Cross Country: Invitational At Spanish River

Senior Jon Samuelson sprints towards the finish line in his race at Spanish River High School. Photo Credit JOSH EHLERS

BY REBECCA BINE

CCHS’s Cross Country team attended their first invitational of the season at Spanish River High School in Boca Raton on Saturday, September 25th.

With schools from all across South Florida attending, including many top competitors, this race was  a competition of both the mind and body. CCHS’s top five boys finished the race in under twenty minutes, led by Andrew Kirk who set a personal record of 17:44 and came in 36th overall. In the end, the boys team finished 15th overall.

The girl’s team had a tougher day with only six runners able to make it. Leading the girls was Tara Butler, with a time of 25:10, she finished in 99th place overall. The girls team left the invitational in 20^th place.

The Boys times were:

Andrew Kirk- 17:44

Nassor Whitehead- 18:33

Kalan Williams- 18:48

Kevin Mone- 18:54

Will Dean- 19:21

Trent Austin- 19:34

Trevor Rosen- 19:44

Josh Cohen- 20:06

Austin Saunders- 20:58

Jonathan Samuelson- 22:06

Andrew Kisch- 22:51

Ram Rebbapragada- 24:08

Kevin Luks- 26:07

Nicolas Quano- 36:59

The Girls times were:

Tara Butler- 25:10

Ann Simmons- 31:13

Alyssa Fisher- 32:05

Kristi D’Agati- 36:18

Erika Blackwell- 36:20

Erica Cormany- 37:06