OVS hosted the opening cross country meet of the Condor League season on Wednesday, with both the boys’ and girls’ teams earning second place finishes on the day.
Juniors Jacob Tadlock and Erick Liang led the way for the boys, posting Top Ten finishes in a race that featured more than 70 runners from six schools. Sophomore Bill Liu, and juniors Peter Weckerle and Kase Skillern, rounded out the top five runners for the Spuds.
On the girls side, senior runner Gilim Bae had an outstanding race, finishing in second place with a time of 24:06 on the tough, there-mile PI course. While Gilim’s finish put the team in good position to perform well as a team, freshmen Jolene Fan and Avery Colborn were invaluable to securing the Spuds second-place spot, as both had strong finishes in their first-ever cross country meet.
Despite a limited amount of time to train since the start of the school year, OVS cross country coach Fred Alvarez has been busy preparing his runners for their initial outing, while getting them to understand there is a long season ahead.
“I couldn’t be more proud of the way runners on both teams performed,” Mr. Alvarez said. “They showed a lot of heart on this really tough course. These runners are getting better all the time, and I can’t want to see their progress as the season goes on”
OVS runs again next Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 3 p.m. at Laguna Blanca.