Cross Country: Teams Take On The Course And Heat

White Cloud Boys captured top spot in the Green Division- Photo by Brent Foondle

Cloud, Pack, Tigers & Panthers compete in the Hesperia Baker Woods Invitational.

Wednesday turned out to be one of the hottest days of summer with humidity pushing up the heat index to triple figures. 
But if you run cross, you know that weather is bound to be one of your primary obstacles from time to time. And on this day harriers from four local schools took to the always rugged course in Hesperia and made it to the finish line.
Nicely done athletes.
We are impressed. 
 
White Cloud
From Coach Atwood:
“Congratulations to the cross country team on their sizzling performances at Hesperia on August 25th.  The boys beat the heat and all the other small schools to bring home the championship trophy and 7 medals.  The girls team brought home 4 medals in the process of working hard to finish with a third place team score.  Medal winners were Kobe Canning (21:08.59), Nate Ciolk (21:36.5), Carson Foondle (21:40), Coleson Cruzan (21:41.5), Kaleb Canning (22:32), Malachi Graves (23:07.09) , Christian Ringler (23:50.3), Jolena Deaton (32.50.9), Allie Rodriguez (43:49.3) Cecelia Miller-Rodriguez (44:18.5), and Lillie Keith (51:05).
 
Fremont
From Coach Somers:
“We haven’t run at the very tough (rivals Branstrom) Hesperia course in close to 8 years so this was a new experience for all of our runners.  Due to the high temperatures we tried to run most of the race at tempo effort to avoid any heat issues.  The kids did a pretty good job with that and still performed well.
“Taylor Mater (Sr) led the girls in their first official race of the season placing 3rd.  Taava Johnson (Sr) placed 7th with steady running.  Underclassmen Elise Pfeiffer-23rd (So), Rachel Maddox-25th (Fr), and Lauren O’Malley-35th(So) rounded out our top 5.  Haley Spangler was our other varsity finisher. The girls team is young and inexperienced so we are excited to see them grow over the course of the season.  Girls in the top 25 earned medals.   The girls placed 3rd with 84 pts.
“The boys team is also quite young and inexperienced with some strong upperclassmen just like the girls.  3 Seniors led the way for the team, Conor Somers 1st, Gavin Schuler 3rd, and Brennan Schuler 8th.  The future of the program packed it up with freshmen Gabe Jones 17th, Carter Sherman 19th, and Cole Lowery 20th.    Johnny Christensen (So) rounded out our top seven, and Blake Taylor (Fr) earned a medal by placing in the top 25.  The boys placed 2nd with 45 pts.
 “The boys and girls have some time gaps they need to cut down and I am seeing some great work ethic in the younger runners, so we hope to see those gaps close up a little over the season.”

Grant
Brodie Delamater (20:37.8), Kyle Brege (23:51.39), Jack Noble (24:13.59), Oscar Mendez (24:16.8). Tyler Delamater (28:11.59), and Blake Wirts (32:22.9) crossed the finish line for the Tiger Boys team. 
Finishers on the Tiger Girlsteam were Avary Losee (33:39.7), Raven Wirts (34:27.9), Avery Geisen (34:34.3), Cyanne Schuitema (38:17.8), and Jacklyn Rodriguez (40.48.59).

Hesperia
Panther Boys:
Andrew Sherburn (25:49.4), Bowen Robinson (33:42.7), and Vicente Cruz (34:50.59)

Cloud Girls fighting off the heat- Photo by Brent Foondle