Cross Country – League Finals

November 8, 2019

The Cate Rams had four excellent races at the TCAA League Finals at Lake Casitas this afternoon.  The girls’ varsity team finished second behind the powerful Foothill Tech Dragons but ahead of long time nemesis Thacher.  Sophomore Anna DiSorbo finished second and lowered her Cate best ever time on the challenging Lake Casitas layout with a finish of 19:20.  Fellow sophomore Meena Baher wasn’t far behind, finishing 4th in 20:12, which vaults her to the #3 all time spot for Cate at Casitas.  For their efforts, both Anna and Meena were named to the TCAA All League First Team.  Cate’s next two runners, both freshmen, had great races and earned second team all league.  Kendall Thorne was 8th in 20:51, followed by Lylie Bechtel, 13th in 21:52.  A third freshman, Thalia Tom, rounded out the top five with an 18th place finish in 22:30.  The top five girls earned medals for finishing in the top 25, as did sophomores Kennedy Simpson (19th) and Ella Gardner (20th).  The boys finished third behind strong Foothill Tech and Thacher teams.  Senior Tesfa Asmara completed his regular season by earning all league honors with a fifth place finish in an excellent time of 17:06, his best at Lake Casitas by 30 seconds.  Sophomore Nick Patrick capped a fine season with second team all league honors, 13th in 18:13.  The harriers placed a strong pack in 17th, 18th, and 19th place, all earning medals.  These were sophomore Andrew Busse (18:51) who is crashing Cate’s top five, junior Shion Kato (18:56) making a late season rush, and steady sophomore Peter Wood (18:59).

The roughly twenty five athletes who run jv haven’t gotten much press this season, but they had their moment in the sun today, as both the boys and the girls finished second behind Foothill and ahead of Thacher.  The boys were led by senior co-captain Dylan MacFarlane and freshman Sage Hou and Filip Sentypal.  Freshman Phebe Hancock and Zosia Ingram paced the Lady Rams.
Both varsity teams qualified for the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 5 Championships, to be contested in Riverside next Saturday, November 16th.