Cate Cross Country vs Condor League
October 2, 2018
The Cate Cross Country teams hosted their second home meet in two weeks and had a successful day on their home course. The girls’ squad, paced by the first three finishers, finished well ahead of the four team field with 33 points. Anna DiSorbo ’22 and Meena Baher ’22 were within a second of their times from last week, finishing in 20:39 and 20:51 respectively. Co-captain Bella Hillyer ’19 improved her time by three minutes to finish third in 21:53. Ava Weinstein ’20 had easily the best race of her Cate career and picked up a vital fourth place for Cate with a time of 26:12 (11th). Ari Sterling ’21 gutted out a remarkable fifth place, battling breathing problems in the heat to finish 16th in 27:02.
In the boys race, Midland finished the first three runners, who led their team to a narrow 29-33 victory over the Rams. In a tight pack, Cate runners took the next four places with co-captain Josh Shields ’19 in 4th (18:34), Tesfa Asmara ’20 in 5th (18:51), co-captain Abnner Olivares ’19 in 6th (18:58), and Nick Patrick ’22 in 7th(18:59). Shine Kato ’21 made a huge improvement to power into the fifth slot for Cate, with an 11th place finish in 19:51. Cate finished well ahead of the other four teams in the race.
Girls:
Cate 33, Ojai Valley 51, Laguna Blanca 58, Midland 70, NS: Dunn, Bishop Diego
Boys:
Midland 29, Cate 33, Laguna Blanca 108, Dunn 113, Coastal Christian 115, Ojai Valley 147
NS: Bishop Diego