A bus load of Downey XC runners got up very early yesterday morning for the challenge that is the hilly course at Willow Hills Res. in Folsom.
The F/S girls barely had time to use the bathroom and warm up before their race started. Anna Casas again traded with Alicia and anchored the team. She got out well, but the gruelling course took its toll. She crossed the line in 70th place, 16:46 for the 3.4K course. Behind her the trio of Deja Martin, 84th (17:11); Eleni Quick 95th (17:31); and Carolyn Fraze 98th (17:35) all ran strong races. Abby Homan was the last Downey finisher and completed the scoring. She has struuggled this season with fitness and injured knees. I could see in her eyes that the rocky trails were hard on her body, but she finished the race as her team needed her to do. Teamwise they finished 14th out of the 15 competing teams.
The Varsity girls were up next on the 5K double loop. Rory Jiminez fell at the starting line. Amazingly she recovered one step at a time and ended up running a solid race finishing 71st (23:09). The first Knight across the line was Sierra Durham in 46th (21:54). It was a somewhat dissappointing and slower than hoped performance. Behind Sierra and Rory was the trio of Natalie Franco 76th (23:19); Madeleine Souza 80th (23:32); and Rocio Ramirez Castro 86th (23:43). Rocio and Natalie went out very fast and gave back ground as the race progressed. Rory and Maddi started slower and gained. They all seemed to meet in the middle. After the scoring 5, Katie Scheder 111th (24:52) and Alicia Bargas 121st (25:15) struggled. Katie's hip was hurting and Alicia is still adjusting to the move from 2mi to 3mi. The final Downey competitor was Jennifer Hernandez who place 141 (27:56). Overall the team finished 12th out of 19 teams with 305 points. They were only one point and .7 secs behind rival MoHi. They were the 6th DI Sac Joaquin team to finish which still bodes well for their hopes of finishing in the top 10 teams at Sub-sections in 3 weeks.
The Varsity boys took the course after the girls. Andrew was running for the first time since spraining his ankle two weeks ago. He suffered through a subpar performance finishing in 67th place (18:33). Guadalupe was the next Knight across the line in 108th (19:40). Danny Mauricio continues to improve as he gains confidence and experience. He finished in 125th in 20:08. Rounding out the Downey cast was Pierson Devers in 148th (20:40); Kenji Soares 149th (20:41); Justin Goering 155th (20:54) and Emanuel Garibay 178th (22:28). Justin was the 6th frosh to finish in this race and will be a real factor for Downey in the future. Teamwise they finished 20th out of 25 teams.
In the JV girks 5K Yaneli Ortiz was 56th (29:08), Caroline Nuon was 81st (32:44) and Jessica Fraze was 87th (34:19).
In the JV boys race Tanner Walsh was the first Downey finisher in 59th (21:47). Behind Tanner, Tyler Bingham was 70th (22:08); Gerson Zuniga was 72nd (22:11); and Seiji Soares was 75th (22:15). The rest of the team followed at some distance struggling on the hilly course. Alec Carson was 94th (22:54), Gabe Juarez was 101st (23:12), Francisco Solorzano was 112st (24:28), Alex Thomas was 119th (25:03) and Theron Gunderson was 137th (27:37).
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