Devin Paredes concluded his spectacular cross country season with a #3 finish in the 13-14 division at USATF National Junior Olympics. Photo by Julie Cleveland.
The Richmond Track & Field Club, headed by Maggie Walker Governor's School coach Jim Holdren, took a large group of Richmond area Virginia high school cross country runners to the USATF National Junior Olympic XC Championships in San Antonio, Texas this past weekend. A good number of those individuals will be returning back to Virginia as USATF All-American after top 25 finishes in their age group races.
The Sentinels Striders earned a bit of history at the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross-Country Championships in Texas. For the first time in the club’s history, one of its teams captured a national title. Led by a runner-up effort from Wickford native Sam Toolin, the Striders’ age 11-12 squad took first-place honors by defeating the Indiana All-Stars, 81-101.
On a pleasantly warm day in San Antonio, where the temperatures crept into the 60s, the age groupers settled it all for another year.
Olivia Hayden trades in her black-and-orange for Penguin colors (black-and-white, I believe) on Saturday. Photo by Paul Jaeger.