STORY: The Glendora High School cross country team’s catharsis has been to run, run hard and break records.
Shortly before the start of the season, longtime coach Don Sumner suddenly died.
“He knew we had big plans for this year,” said his son, Steve. “He saw a lot of potential in this team and he had high hopes for them.”
Steve Sumner, who has taken over for his father, has the Tartans boys and girls teams ranked in the CIF-Southern Section’s Division 2 polls and competing in the sweepstakes races at this weekend’s high school portion of the prestigious 66th annual Mt. SAC Invitational.
More than 500 schools will take part in the two-day meet on the 2.92-mile course. It begins Friday with competition among schools in divisions 3 through 5 and continues on Saturday with competition among schools in the top two divisions. There are 24 races on the schedule.