On Saturday the Cyclones and Lady Cyclones traveled to Agri Park in Fayetteville to compete in the Chili Pepper Festival hosted by The University of Arkansas. The conditions were ideal and as result the meet was a huge success for both teams.
Junior Carson Walker ran the 5th fastest Chili Pepper time (15:50) in school history! Senior Jaxon Smith was not far behind him running 16:21 which was a 15 second personal best. The Cyclones were able to finish ahead of all 5A competition on Saturday. The depth that is developing was the key. Sophomore Oliver Castro has been making big jumps the last three weeks, he PR’d in 17:07. Jeremy Amaya and Anmol Shretha also PR’d going 17:21 and 17:30 to round out the scoring. Cooper Rogers broke 18 and Ezra Witter clocked 18:10 a PR.
Amazingly, nearly all the Lady Cyclones PR’d. It was a tremendous performance for such a young team. Sophomore Grace Ruple is the unquestioned leader getting a huge personal best of 20:22. The great times continued with Anna DeCosta (20:41) and freshman Emerson Brown (20:41). Junior Alyvia Davis was 4th in 21:36. Sophomore Quinn Schaefer rounded the scoring with a big PR of 22:21. Anna Beth Miller was close behind in 22:42, followed by Ashlyn Latus 22:50 and Harper Miller in 23:37. All three PR’d.
Freshman Issac Paul ran in the boys junior high race on Friday night in Fayetteville. He finished an amazing 10th out of 550 runners in 10:47. He will race next week with the varsity. The junior teams traveled to Ozark on Saturday to compete in the Hillbilly Run. The junior boys perfect scored the field, having the first 7 scorable runners cross the finish line in the 2 mile race. Asher Trigg was the overall winner for the second week in a row in 11:01 He was followed by Doug Lovan 5th, Hank Walker 8th, Reed Shin 9th, Tony Acosta 10th, Daniel Romero 13th and Maddox Wesley 12:45. The junior girls were missing many runners but were still able to finish second by 1 point. Caroline Payne has emerged as the top runner, finishing 4th in 14:23. Classmate Shaleigh Jackson was 13th, Areana Alvarez 14th, Zola Prati 19th and Claire Miller rounded out the scoring in 20th.
The varsity returns to action on Saturday at Oaklawn Park for The Lake Hamilton Invitational. The Junior High teams are off until Oct 20th at Lamar.