Cross Country Team Auspiciously Finishes League Finals

KAYIU WONG
Staff Writer

On Nov. 6, cross country officially ended their season after the Almont League finals at Legg Lake. The varsity teams both ended in the same league rankings as last year, with the varsity boys finishing in fourth place and varsity girls placing third.

A majority of the team attained new personal records during the final race and used their endurance drills to their advantage. Individually, junior Anhayte Guajardo placed second, freshman Yaneli Guajardo placed third and senior captain Luz Badillo placed sixth for the varsity girls’ team. For the varsity boys, junior Daniel Ramirez came in seventh place and junior Gabriel Castro finished in ninth place.

“I was nervous as the race started, but became more and more comfortable along my run. I feel I did well in achieving a new personal time and am glad to be awarded with a medal,” Ramirez said.

Being in Almont League’s top three, the varsity girls’ team moved on to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) preliminaries on Nov. 16.

“I [envision] the girls coming home with a new personal record at the Mount Sac course and running to their best potential,” Head Coach Sandra Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez, plans on maintaining a successful season next year and anticipates 12 current frosh soph runners moving up to varsity. She is personally proud of all her runners for maturing and constantly pushing themselves this year.

For the team as a whole, the athletes look back to the past season and remember the strides they have progressively made.

“I feel I ran a good race overall and I am ecstatic we had so many personal bests this last race. We really showed all the hard work we put in. Next year, we are definitely looking forward [to] first or second place,” Anhayte Guajardo said.