Girls Cross Country: Nunez a step above
Runnner of the year: Jessica Nunez
School: South Hills
Grade: Junior
Notable: Nunez finished the season the way she began - as the top girls runner in the area. She opened the fall by winning the Fastback Shootout at Mt. San Antonio College and completed it with a solid showing at the CIF State cross country championships. In between were solid performances, including a personal best time of 16 minutes, 55 seconds at the Woodbridge Invitational, where she finished sixth overall. Her season began on a hot and sunny day in Walnut at the Fastback Shootout on Sept. 8, when she turned in a stunning time of 11:33 to take first. But more importantly to her, she beat rival Hillary Hayes of Edison High School, who finished 18 seconds behind. She then went to Woodbridge and finished a strong sixth with a personal record of 16:55. Nunez was the dominant runner in the San Antonio League, earning MVP honors after sweeping several league meets and finishing first at league finals with a steady 18:11 time. She followed that up with a sixth-place finish in the Division II race at the CIF-SS championships with a time of 17:43. Nunez concluded the season with a 13th-place finish and a time of 18:26 at the state
Quotable: "The highlight for me was at the Woodbridge Invitational. I really wanted to use that (event as a barometer) and I was really pleased to run that 16:55."
Coach of the year: Dave McKissick, South Hills
First Team
Marissa Horton, St. Lucy's, Fr.
Liz Zuniga, South Hills, Jr.
Angela Tu, Wilson, Jr.
Lenore Moreno, West Covina, Sr.
Natalie Decamp, Charter Oak, So.
Second Team
Lauren Justus, Glendora, Jr.
Amanda Camarillo, South Hills, Jr.
Priscilla Llanos, Rowland, Fr.
Reina Sotelo, Los Altos, So.
Heather Jackson, Bonita, Fr.
Comments
Congratulations to all!
Marisa Horton and Priscilla Llanos are also freshman, great job.
Posted by: XC fan | January 4, 2008 1:06 PM
Congratulations to Dave Mc Kissick and the girls cross country team at South Hills. It's about time Dave has gotten the respect he deserves along with the other Husky sports. Good job Jessica, Amanda and Liz. Way to represent the class of 2009. Your counselor, Mr. Fisch
Posted by: Scott Fisch | January 3, 2008 5:12 PM
Congratulations to Dave Mc Kissick and the girls cross country team at South Hills. It's about time Dave has gotten the respect he deserves along with the other Husky sports. Good job Jessica, Amanda and Liz. Way to represent the class of 2009. Your counselor, Mr. Fisch
Posted by: Scott Fisch | January 3, 2008 5:10 PM
Congrats to the girls South Hills Cross Country team and it's coach Dave Mc Kissick. It is about time the Cross Country program at South Hills has gotten some respect to go along with it's other sports. Jessica, Liz and Amanda, way to go!!! Way to represent the class of 2009. Your counselor, Mr. Fisch
Posted by: Scott Fisch | January 3, 2008 5:07 PM
4 comments?, going, going, gone..........please say no more! Remember too much running is bad for the joints and testacles.
Posted by: Joe Blow | January 3, 2008 2:59 PM
Jade is the perfect name, like in jaded
Posted by: james crap on the rock | January 3, 2008 2:55 PM
Joe Blow,
By the way, five times more high school kids participate in Cross country than all high school sports put together. Look it up. You might learn something. Ladys, Great job for all your hard work!
Posted by: coach | January 2, 2008 8:18 AM
Lauren Justus is a frosh, and a well deserved honor for Nunez.
And Joe Blow, if you're gonna say that anything other than pointy ball is for "retards", you might want to include a verb in the sentence.
I'm tempted to think half the football posts on this blog are put there by football haters to make football people look stupid.
Posted by: Tar'en Supporter | January 1, 2008 7:15 PM
Can't wait till football season begins. This stuff for retards.
Posted by: Joe Blow | January 1, 2008 11:54 AM