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Alverno Cross-Country Team Headed to CIF Prelims
Alverno Cross-Country Varsity and Junior Varsity squads were victorious in the Horizon League Finals held Nov. 4 at Eaton Canyon.
The Alverno School Varsity Cross-Country team is headed for another appearance at the CIF Southern Section Division 5 Prelim races at Mt. San Antonio College on Saturday, Nov. 13. There will be three heats for Division 5 Girls; each heat will have 13 schools, with five runners from each school.
The Alverno team is scheduled to compete in Race #6, Girls Division 5, Heat #3 at 8:52 a.m. Representing the Alverno Jaguars will be Eryn Blakely, Audrey Davy, Ashley Haylett, Bianca Melkonian and Miranda Akkari. Alternate runners are Adrianna Martinez and Sascha Rosemond.
The team ran the rugged and hilly 3-mile course at the 63rd Annual Mt. Sac Cross-Country Invitational on Oct. 22 and all runners posted personal best times.
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As a nice farewell gift to its graduating seniors, the Alverno X-Country Varsity and Junior Varsity squads were victorious in the Horizon League Finals held Nov. 4 at Eaton Canyon. The finals had been rescheduled from Nov. 3 due to high temperatures that exceeded CIF Southern Section regulations.
In contrast to the rainy and wet conditions at the previous meet at Eaton Canyon on Oct. 20, the League Finals meet was held under drier and much hotter conditions and it was reflected in slower times for all the runners competing.
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The top two runners that finished the race didn't change. Alverno's Eryn Blakely and Audrey Davy continued their 1-2 finish domination in Horizon League meets this year. Followed by Ashley Haylett, Bianca Melkonian and Jessica Lopez, the Jaguar Varsity squad finished on top over San Gabriel Mission and League leading Sacred Heart. Helping their teammates score that victory were alternate runners Miranda Akkari and Francesca Rueda.
Junior VarsityThe Junior Varsity team was also victorious. Led by Adrianna Martinez, Bella Daniels-Campos, Sascha Rosemond, Victoria Pintado and Devny Osuna with assists from teammates Reagan Dowd, Andrea Gochez-Wilson, Holly Coates, Nicolette Rodriguez and Madi Daniels-Campos.
At the conclusion of the meet, the Jaguars bid farewell to graduating seniors Miranda Akkari, Sahhara Assafiri, Audrey Davy, Kelly Janzen, Bianca Melkonian and Sacha Rosemond with songs, flowers, balloon, and beautiful sentiments expressed by their teammates. Next year, the JV squad will have to step up to fill the sneakers of the graduating seniors.