Jamie Hershfang (jr) - 84th at state last year - will lead #1 Payton. Payton returns 6 of it's top 7 runners for a team that finished 8th at state sectionals and won city at the frosh-soph level.
Here is an early 2009 pre-season poll. The rankings are based on the assumption that all underclassmen from last year will return this year.
1. Payton - (2008 results: 1st at frosh-soph level; did not run at varsity level; 8th at sectionals)
For the last several years, the talk at the city level has primarily revolved aroung Lane, Northside Prep, and Whitney Young. This year, you can add Payton to the mix. Payton returns 6 of it's top 7 runners from a team last year that dominated at the frosh-soph level winning with 36 points. Payton is led by junior to be Jamie Hershfang. Hershang finished 4th at the frosh-soph level last year with at time of 12:49. She was the sole reprentative in the state meet for CPS Girls Class AA, where she finished in 84th place. Also look out for returning #2 runner Savanah Gramman (so) and returning #3 runner Gabbi Kelenyi. Payton finished 8th at sectionals last year and has a chance to become the first CPS class AA school to qualify for state as a team in 2009.
2. Jones (2008 results: DNR as a team at city; 12th at sectionals)
The fate of Jones will likely revolve around senior Cade Yankowski. Yankowski was Jones's only varsity runner at city where she finished 36th with a time of 21:49. At sectionals, Jones managed to run a complete team of 7 runners. Yankowski improved her time and finished a respectable 29th place at sectionals with a time of 20:33. She helped Jones to a 12th place sectional finish. Yankowski finished 8th at last springs CPS city track championship in the 1600 meter run with a time of 5:59.
Yoselin Flores (sr) - little known but talented runner from Kennedy. She finished 6th 3200 meter run at last spring's city track championship.
3. Kennedy (2008 results: DNR as a team at city; 14th at sectionals)
The good news is that Kennedy returns pratically everybody from last year. The bad news is that only one returnee from last year ran below 23 minutes for 3 miles. The good news is that their top returnee Yoselin Flores is a good distance runner finishing 35th at sectionals last year with a very good time of 20:48. Flores also finished 6th at the 3200 meters at last spring's city track finals.
4. Lake View (2008 results: 6th freshman level at city; no team results at sectionals)
After Payton, nobody has a better top 3 than Lake View: Adriana Ortiz, Angelina Jaimes, and Kathrine Davila. All should return this year. Ortiz missed qualifying for state by one spot, when she finished as the 6th individual at the Niles West Sectional. She was one individual spot behind, Jamie Hershfang of Payton who grabbed the last state individual spot. The fate of Lake View in 2009 will depend if they can find 4-7 runners who can support their top 3.
Others: Kenwood, Gage Park, Manley, Little Village, Cristo Rey, Noble Street, UIC College Prep
After a bit of a dip last year, expect Northside Prep to rise back to prominence this year as they should be boosted by a great incoming class of freshman.
I expect boys cross country to be much improved in the CPS this year, but you can't forget the girls. Girls cross country will be vastly improved as well.
We all know about two time defending city champion Whitney Young who has qualified for state two years in a row. Their top 3 will be seniors and should be improved with piratically everyone returning from last year. Then coach Bob Geiger said that a girl from Regina Dominican has transferred to Whitney Young.
Then there is Lane and Mather who is always in the mix.
Last year Northside Prep took an uncharacteristic 4th place after finishing 2nd for the previous 4 years before that. But this year, the word is that Northside Prep will have the best incoming batch of freshman it has ever had. Some newcomers that may be in the picture include: Ryan Speese, Hikari Sugisaki, and Marlyn Bruno. According to Northside Prep coach Jon Gordon: "as many as five of the incoming Freshman are projected to make the Varsity squad as high school Freshman." So you will definitely see some new names and faces when you talk about Northside Prep Girls Cross Country.
Then we have Harlan. Harlan did not have enough runners to score a complete team at any level at the CPS championship last year. Look for that to change this year as Harlan has hired a new cross country coach in Dr. Mark Thompson. We do know he will coach the boys and he will also probably coach the girls. If he does look for his coaching expertise in cross country to pay immediate dividends. I'm not going to project how good Harlan will be. But I do know if Dr. Thompson coaches girls they will be vastly improved.
Time will tell how good CPS girls cross country will be in the CPS. I do know the CPS has excellent coaches on the girls end. I think it will only get better.
Alex Agafonov, Class of 2008 Lakeview Track and Cross Country star is now running at Oakton Community College and recently qualified for NJCAA Nationals
Lane Tech Fan readers keep producing incredible material. Here is an updated of CPS runners/track people who are in college. (from the message board). This list can be permanently found on the cross country history page
The
question of where some of the top CPS guys are running in college has
been posted on here several times. This is the list to my best
knowledge:
Ethan Heppner (Whitney Young)- Grinnell College - Qualified for DIII Nationals Griffin Lawler (Whitney Young)- DePaul University - Not Running Alan Rosiquez (Taft) - Monmouth University - Team's #5 at Conference Alex Agafonov (Lake View)- Oakton College - Qualified for NJCAA Nationals Sirak Areki (Lake View)- Oberlin University - Not Running Jerry Gonzalez (Lane) - University of Illinois - Not Running Farrahadoon Durani (Mather) - UIC - Running Track + XC Jorge Flores (Foreman) - UIC - Top 3 XC runner Jorge Espinosa (Lane) - UIC - Ran track..taking time off Chris Gallardo (Lane) - DePaul - Running Track + XC Derek Schnake (Lincoln Park) - Valparaiso - Running Track + XC
...there may be more but that is the most complete list i can come up with at the moment.
Rachel Kittaka (Northside College Prep) - Carleton - Track Santino Merino (Northside College Prep) - Oberlin - XC/Track Julia Shimada (Northside College Prep) - Hendrix - XC Jordan Stacey (Northside College Prep) - Cornell College - XC/Track Kelly Varney (Northside College Prep) - University of Chicago - Track Maruja Yoshimura (Northside College Prep) - ITT - XC /Track
Catherine Rook (Whitney Young)- Pole Vaulting at Hilsdale Ivory Mills (Whitney Young)- Pole Vaulting for Spellman Myia Thompson (WY) - Illinois Wesleyan Stephanie Omueti (WY)- University of Chicago- All-American & Team MVP Victoria Forte (WY)- Butler Triple Jumping
Devyn Thompson (left) and Lavinia Jurekiewicz of Whitney Young were all-state runners (top 25) last year, but finished a still impressive 87th and 27th place respectively this year.
The Chicago Public League came into the 2008 version of the cross country state finals with great expectations - and rightfully so. Last year, the Public League had one team (Whitney Young girls) and three individuals (Agafanov and Areki from Lakeview, and Coronel from Mather). This year the Public League had more representation - 1 team (Whitney Young girls) and a whopping 6 individuals (2 girls and 4 boys). Last year, the CPS felt lucky to get there. This year, expectations were higher. Whitney Young was expected to finish higher than their 14th place state finish from last year and even had dreams of a state trophy. Jose Mora of Payton the Public League's number one class AA state qualifier and Kulayfi Haji the Public League's lone class AAA state qualifer all harbored thoughts of an all state finish.
Instead,reality hit. The Public League, while vast improved from last year, still has ways to improve if it wants to compete with the big boys in state cross country compettion. Whitney Young finished a shockingly low 19th place - when many thought they were a top 10 team shoo in. Jose Mora of Payton finished 93rd place overall (16:24). Kulayfi Haji of Lane Tech - who ran a 15:23 last week at sectionals - finished an even more distant 120th place (15:47). Class AA state newcomers Omar Tall of Kenwood and Oscar Medina of Lakeview got a quick initiation in the state series and finished in 132nd and 133rd with times of 16:49 each. Jamie Hershfang, a sophmore from Payton, finished in the top 100 with an 84th place finish in class AA girls. The Public League's top individual runner was Aden Alemu (freshman) of Mather who finished in 65th place with a time of 18:12. Aden is the only Public League individual who ran a better time at state then they did at sectionals.
On the plus side, this was a great learning experience for Public League runners - and coaches. Every single runner who ran in the Public League at state this year return next year. Whitney Young has 3 runners next year in Devyn Thompson, Rachel Joravsky, and Lavinia Jurkiewicz who will have one more try next year as seniors. In class AAA, Kulayfi Haji will be senior next year, and thus he has one more year, to reach that elusive all-state status. A feat that no Lane Tech runner has accomplished in more than 25 years. In class AA, Jose Mora will be senior next year and Medina and Tall will be juniors. Hershfang of Payton will be a junior and Alemu will be a sophomore.
So everyone has another year to improve.It is not guaranteed that any of the state qualifiers this year will make it next year. We also have a great batch of up and coming young talent and programs developing in the Public League. How we do next year, will depend on how each one of them and thier coaches focuses on what they can do today to improve for tomorrow.
Aden Alemu (freshman) of Mather was the Public League's top indivudal finisher with a 65th place finish and time of 18:12.
Adriana Ortiz (jr) of Lakeview came just missed qualifying for state by one place and only 9 seconds. She will be one of the Public League's top returnees in 2008.
Helena Mietka (so) of Payton on her way to a 64th place finish. Payton finished 8th - the highest Public League team finisher. Payton was only 30 points away from qualifying for state.
Kelli Walsh (so) of Payton is part of a talented group of young runners for Payton. Payton has 6 members in it's top 7 that are either freshman or sophomores.
Jamie Hershfang of Payton finished in 4th place (12:49) to lead the Grizzlies to the 2008 girls frosh-soph city championship, Payton's first city championship at any level in cross country.
On October 18, 2008 the CPS held the city championship at Washington Park. Payton decided to fore sake the freshman and varsity level city championship and run all of it's talented freshman at the frosh-soph level. The result was domination by the Grizzlies as they finished 5 runners in the top 14 and 4 in the top 8. The win by Payton over Whitney Young prevented a clean sweep by Whitney Young in the girls levels. Whitney Young won at the freshman and varsity girls level - and took 2nd at the frosh-soph girls level.
Payton was led by sophomore Jamie Hershfang who finished 4th overall with a time of 12:49. Payton was boosted by a talented freshman class that included Kelsey Marron (5th 13:25) Miriam Cohen (14th 14:41) and Savanah Grahm (6th 13:39).
Payton's strategy of focusing on the frosh-soph race worked as Payton, won what I believe is it's first city championship at any level boys or girls in cross country.
Complete Results Below:
Event 3 Women 2 Mile Run CC Fr/So Girls ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= Results - Women 1 Nalls, Rori Young 12:15.00 1 2 Erickson, Elin Von Steuben 12:26.00 2 3 Spingola, Gabriella Young 12:47.00 3 4 Hershfang, Jamie Payton Prep 12:49.00 4 5 Marron, Kelsey Payton Prep 13:25.00 5 6 Gramman, Savannah Payton Prep 13:39.00 6 6 Mietka, Helenka Payton Prep 13:39.00 7 8 Castro, Jocelyn Sullivan (Chicago) 13:47.00 8 9 Shaver, Miranda Jones 13:51.00 9 10 Williams, Dynasty Dunbar 13:56.00 10 11 Smith, Rachel Kenwood 14:00.00 11 12 Dean, Dhiaa DuSable 14:04.00 12 13 McClellan, Tia Young 14:06.00 13 14 Cohen, Miriam Payton Prep 14:11.00 14 15 Morales, Perla Young 14:13.00 15 16 Davila, Katherine Lake View 14:16.00 16 17 Nwankwo, Madeline Lane Tech 14:18.00 17 18 Ivy, Jade Taft 14:19.00 18 19 Redding, Kasia Harlen 14:20.00 19 20 Bustamente, Laura Von Steuben 14:23.00 20 21 Glodz, Martha Lane Tech 14:30.00 21 22 Maas, Lindsay Jones 14:31.00 22 23 Glowacz, Megan Taft 14:33.00 23 24 Smith, Tia Morgan Park 14:35.00 25 24 Kimber, Kyra DuSable 14:35.00 24 26 Baker, Dinieshia DuSable 14:38.00 26 27 rodriguez, amanda Lincoln Park 14:42.00 27 28 Walsh, Keli Payton Prep 14:47.00 28 28 Runcie, Ayanna Payton Prep 14:47.00 29 30 Gutierrez, Mayra Lane Tech 14:51.00 30 31 Kieger, Claire Schurz 14:52.00 31 32 daniel, chloe Lincoln Park 14:57.00 32 33 Berg, Rhea Young 14:59.00 33 34 Moore, Ashley Simeon 15:05.00 34 35 Licona, Lucy Steinmetz 15:06.00 35 36 Bellido, Whitney Lane Tech 15:07.00 36 37 Lopez, Cassandra Steinmetz 15:14.00 37 38 Dillon, Elyse Young 15:17.00 38 39 Ward, Meghan Lane Tech 15:18.00 39 40 Morales, Brenda Young 15:20.00 40 41 Schaper, Megan Von Steuben 15:27.00 41 42 Castellanos, Halimi Von Steuben 15:28.00 42 43 Castillo, Ivon Kennedy 15:36.00 43 44 Tianis, Eleni Lane Tech 15:38.00 44 45 Limberg, Jasmine Lake View 15:39.00 45 45 Kuklinski, Nicole Lane Tech 15:39.00 46 47 Williams, Ebony Morgan Park 15:40.00 47 48 Reyes, Mercedes Steinmetz 15:45.00 48 49 Walker, Briana Dunbar 15:46.00 49 50 Bolden, Nyasia Morgan Park 15:47.00 50 50 Luu, Kelly Lake View 15:47.00 51 52 Price, MyLa Morgan Park 15:51.00 53 52 White, Latasha Harper 15:51.00 52 54 Hill, Ashley Morgan Park 15:52.00 54 55 Galicia, Liliana Kennedy 15:54.00 55 56 Sojka, Sylwia Kennedy 15:57.00 56 57 Johnson, Ashley Morgan Park 15:58.00 57 58 Salamah, Summer Kenwood 16:01.00 58 59 Hale, Jasmine Simeon 16:09.00 59 60 Nolasco, Zuleima Hubbard 16:12.00 60 61 Yang, Qin Von Steuben 16:13.00 61 62 Hernandez, Vanessa Steinmetz 16:19.00 62 63 Brito, Heidi Kelly 16:20.00 63 64 Abeja, Stephanie Little Village 16:21.00 64 64 Aguado, Lucia Steinmetz 16:21.00 65 66 Williams, Ivory Simeon 16:24.00 66 67 Villegas, Esmeralda Little Village 16:25.00 67 68 James, Abigail Hubbard 16:30.00 68 69 Butnariu, Mary Hubbard 16:42.00 69 70 Hudson, Victoria DuSable 16:43.00 70 71 Galloway, Correna South Shore 16:45.00 71 72 Gross, Debora Hubbard 16:51.00 72 73 Hassan, Sharee Kenwood 16:52.00 73 74 Sanford, Amanda Dunbar 16:55.00 74 75 Lucero, Jennie Steinmetz 16:59.00 75 76 Najera, Guadalupe Kelly 17:04.00 76 77 Smith, Alexzandria DuSable 17:17.00 77 78 Vargas, Yaritza Kennedy 17:19.00 78 79 Quintana, Gloria Steinmetz 17:20.00 79 80 Castellanos, Maricruz Little Village 17:26.00 80 81 Booth, Tonisha Harlen 17:28.00 81 82 Crawford, Rhyan Morgan Park 17:35.00 82 83 Tillet, Keona Mather 17:41.00 83 84 Garcia, Brenda Hubbard 17:44.00 84 85 Westbrook, Dominique Manley 18:04.00 85 86 Serrano, Desiree Noble Street Cha 18:20.00 87 86 Anderson, Victoria Manley 18:20.00 86 88 Henderson, Daisha Manley 18:21.00 88 89 Bland, Kara Kenwood 18:56.00 89 90 Barksdale, Jasmine Kenwood 18:59.00 90 91 Prado, Alejandra Noble Street Cha 19:01.00 91 92 Quintae, Dorsey DuSable 19:02.00 92 93 Kalfas, Natalie Noble Street Cha 19:13.00 93 94 Rosales, Amber Schurz 19:18.00 94 95 McLaurin, Janey Dunbar 19:25.00 95 96 Fenton, Natasha Harper 19:26.00 96 97 Porter, Eshe DuSable 19:29.00 97 98 Adamcio, Ksenia Noble Street Cha 20:14.00 98 99 Kalfas, Veronica Noble Street Cha 20:22.00 99 100 Hicks, Risheeda Harper 20:33.00 100 101 Patton, Katease Harper 20:38.00 101 102 Williams, Shanece Manley 20:44.00 102 103 Glover, Dezeree Fenger 20:45.00 103 103 Perkins, Alisha Harlen 20:45.00 104 105 Williams, Laparis Marine 20:47.00 105 106 Slater, Briana Simeon 20:48.00 106 107 Parker, Jordan Simeon 20:55.00 107 108 Brown, Dominique Team Englewood 21:00.00 108 109 Mccall, Ambet Team Englewood 21:12.00 109 110 Simmons, Bernice Dunbar 21:18.00 110 111 Bester, Jakeeda Manley 21:52.00 111 112 Sims, Myesha Foreman 22:58.00 112 113 Penson, Jacenia Foreman 23:50.00 113 114 Clanc, Crystal Foreman 24:19.00 114 115 Williams, Sonseriya Team Englewood 24:21.00 115 116 Green, Arenique Austin 24:23.00 116 117 ellis, Molly Team Englewood 24:24.00 117 118 Collier, Franchelle Team Englewood 24:44.00 118
Team Scores ================================================================================= Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9 ================================================================================= Results - Women 1 Payton Prep 36 4 5 6 7 14 28 29 Total Time: 1:07:43.00 Average: 13:32.60 2 Young 65 1 3 13 15 33 38 40 Total Time: 1:08:20.00 Average: 13:40.00 3 Lane Tech 143 17 21 30 36 39 44 46 Total Time: 1:14:04.00 Average: 14:48.80 4 Von Steuben 166 2 20 41 42 61 Total Time: 1:13:57.00 Average: 14:47.40 5 DuSable 209 12 24 26 70 77 92 97 Total Time: 1:17:17.00 Average: 15:27.40 6 Morgan Park 229 25 47 50 53 54 57 82 Total Time: 1:17:45.00 Average: 15:33.00 7 Steinmetz 247 35 37 48 62 65 75 79 Total Time: 1:18:45.00 Average: 15:45.00 8 Kenwood 321 11 58 73 89 90 Total Time: 1:24:48.00 Average: 16:57.60 9 Dunbar 338 10 49 74 95 110 Total Time: 1:27:20.00 Average: 17:28.00 10 Hubbard 353 60 68 69 72 84 Total Time: 1:23:59.00 Average: 16:47.80 11 Simeon 372 34 59 66 106 107 Total Time: 1:29:21.00 Average: 17:52.20 12 Noble Street Charter 468 87 91 93 98 99 Total Time: 1:37:10.00 Average: 19:26.00 13 Manley 472 85 86 88 102 111 Total Time: 1:37:21.00 Average: 19:28.20 14 Team Englewood 567 108 109 115 117 118 Total Time: 1:55:41.00 Average: 23:08.20
Freshman girls city champion Hannah Blackwood of Whitney Young. Blackwood, has a gymnastics background and may actually pole vault for the Dolfins coem track season.
In an effort to get more participation and runners involved in cross country, the Chicago Public started a freshman level city championship 2 years ago. In the inaugural girls city championship, there weren't any team scores kept and that first race featured 24 runners. By the way the first freshman girls city champion was Richelle Cavanaugh of Lane Tech with a time of 14:53 for the 2 mile race.
Two years later the 2008 CPS freshman girls race ran last Saturday at Washington Park featured 6 teams and a total of 48 runners.
Whitney Young tipped Lane Tech 36-37 for first place. Surprisingly, UIC College Prep, a new CPS high school located in the west side of Chicago by the UIC campus finished in 3rd place with 94 points. UIC College Prep is running it's first season of cross country after opening it's doors just a couple months ago. Their freshman girls team made an impressive debut by finishing in third place. UIC did not run a varsity squad, and focused only on it's lower levels because that is all they had. The school opened in August 2008 with 180 9th graders. UIC was led by freshman Venus Rivera who finished 5th with a time of 14:11. Could UIC be a future cross county power similar to the likes of Payton and Northside College Prep? Nobody knows for sure. But at the event, UIC made it's prescence felt and has a couple of passionate young coaches who are not from Chicago and thus bring a fresh perspective.
Bettina Foster of Morgan Park takes the lead at the 1/2 mile mark of the girls freshman race.
The glimpes of the future: Lane Tech's Jihan Manzhoui (Left) and Thea Bloom (Right). Jihan and Bloom finished 4th and 3rd respectively. Distance running seems to come naturally for Bloom, we'll how she and the rest of the Lane Tech freshman class "Blooms" over the next couple years.
Complete Results:
Event 1 Women 2 Mile Run CC Freshmen G ======================================================================= Name Year School Finals Points ======================================================================= Results - Women 1 Blackwood, Hannah Young 13:31.00 1 2 Jackson, Morgan Young 13:47.00 2 3 Bloom, Thea Lane Tech 13:59.00 3 4 Manzhoui, Jihan Lane Tech 14:05.00 4 5 Rivera, Venus Uic College Prep 14:11.00 5 6 Lee, Brandi Lane Tech 14:15.00 6 7 Richman, Aisha Simeon 14:28.00 7 8 Henriques, Claire Young 14:38.00 8 9 Diaz, Desiree Lane Tech 15:00.00 9 10 Trumbull, Mackenzie Payton Prep 15:03.00 10 11 Creytan, Sheyenne Simeon 15:08.00 11 12 Lu, Ida Young 15:18.00 12 12 Kheperu, Mekakim Young 15:18.00 13 14 Liu, Yishu Young 15:19.00 14 15 Goseiwski, Tanya Lane Tech 15:21.00 15 16 Wu, Linda Young 15:22.00 16 17 MacDougall, Carmen Payton Prep 15:28.00 17 18 Ellis, Angela Lane Tech 15:40.00 18 19 Rivera, Rubi Uic College Prep 15:42.00 19 20 Ramos, Denise Steinmetz 15:53.00 21 20 Hernandez, Jazmin Uic College Prep 15:53.00 20 22 Roman, Nike Lane Tech 16:11.00 22 23 Brooks, Vintiesha Simeon 16:22.00 23 24 Ibarra, Raquel Uic College Prep 16:23.00 24 25 Montes, Irene Juarez 16:26.00 25 26 Ramirez, Dora Uic College Prep 16:27.00 26 27 Vazquez, Karina Lake View 16:52.00 27 28 Omelyan, Anna Steinmetz 16:56.00 28 29 Sanchez, Diana Juarez 16:58.00 29 30 Timothy, Ruth Simeon 17:05.00 30 31 Pacheco, Mary Lou Lake View 17:29.00 31 32 Foster, Bettina Morgan Park 17:41.00 32 33 Hayes, Arnesha Simeon 17:42.00 33 34 Garett, Lamia Simeon 17:55.00 34 35 Guy, Raven Kenwood 18:08.00 35 36 Garcia, Delfi Juarez 18:18.00 36 37 Rafael, Monserrat Steinmetz 19:12.00 37 38 Hernandez, Nayeli Steinmetz 19:27.00 38 39 Prochowski, Clarisa Uic College Prep 19:30.00 39 40 Barrera, Rocio Marine 19:56.00 40 41 Sanchez, Malene Steinmetz 20:46.00 41 42 Richardson, Layana Uic College Prep 21:42.00 42 43 Zuniga, Jessica Lake View 21:49.00 43 44 Palma, Adilene Juarez 21:57.00 44 45 Wells, Lauren Kenwood 21:59.00 45 46 Rodriguez, Cassandra Steinmetz 22:10.00 46 47 Calica, Kiery Lake View 23:06.00 47 48 Frieri, Brittany Lake View 26:17.00 48
Results - Women 1 Young 36 1 2 8 12 13 14 16 Total Time: 1:12:32.00 Average: 14:30.40 2 Lane Tech 37 3 4 6 9 15 18 22 Total Time: 1:12:40.00 Average: 14:32.00 3 Uic College Prep 94 5 19 20 24 26 39 42 Total Time: 1:18:36.00 Average: 15:43.20 4 Simeon 104 7 11 23 30 33 34 Total Time: 1:20:45.00 Average: 16:09.00 5 Steinmetz 165 21 28 37 38 41 46 Total Time: 1:32:14.00 Average: 18:26.80 6 Lake View 196 27 31 43 47 48 Total Time: 1:45:33.00 Average: 21:06.60
On September 15, 2008 Lane Tech Boys and Girls varsity ran at the Gordon Tech Invitational held at Horner Park in Chicago. Also participating in the races was Public League schools Northside Prep and Lakeview. Below are just some of the pictures.
Josh Martin (in blue) of Crete-Monee leads the pack at the 1/2 mile mark of the boys varsity race at Gordon Tech.
Northside Prep boys are all smiles as they warm up prior to the race.
Kris Roof, Lane Tech head coach, talks with Dale Divinney head cross country coach at Mather. These two have helped the resurgence of cross country in the Public League the past several years.
Fernando Arroyo (sr) and James Wiatr (jr) of Lane Tech in action. Lane is looking to qualify for the state meet this year. If they are to do it, runners like Arroyo and Wiatr will play an important role.
Northside Prep girls in action. Northside girls were runner-up in the city last year at the girls varsity level.
Jenny Wojtas (21:01) was one of 5 Lane Tech runners to finish in the top 10.
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