- CIF Sac-Joaquin

The Oak Ridge High School cross country athletes had a blast competing in the Grizzly 3200 on Oct. 19 at Granite Bay High School. Twenty-two teams participated in the meet that hosted 20 races (13 boys' races and seven girls' races). Athletes were placed in races according to their times in a 3200, during which several Oak Ridge athletes obtained a personal record. Racing conditions were ideal with no wind and cool temperatures in the morning and mild temperatures in the afternoon. The first-place finishers in each race received a teddy bear. Oak Ridge had nine athletes win a race and quite a few Trojans placed in the top three in their race, which put them on the podium. Senior Addie Clinton and junior Oscar Carrillo got things started with a bang for the Oak Ridge cross country athletes. Addie had a strong performance in the fastest girls' race. She looked terrific throughout the entire 3200 meter race and placed first with a huge personal record of 10:52.89. Addie had the fastest time for the girls at the meet and her time was the seventh fastest all-time for Oak Ridge. Oscar raced very strong in the second fastest boys' race to win it with a significant personal record of 9:39.50. He had the ninth fastest time for the boys at the meet and the 11th fastest all-time for Oak Ridge. Oak Ridge's teddy bear winners Addie Clinton, senior, 10:52.9 Marea Deckmann, junior, first high school race, 14:12.41 Oscar Carrillo, junior, 9:39.50 Thomas Capelli, junior, 9:48.42 Ben Gutierrez, freshman, 10:34.55 Linden Pike, sophomore, 10:37.55 Charley Fryer, sophomore, 11:52.01 Rocco Danielson, sophomore, 11:55.33 The next meet for the Oak Ridge cross country team is the Sierra Foothill League Championships at William Jessup University on Saturday, Nov. 2. Facebook Twitter Email Print Copy article link Save

Oak Ridge cross country athletes run for bears