By Joshua Christensen
Cross country boys and girls teams earned ninth place at the NIAA 4A State Championship on Saturday, Nov. 5. Craig Ranch hosted the challengingly hot race.
“I feel like if I can run [six] miles in 102° [weather], I can probably do anything, ” Haley Cromwell, sophomore, said.
Despite the heat, of the seven boys and seven girls who went to state, six of them broke their personal records.
“There were so many amazing runners, especially from the north part of the state. They inspired me to push harder, and I was able to reach a personal best time. I’ve loved running cross country this year, and I’ve loved the sense of unity on the varsity team, ” Claire Rawlins, freshman, said.
In cross country, team scores are earned from the first five finishers’ places. These are added up, and the lowest score wins. Rawlins and Nathan Cromwell, senior, finished eighteenth and thirty-third helping pull Coronado into the ninth slot with 205 and 210 points respectively.
“[It was a] pretty good year; I mean we made state. I would like to see us do a little bit better in this race, but overall I think we did okay, ” Coach Tondryk said.
