The Jerry Downey Classic is a cross country meet with JV and varsity races for both boys and girls from schools with enrollments of 1,800 students or less. The Coronado High School cross country team participated in the race on Sept. 27.
The Saints head cross country and track coach, Jerry Downey, founded the Saints Small School Invite in 1989 as an alternative to larger North County meets. The race was renamed the Jerry Downey Classic after Downey’s passing in 2015.
On Sept. 27, CIF Divisions 1, 2 and 3 competed in the same races.
In Division 4, the Coronado boys placed second behind Crawford High School, and the girls placed third behind Mission Bay High School and High Tech High. All races were run over the same 5,000-meter course.
Coronado’s top two girl runners were Gwynne Letcher, who ran 21:02.9, followed by Morgan Maske, who ran 21:03.0. The next three runners were Nadia Roos, Maesan Everitt, and Ava Schlomer.
The top boy finisher was Jack Letcher with 18:00 followed by Vincent Russo (18:22), Nathan Ayan (18:44), Xavier Marsh (19:45) and Andrew Buck (19:46).
The sixth and seventh runners were Nicholas Wosje and Tyler Horton. The top boys’ JV finisher was Anton Youngblood, with a personal record time of 20:53.
