The two varsity squads sat this meet out in preparation for the upcoming Clovis Invitational. This gave a chance for some of our younger kids to shine. A few excellent performances were notched out on the barren expanses east of Woodward Reservoir. Derek Avila continues to improve his racing skill and ability, this time placing 4th in the sophomores race, despite being only a freshman. Daniela Rodriguez ran in her first ever cross country race and ended up finishing as our top girl in the Sophomore girls race.
Varsity Girls Race
Valeria Mendoza has been steadily improving this season and has flirted with our top 7 for a couple of weeks now. Val had the opportunity to lead our team, which was normally our JV squad, in the varsity race. Despite Valeria being the only one who has had any experience in our varsity top 7, our girls managed to place 5th out of 7 teams competing. This shows the depth of the program that we have worked to accomplish.
The girls ran a very smart race, letting much of the field burn itself out early and then gradually moving up throughout the race. Following Val in the varsity race were, Jazmine, Teagan, Diana, and Silvana. Great job girls!
Varsity Boys Race
Once again, we placed what is normally our JV squad into the varsity race, this time placing 6th out of 9 teams competing. Once again, the fact that we've developed a deep, hard working team allowed boys that have not yet been able to make our top 7 compete well with the true top 7 of all the other teams out there.
Timmy Jackson ran a strong race and continues to build confidence in the longer (than his 800m speciality) races. He was our top finisher on the day and managed to earn a varsity medal for the first time ever. Christian Lee, competing in his first varsity race ever, also managed to earn a medal over the difficult, hilly, dusty, gravelly 3.1 mile course.
Race Splits
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