McClatchy Lions Cross Country /Track and Field

The Varsity Boys took First out of 38 teams (Jonah, Amos, Derek, Stephen, Marcos) and set a new McClatchy team time record. Jonah, Amos and Derek all ran PRs and are now #3, 5 and 11 on the McClatchy All-time list. Even more impressive considering the course is 35 meters longer now, but still recorded as 3.04 in xcstats.

Varsity Girls took 3rd out of 23 teams (Ashley, Sophia, Sydney, Megan, Justine). Justine made the McClatchy All-time list at #15 (the other girls are already on it).

Frosh/Soph Boys took 7th of 11 (Matt, Erik, Jake, Alex, Nelson). Matt led the way with a PR of 12:49 and Jake wins the most improved with a time more than 3 minutes faster than he ran on this course last year.

Frosh/Soph Girls: Camille made it on to the McClatchy All-time list at #11 with a 15:58 (Quincy is already on it at #5).

JV Boys: Results should be updated soon to include Xavier, which will put them in 3rd of 10 teams (Christian, Mark, Xavier, Brian, Shelby). Even without Xavier, they still set a McClatchy JV team time record.

JV Girls: Finished 4th of 7 and set a JV team time record (Michelle, Melanie, Maya, Maryn, Esmeralda).

Varsity Girls: 6th of 14. Clarissa had a huge PR and destroyed the CKM course record, with a converted time of 17:46. She finished 2nd overall by 0.1 seconds. Esmeralda and Justine had improvements of 23 and 40 seconds per miles over their previous races.

Varsity Boys: 2nd of 17. Jonah also had a huge PR and CKM course record of 15:44. * Amos* (16:00), Derek L. (16:16) and Marcos (16:41) also had PRs. The top 5 also broke the CKM team time record at Granite (Jonah, Amos, Derek, Stephen and Marcos).

FS Girls: Quincy and Camille led the way with 15:20.5 and 15:20.6. Quincy improved by 33 sec./mile over her time last year and Camille by 2 sec/mile over her previous best. Lauren Shintaku ran 18 sec./mile better than her last race and Paige gets the most improved with 39 sec./mile faster than her previous best.

FS Boys: 10th of 15. Erik was the top CKM runner in 12:40, tying his previous PR. Jake, Alex, Riley, Tomas and Nelson all ran their fastest per mile pace by 30, 12, 11, 9 and 4 seconds/mile. Matt ran 59 seconds per mile faster than he did last year in this race.

JV Warriors: 3rd of 12. Christian was the top CKM runner with a per mile PR of 9 seconds. Xavier and Shelby also ran 14 and 11 sec/mile faster than last year and Aldo had a 4 sec/mile PR.

Great weekend at Lagoon Valley! First off, thank you to all the parents who drove, brought food/drinks and cheered on the athletes. Also, thanks to the athletes who were out there supporting their teammates on the course and carrying the flag to the top of Big Mama. Good job on that!

Highlights of the meet are many!

Jonah (4th in 16:09) and Ashley (14th in 20:02) ran the fastest CKM times ever for the 3 mile Lagoon Valley Course.

FS Girls: 2nd overall out of 15 teams, only 12 pts out of first. Megan won in 14:07, Sydney 4th (14:27), Justine 7th (14:36), Quincy 26th (15:40) and Camille 28th (15:41). All 5 are now ranked in the top 15 CKM times on this course.

FS Boys: 9th out of 32 teams. Erik made the CKM top 15 list with a 12:52, 23rd place out of 321 runners, followed by Matt in 12:58, Alex in 13:22, Jake in 14:12 and Nelson in 14:14.

V Girls: 12th out of 21 teams. Ashley led the way with a 20:02, fastest CKM ever on this course. Followed by Sophia (20:46 and the 4th fastest CKM time ever), Ally (24:09), Melanie (25:18) and Maryn (25:25).

V Boys: 3rd out of 27 teams and 3rd fastest overall team time at the meet (small and large school divisions combined). Jonah led the way with a 16:09 (fastest CKM time ever by 33 seconds), followed by Amos in 16:43, Stephen in 16:54, Jose in 17:07 and Marcos in 17:34. All 5 athletes made the CKM top ten list with the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 8th fastest CKM times ever on this course.

JV Warriors: 5th out of 21 teams. Christian led the way with 12:52, followed by Mark in 12:55, Xavier in 13:24, Shelby in 13:39 and Brian in 14:12.

Most Improved over last year’s’ time goes to Riley 1:32 improvement and Lauren Stiles, 1:18 improvement. Other improvements include: Quincy :52, Shelby :52, Megan :38, Xavier :32, Marcos :13, Mark :12 and Jose :01.

Great job everyone! Keep up the good work!

Monday is the start of the official Cross Country season. Practice this week will be Mon.-Thur., 6:30-8:30am at the CKM track. Practice is mandatory. Please be sure to have all of your required paperwork completed.

Conditioning will be Mon.-Thur. @ 6:30am through the summer. Athletes must have all their paperwork completed, including a physical before they can participate. We will meet at the McClatchy track. The best place to drop off athletes is near the corner of 17th and Bidwell. Athletes need a good pair of running shoes and a water bottle.