Cross Country Performs Poorly at League Prelims

By Camille Linares-Reed, Sports Editor

On Wednesday, September 30th, the Baron’s Cross Country  team ran in their first Sunset league meet at Central Park, Huntington Beach. Though it was only prelims, this meet was important to show off how the teams will be racing the rest of the season and what to expect at finals.

The Central Park course is a slow one, with a startline on grass and a huge dirt hill. Many runners found it difficult to perform well on this course. Sophomore, Marissa Nickels said, “Central Park is a downtempo course, and I’m not pleased with my time. I was 37 seconds from getting twenty bucks!”

“The Varsity raced just like I expected. We were one point from third place and one point from placing fifth as well, on the boys side. We have our sights set on League Finals with high hopes,” says boy’s head coach Dyson.

The Boy’s varsity placed fourth out of six sunset league teams, while the Girl’s varsity placed fifth. Only two years ago, the Barons were sweeping first place rankings on every level.  ”We Barons will peak late,” says girl’s head coach, Bivens. Coach Bivens relates that FV distance runners will drop their mileage heavily toward Sunset League Finals, so that times improve drastically, and suprise their opponents.

Some outstanding runners were juniors Luis Morales, and Catherine Martinez, along with sophomores Jordan Millington and Marissa Nickels.

Both the Boys and Girl’s teams raced with pride, passion, and heart, even if it wasn’t shown in the standings.