JV Highlights

It was a beautiful, sunny day with comfortable temperatures and very light winds.  Many families came out to see the guys race, and the men’s junior varsity team gave lots to appreciate this morning.  Running in a very large group, over 200 boys kicked off the race with the Pioneers forging to the front right away.  The front runners from Pioneer stayed together well, supporting each other nicely.  Muhammad Sani took an early lead and kept it throughout the race, winning in an exciting time of 17:20.  This was commendable, considering he is fasting for Ramadan…congratulations, Muhammad!!  Lucas Arias had a great run, finishing second in 17:56.  Right behind him was Bradley Baker, third with 18:01.  What was that?  One, two, three?  Yes indeed!  This was Bradley’s first cross country meet, Brad was a soccer player for the past couple of fall seasons.  Niko Rombes  landed sixth place at 18:27, exciting to see you back in cross country, and thanks for making that top-ten darkly purple.  Ethan Warren looked relaxed and focused as he finished eleventh at 18:48, nice work, Ethan!  Junior Noah Kazor had a strong finish at eighteenth in 19:01.  The runner who came in twentieth is a welcome new addition to the team, freshman Tyler Leach.  Tyler finished in 19:03, shaving off a whopping 56 seconds from the time trials, and showing lots of potential for the future.  Jon Diep had a very good run, ending 32nd place in 19:20.  Freshman Dean Brigham ran a 19:23, most impressive for his first meet – welcome to the team, Dean!  Junior Colin Egerer has been improving steadily and finished well at 49th in 19:40.  Welcome back to senior John Fonte, who spent nearly all of last season with a stopwatch in hand due to a foot injury.  Good to have you back on the course, John.  He completed the run in 20:08, a personal best time on a very tough course.