Trojans run to frosh-soph boys championship

At the ever-intense WACC cross country meet, the CVHS frosh-soph boys won their race.

The WACC meet is a three-mile race, split by gender and sports ranking (frosh-soph, junior varsity, varsity). It is hosted to find the best runners to go onto the NCS. It was held at Hayward High School on Nov. 8.

For the frosh-soph boys, sophomore James Masculine and freshman Dylann Reyes nearly tied at 17:46.12 to 17:46.67, for fourth and fifth place respectively, in pursuit of the Alameda runner just a second ahead. The Trojans defeated the Bishop O’Dowd Dragons by 43 to 63; lower scores in cross country are better.

Reyes, and Connor Liang achieved PRs (personal records) with their performances.

In the girls varsity race, Iliana Nierengarten got third place at 18:11.44, nearly 20 seconds ahead of the fourth place Berkeley runner as per the coaches hopes and dreams against Berkeley. Masha Kryuchkova got tenth place and a PR at 19:43.37, followed in seconds by Camellia Moler in 12th place, 19:46.23. The Trojans took third place with 70 points.

In the boys varsity race, Isaac Ovalle got fourth place at 16:08.12, a PR and again nearly 20 seconds ahead of the sixth place Berkeley runner, as per the coaches’ will. Isaac Garcia got 25th place at 17:12 flat (0 milliseconds). Juwan Guillory got 27th at 17:16.37. The Trojans took sixth place.

“We hold our own against the whole league. as we always do. So, I’m really proud of all you guys,” said coach Dino Cardiasmenos. “Overall, I think we did really well. You guys worked hard. We always want to run a little faster, obviously, but overall, you guys did really well. A good body of work, over the course of the year. It’s a long season and a hard season.”

Overall, a strong debut season for the freshman boys, and another great season for CVHS.