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Roadrunner Record
Braves, Best Team Ever At Roadrunner Classic

The Brave cross country team are full of surprises this week. After a dominating race during their Serra League cluster meet no one really expected a very special race from the Braves just two short days later. Thanks to the Braves' focus and hard racing most people were proved wrong. The Braves overwhelmed the competition to sweep the first four spots in the varsity race. They finished with a winning score of 17 points and a meet, course and school record of 79:37 for their five scoring runners. The Braves toped the previous best team time of 80:15 set by the 2000 team.

Flip-flopping once again were senior Luis Uribe and junior Randy Skillens. Uribe lead the entire race and finished in the top spot with a time of 15:43. Skillens was just behind in 15:45. Running in the third position for his team was once again Ephraim Barrios who finished third overall with a time of 15:56. Junior Luis Perez once again had a huge race for his team to record another PR and a fourth overall finish of 15:56. Gone our his freshman days of running 6:00 minute miles - this kid is for real! Racing strong in the fifth runner position was junior Kevin Urak who's time of 16:19 and 12th overall finish secured the team record and win (note: Urak finished in 12th but was awarded the 9 points because the runners in front of him were scored in the small schools division). Rounding out the top seven were senior Jon Sandoval and junior Matt Pruter. Sandoval lowered his PR once again to finish 16th overall with a time of 16:33. Pruter ran an improved race from just two days prior as he finished as 24th overall in a time of 16:50.

In lower level action the Braves were just as successful as they captured 1st place in the Junior Varsity section and 3rd place in the Freshman - Sophomore section. Leading the way for the JV Braves were seniors Matt Estrella (1st place - 16:43), Mahesh Gandhi (2nd place - 17:15) and junior Russell Gonzalez (4th place - 17:53). Freshman Luis Toapanta finished in 18:06 to pace the Frosh/Soph Braves.