Cross Country: Results From 10/12 Cross Country: Results From 10/12
    BY AFTON HICKS Cooper City High School’s Cross Country team competed in another meet at Markham Park, on October 12. The boys... Cross Country: Results From 10/12

 

Cross Country runner Elizabeth Baltazar at a recent meet. The team has improved their times over the course of the season. Photo Credit JOSH EHLERS

 

BY AFTON HICKS

Cooper City High School’s Cross Country team competed in another meet at Markham Park, on October 12. The boys and girls teams had a very strong day at Markham Park against some tough competition. The boys finished 2nd overall only 10 points behind a solid Taravella team. The girls team despite a small roster put on a good show and finished 3rd overall. Some of the highlights:

The top 5 boys all finished in the top 14 with all running sub 19 minutes, (Andrew, Nassor, Kevin, Kalan, and WillWill Dean (18:59, Josh Cohen (19:55), Andrew Kirsch (22:25), Jay Lim (22:40), Kevin Luks (25:12) all set PR’s.

Shelby Turner finished 5th overall with a PR time of 22:55. Each meet she has improved her time.

Elizabeth Baltazar smashed her previous PR with a 29:40 run

The boys season record is 24-4, and the girls finish with 15-13.

The boys results were as followed:

Andrew Kirk 5th place-18:02

Nassor Whitehead 10th place-18:40

Kevin Mone 11th place-18:54

Kalan Williams 12th place-18:59

Will Dean 14th place-18:59

Josh Cohen 22nd place-19:55

Trent Austin 26th place-20:26

Jonathan Samuelson 37h place-22:24

Andrew Kirsch 38th place-22:25

Jay Lim 41st place-22:40

Ram Rebbapragada 57th place-24:08

Kevin Luks 60th place-25:12

Nicolas Quano 76th place-37:00

David Samuelson 77th place-38:21

The girls results were as followed:

Shelby Turner 5th place-22:55

Tara Butler 11th place-25:04

Kaitlyn Valiente 20th place-29:03

Elizabeth Baltazar 22nd place-29:40

Christine Samuel 23rd place-29:49

Lindsay Lovins 30th place-31:17

Alyssa Fisher 31st place-31:39

Christina Durand 34th place-32:47

Heather Gomez 51st place-43:42