After a busy offseason of training and preparation, the Coronado High School Cross Country season kicked off on Oct. 1 with the inaugural cluster meet of the 2024 season. Coronado High competes in the Eastern League within the City Conference, with the likes of High Tech High School and La Jolla High School.
The meets are held on the 3.11 mile course at Morley field in San Diego, with 144 competitors spanning the various schools in the league. The Islanders had three runners finish in the top 25 in the boys race, with Nathan Ayan finishing 18th with a time of 18:02, Vincent Russo finishing 20th at 18:08, and Jack Letcher coming in 23rd at 18:21.
The Islanders had impressive showings at the JV level as well, with Austin Litteral finishing with the best time in the boys JV meet at 21:26. Despite impressive personal showing from boys runners on both the Varsity and JV levels, both boys teams were unable to leave victorious.
Conversely, both girls’ teams won their meets, led by Morgan Maske’s 5th place finish out of 74 runners with a time of 20:26. Gwynne Letcher also finished in the top ten, with an 8th place finish and a time of 21:04. The girl’s team is 2-0 this season, while the boys are 0-2.
As the season progresses, all Islanders runners will continue to look to improve in time for the league finals on Nov. 5, and the CIF Championships on Nov. 15.
