Varsity cross country competed at the first Broward County Athletic Association (BCAA) race of the fall season Sept. 4 at Markham Park. The boys team finished first and the girls finished second.
“We are excited about our season. We have a young team, but are very committed to work hard and improve.” said varsity coach Thomas Johnson. “We have two victories under our belt and look forward to adding more to the season record. Our team consists of our highest academic achieving athletes, who are proud of their athletic and academic achievements,” the cross country and track coach said.
The cross country athletes worked hard and kept conditioning during the summer to help prepare for the new season. “I ran 500+ miles over the summer in preparation for the season and twice daily now that I am back in school,” junior Stefan Lugescu, and first-place winner of the meet, said.
Boys:
- Stefan Lungescu, 11: 1st place
- Chase Itzkowitz, 11: 2nd place
- Akshay Kumar, 12: 5th place
- Jose Munguia, 11: 7th place
- Henry Nathanson, 11: 10th place
- Jack Finneran, 12: 11th place
- Cashton Edwards, 11: 14th place
- Rohan Ravi: 22nd Place
- Andy Kizer, 12: 29th place
- Santiago Alvarez, 11: 42nd place
- Asher Bernstein, 9: 46th place
- Eric Wintrode, 11: 54th place
- Carter Debbs, 10: 59th place
- Colin Camp, 9: 61st place
Girls:
- Alexandra Palckar, 10: 1st place
- Cristina Alvarez, 9: 7th place
- Kheira Marouf, 10: 8th place
- Heidi Klink, 10: 14th place
- Rachari Wildgoose, 12: 16th place
- Audrey Duenas, 11: 18th place
- Sofia Ojeda, 10: 24th place
- Chloe Carega, 10: 39th place
Freshman Cristina Alvarez placed seventh in this competition. “I train every single day, including Saturdays, even when we don’t have practice at school. I couldn’t have gotten 7th without pushing myself past limits I had set for myself,” Alvarez said. (Photo/Hank Nathanson)
The boys team came together after their BCAA race to celebrate their accomplishments. “We did enough to win that meet, but I personally definitely didn’t run my best. Our goal is to compete for a championship come November, and the way we ran today, while it gave us a positive result, showed that we have work to do to reach that goal. We have a great coach and a really strong team, and we’re going to work very hard to continue to achieve the type of result that we got today all throughout the season,” junior Hank Nathanson said. (Photo/Stefan Lungescu)
