CROSS COUNTRY SPORT SHORTS, 2011
(For the previous meet, check out the Cross country sport shorts: Roughrider Invitational.)
CLOVIS NORTH INVITATIONAL-Oct. 21
Eagles ran the Clovis Twilight Invitational on the Clovis North High School campus, Oct. 21. The races were conducted at night as the racers ran for two miles on a mixture of grass, street, and the last quarter mile on the school’s track.
The first race of the day was the freshman/sophomore girls race. In this race was the Eagles Aliciana Quintana, ’14, who took 22nd place out of 28 participants with a time of 15:33.
Next was the freshman/sophomore boys race. Participating in this race was five Eagle runners and freshman Jordan Castro led FC, coming in at 37th out of 66 at 11:57.
“Compared to other meets running at night was quite an experience,” Castro said,” I liked the meet because the weather was cool and the course was flat. Plus I achieved my goal of running two miles in under six minutes each.”
Immedietly behind Castro was Tyler Laird, ’14, finishing at 38th, putting up a time of 11:59. After Laird was Nick Fontes with a place of 49th and a time of 12:43.
The next race will be the Kingsburg Gun Club, Oct. 27.