By Rebecca Hext
Staff Writer
On Oct. 8th, the Mira Costa boys and girls cross country teams ran at the Central Park Invitational in Huntington Beach for the first time in eight years.
The girls team finished first overall in the race. Senior Kelli Sugimoto led the team, finishing third overall with a time of 17:59, and senior Jenna Tong finished sixth overall with a time of 18:13. Sophomore Abby Hong followed closely with a time of 19:10, followed by senior Vivien Cherrette, who finished the race at 19:12.
“We had never run this race before so it was new and exciting,” Sugimoto said. “We performed extremely well for our first time.”
Costa boys placed second overall with senior Adam Perez placing ninth overall at 15:43 minutes. Senior Zachary Adler finished second for Costa with 16:01, followed by senior Travis Taylor with a time of 16:03, and senior Sammy Nunan at 16:18.
“We felt good about how we did as a team but not individually,” Perez said. “And we were pleasantly surprised with second place.”
The next meet takes place on Oct. 22 at the Mount Sac Invitational.
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