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As the fall sports season comes to a close, the Westlake Cross Country team couldn’t be happier with all the results from the season. At practice, during our workouts, and at the meets full of competition, Coach Smith reminded us to “leave it all on the course,” and that’s where we left it.
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By the end of the season, no one could tell the difference between a family and the cross country team.
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At the league meet against Briarcliff, Croton-Harmon, Valhalla, and Pleasantville, our girls team came in first with a combined score of 39, compared to the next team with 41 points.
Faith Summers, Mary Lyons, Arianna Edwards, and Alexandra Leitch came in 2nd, 5th, 7th, and 10th respectively to receive All League titles, and Joelle ElHamouche came in 15th to receive All League Honorable Mention titles.
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Apart from being undefeated the whole season against other teams in the league, the girls team had stunning performances all throughout the season and Coach Smith was proud. Faith Summers, at an invitational meet at Byram Hills, broke the JV girls course record.
The guys team didn’t do as well as the girls but they did have some stunning performances. Manny Corona came in 4th at the league meet and received an All League title and Austin You and Christopher Bauco came in 15th and 19th to receive All League Honorable Mention titles.
No competition ever scared the athletes and each challenge was tackled with the intense spirit and motivation of the Wildcats. The team looked forward to each meet in hopes to show off their hard work, dedication, athleticism and to make those who believed in them proud.
This was my first and last season doing Cross Country at WHS as a senior and it has been quite an experience that I wish I had started earlier in my high school
career.
Switching over from soccer after 3 years had its drawbacks but nothing will compare to what Cross Country had to offer.
It has been a proud and honorable opportunity to lead the team and watch everyone grow. At the beginning of the season, I watched freshmen stop running after 5 minutes of a workout, and by the end, I saw them pushing and giving it their all.