldwin — race for the finish line together. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Surrounded by spectators and other racers, Brady Swanson of the Ski to Sea Speed Demons rolls into the hand off. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Ella Flaig of the Speedy Cheetahs races on bike in the elementary division. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Sawyer Rushing of the Buccaneers hops into his kayak before speeding around Lake Padden. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Tenaya Medler from Hamsters on a wheel makes her way across the lake. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
The high school and middle school race begins. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Ben Barnett of the Mid-Grade Menaces makes his way around Lake Padden. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Ehren Mueller of the Travelers of the Universe heads toward the hand off. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
TEJA's Ever Rogel rides through bubbles on the race course. His team won the middle school male division. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Jazzy Nelson of the Dragon Slayers races up the beach toward the finish. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
The Airow Project's Cooper Howard, left, and mentor Liam Garry finish out the Junior Ski to Sea Race. The adaptive team completed the race in 2 hours and 8 minutes. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Forrest MacFarlane of the Sweaty Yetis collapses with teammates after finishing the kayak portion with the second-best time of 9 minutes and 36 seconds. MacFarlane and teammates Oskar Belka, Sophia Gage and Jackson Hogan finished second in the mixed elementary division. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Londyn Carlson of the Alpine Kicks adjusts her first-place medal. Her team won the elementary school female division. (Hailey Hoffman)
The Racebusters run for the podium after learning they won the elementary mixed division with a time of 42 minutes and 44 seconds. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
From let, skier John Angier, kayaker Cooper Howard, runner Max McKinley and biker Clayton Chen pose for photos after the race. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Team NK's Abby Scoggins, Paili Airth, Pebbles Airth and Penny Airth were the only all-female high school team and came in with the best time of 1 hour and 12 minutes. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Dozens of kids aged 8 to 18 ran, biked and paddled around Lake Padden in the Junior Ski to Sea race.
