Another week in the books! Here's a quick recap of this week of racing, info on the remainder of the season, and a look ahead for the next week:
Thursday's race at Ponderosa was highlighted by an individual win on the boy's side by freshman Matthew Higgs. Matthew powered over a hilly and sandy course for the first victory of his young career. The rest of the boy's top 5 was rounded out by Jacob Nicholas, Christian Alley. Tyler Arbogast, and Will Merenda, and placed first overall in team scoring. The girls finished 3rd as a team, and were led by Donni Cauble's top 10 finish.
On Friday, we sent runners to Casey Jones park in Elizabeth to face off against Chaparral and Douglas County HS. The girls won the meet, and Kseniya Nikanorov and Sophie Schwartz worked together to push the pace for a majority of the race, before Kseniya broke away in the final mile to win. The boys battled close with Chaparral before ultimately finishing 2nd, led by strong races from Jayden Royer (2nd overall) and Holden Ripp (5th).
At Rock Canyon, on Saturday morning, the varsity teams squared off against some of the top ranked teams in the state. The boys finished a close 4th overall, and were led by the trio of Will Merrick (3rd), Hal Fotinos (4th), and Connor Baty (7th). The girls finished 5th, edging out Thunder Ridge in a tie-breaker. Alana Mann was our top finisher in 18th overall, followed closely by Brenna Wendell (21st), Mari Boekes, (24) and Sam North (25th).
Meeting Locations
M: CVHS
T: Bison
W: CVHS
Th: CVHS
F: CVHS
SA: CVHS
Races
We are still waiting to hear back on the details for this week's races, but will have all of that info posted as soon as we have it!
-Coach Marshall