The Eagles varsity cross country team competed at Firebaugh High School in Eagle Fly-in Invitational 3.1 mile course, Sept. 23.
The meet was smaller than the usual with only 10 schools and 47 male varsity runners participated in the race.
Senior Soren Hoffman, finished the meet with a time out of 21:07 followed by sophomore Isaac Hoffman, running first time in the 3.1 course with his personal record 21:25.
Junior Michael Fu, ran with time 24:16. He was followed by freshman Matthew Oliver, with time 25:07.
Junior Glen Wang, was not in the meet, he will participate in this first meet, Oct. 11.
Sophomore Isaac Hoffman, running 3.1 miles course first time recovered from the knee injury.
“I was happy with my race” Isaac said. “I think I did well on the first mile, the second (mile) was little less, but the last one could have been better.”
Still learning how to control race pace of the three miles course. Oliver comment on the Firebaugh Eagle Fly-In course
“It was a bad race,” Oliver said. “The first mile felt weird, it was kind of a rough start. The second mile was not good, it is getting down, and third mile I just felt slow”
Coach Doug Daniel discussed the meet after reviewed the result on the Athletic.net.
“We had a bad race, but the good news is we know what we can work on,” Daniel said. “First few week we have been working on the mileage and now the team needs to work and experience the race pace.”
The Eagles will next compete in Woodlake Invitational, Oct. 11
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