Saturday, September 4, the cross country team began the competition season at the Colton Swarm Invitational at Colton HS. The athletes ran 3 miles in sweltering heat!
Two athletes have already set new personal records (PRs) in the first race of the season!
- Simon Worku (11) with a time of 17:14, a 44 second PR
- Nathan Lin (12) with a time of 18:59, a 4 second PR
The athletes competed in grade-level races, top ten athletes in each race earned medals.
Medal winners:
Carissa Jeon (12) - 4th
Simon Worku (11) - 4th
L’Mio Edwards (10) - 1st
Jianlan Busteed (10) - 8th
Arath Gonzalez (9) - 10th
Grade-level team awards require a minimum of 5 athletes to score, we had two grade level teams with enough athletes to score and both earned awards!
Team awards:
Junior boys - 3rd
Freshman girls - 2nd
