Coronado’s freshmen girls won the D2 title at the 43rd Annual Mt. Carmel/Asics Cross Country Invitational on Sept. 16 at Morley Field in Balboa Park.
The event was the final tuneup before league competition begins for the Islanders, and the race attracted around 100 schools and 2,700 runners from around California.
There were 16 races by school size, with D1 being the largest schools and D2 being those with less enrollment.
Coach George Green said the challenging 3-mile course has rolling hills, one very steep hill and a half-mile down and up loop that’s run twice.
Morgan Maske, Carly DeVore lead girls
The best girls’ time for the Islanders was by Morgan Maske in the sophomore race with a seventh-place finish in 20:53.
Not far back in the freshmen race was Carly DeVore in seventh place with 21:23, followed by Gwynne Letcher, only 3 seconds back in ninth with a time of 21:26. Coronado’s third finisher was Maesan Everitt who clocked 22:49 in 15th place.
The last two across the line were Nadia Roos and Edie Alicandri to finish the scoring.
The outstanding team performance by the freshmen girls netted them the D2 title.
Rafael Roos leads boys team
For the boys, the best time came from Rafael Roos, who placed 21st in the senior boys race with a time of 17:21, followed by Jack Shumaker with 20:06.
The next best boys’ time was by Nathan Ayan with a 20th place finish in the sophomore race with a time of 18:05.
Coronado’s third best finish for the boys’ was turned in by Jack Letcher with a time of 18:14 for 32nd place in the junior boys’ race.
Meanwhile, Xavier Marsh ran 19:28 for 28th place in the boys’ junior race, followed by Tyler Horton with a time of 20:31.
Submitted by Coach George Green.
