Cross Country: A Personal Perspective
My cross country team is doing really well. We practice every day from 3 to 4:30 or 4:45.
We practice hard and we have fun all at the same time. We have meets during the week and sometimes on Saturdays.
We are a family at cross country and I love it because of how we treat each other; we have fun but if someone messes up we laugh about it, then help them. Cross country to me is a team working together to keep each other motivated.
We have had a couple meets so far and our last one wasn’t bad. The top three varsity boys from September 15 were sophomore Sam Schuhl with a mile time of 5:23 and a second mile time of 5:36 which lead to a 16:57.31 overall time. His mile pace was 5:28, placing in 18th.
Junior Jason DeLeon was also strong as he finished with a 1 mile time of 5:22, with a 5:36 second mile. DeLeon finished with a time of 17:02.10 and a average mile pace of 5:29 while placing 21st.
Sergio Luquin also competed well with a 1 mile time of 5:31 a second mile time of 5:59 as he finished with a time of 18:0, placing him 74th.
The top 3 Varsity girls from last Saturday were senior Maddie McHone with a mile time of 6:37 and a second mile time of 7:47 with an overall time of 22:38.07 and a average mile time of 7:18.
Overall, Kim Tu ran 23:30.60 and Emily Spain ran 24:01.50.
Our next meet is Saturday in Seaside. Find our times here next week!
Aaron Valentine is a senior staff member for The Talon. Alongside photography and journalism, he also loves being socially active with people, running,...