A shoe falling off and a down day from its best runner dropped Centennial to second place at the Class 4A state cross country meet Saturday at Craig Ranch Park.
Girls Cross Country
Pahrump Valley’s Bryce Odegard and Boulder City’s Sierra Selinger won the individual 3A titles as Tech won both team events.
Centennial junior Alexis Gourrier won the Sunset regional cross country championship and helped the Bulldogs to the team title.
Centennial’s boys cross country team had three of the top six runners on Monday to win the Bud O’Dea Classic freshman race at Desert Breeze.
DyeStatNV’s latest boys and girls cross country coaches polls.
Coronado’s boys cross country team placed two runners in the top five and edged Basic in a multi-team meet at Sonata Park on Tuesday.
DyeStatNV’s latest boys and girls cross country coaches polls.
DyeStatNV’s latest boys and girls cross country coaches polls.
Centennial’s Alexis Gourrier, who finished the 3.1-mile race in 17 minutes, 34.7 seconds, has finished first at the Las Vegas Invitational in each of her three years of high school.
Ian Jackson was part of the lead pack from the start before accelerating through the final mile to win the junior-senior boys race in 16:44.4 – more than 18 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
Preseason capsule information for the area’s girls cross-country teams, as submitted by coaches.
The Mustangs welcome back their top four runners from last year’s region championship team.
DyeStatNV’s preseason small-school boys and girls cross country coaches polls.
Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2015 fall sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.