The Laughlin Cross-Country teams competed in the Lake Mead Invitational in Boulder City on Saturday. The event featured 8 separate high school races starting with the Freshman girls and the day ending with the Senior boys race. The teams competed over a 2.75 mile course of very rocky terrain. The poor footing combined with temperatures well into the 100’s provided a difficult challenge for all the athletes.
8 Alexandra started the day well for the Cougars earning a medal in the freshman girls race with a 6th place finish in 22:39. The freshman boys race featured Jacob Magaw who finished 46th in his racing debut. The Cougars had another medal winning performance in the Sophomore boys race with a 17th place finish by Devin Tilley in 18:30. Steven Koonce also competed in this race finishing 41st in 21:28.
8 In the Junior boys race, Derek Fajardo turned in a very strong performance with a 7th place finish in 17:04. Other juniors competing were Julian Estrada finishing 26th in 19:37 and Kyle Winters finishing 33rd in 20:06. Gracie Geremia finished 20th in the Senior girls race with a time of 24:35. Scott Eubanks ended the day with a strong 8th place finish in the Senior boys race with a time of 16:58. Also competing for Laughlin in this race were Shaun Rees with a 48th place finish in 21:44 and Josh Fajardo with a 52nd place finish in 22:50/
8 Quotes for Coach Lori Petrik:
“I thought the kids competed well under difficult conditions with the extreme heat and very rough course. We walked away with 4 medals today which is the most we’ve ever won at this race. Our 4 medal winners Alexandra, Devin, Derek, and Scott all looked very strong over the last mile of the race which is nice to see this early in the season.”
The Cougars will next compete on Tuesday, Sept 6th at the Del Sol Multiple in Las Vegas and will then travel to the Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday, Sept 10th.
