FINALLY
After months of on again, off again practice, school and training, we've finally got a REAL CROSS COUNTRY MEET under our belts!
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| Hughson Boys Lead the JV Pack |
The Stanislaus County members of the Southern League and Trans Valley League met up at Diblo Grande for our first of 3 meets this year. Hughson showed off the fitness we've been slowly developing over the last year by winning every division: JV Boys, JV girls, Varsity Boys, and Varsity Girls.
Our JV boys were led by Ezra Arambula and Hudson Conners, who both set 2 mile PRs of 12:05. Ezra and Hudson were pushed early on by Logan Prescott of Denair, but eventually pulled away to win by 46 seconds.
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| Conners and Arambula lead Prescott just prior to the 1 mile mark |
Our JV girls were led by Maggie Scarioni and Julie Parks, who also both set PRs on the day.
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| Julie, Maggie and Jocelyn lead the JV girls |
In the Varsity Boys race, Joe Lighthall led 9 Hughson runners into the top 12 overall. Joe was joined early by Evan Espinoza, a 4:47 miler from Waterford High. Eventually Lighthall pulled away to win by 40 seconds, while Espinoza was overtaken by Brian Campos of Hughson for second.
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| Lighthall and Espinoza approaching the mile mark. |
The varsity girls race was the one competition where we did not have the individual race winner, as 2 tough runners from Waterford, Carmen Figueroa and Monica Gutierrez, led from start to finish. However, our girls packed well, taking places 3-7 to easily win the team competition. A resurgant Camille Haupt led our girls, in the absensce of normal #1 runner Taylor Scheuber, who was nursing a lower leg injury.
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| Camille (1205) leads our girls' pack |
It was very gratifying to see our kids experience the success that comes from persevering through challenging circumstances. I'm very proud of this group. GO HUSKIES!
A full recap of all the Stanislaus Country Cross Country action can be found at the StanCo Blog
