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BOYS' VARSITY
I. ADMIRING THE SUNRISE, the girls contemplate CROSS COUNTRY
their strategy for their race. SENIORS
II. WITH THE FINISH LINE IN SIGHT, Julia JOSEPH CABRAL
Montgomery (11) embarks on the final leg of her
race. MICHAEL VARNERIN
III. JUST KEEP RUNNING! Ryan Welch (11) races
past the competition at the state championship meet. JUNIORS
IV. BREAKING AWAY FROM THE PACK, our PCXC NICHOLAS ALIOA
boys prove their practice has paid off. ALEX CALDWELL
V. ON THEIR LAST MORNING TOGETHER, the JAKE GILBERT
team rises bright and early before compering in their JACOB MEISEL
state meet.
JAKE NACHLAS
V I. RUNNING OUT OF TIME, Katherine Jovanovic
(10) makes one final push as the clock winds down. JARRYD RAUCH
VII. LINED UP AT THE START, the runners join the JEFFERY ROBERTS
best of the state to begin their final race. NOAH SROUR
RYAN WELCH

SOPHOMORES
MATT ASNIS
BEN BRODY
MICHAEL CABRAL
CARSEN COGGESHALL
ALEC GUGEL
MICHAEL KENNEDY
RON KNEZEVICH
MATTHEW STEIN
RILEY WARD

MIDDLE SCHOOL
ZACH BLOSTEIN
GABRIEL ORTEGA
JABARI OWENS
JACK RIZZO
LUKE FATOVIC

COACH
PAUL BAUR

he Pine Crest Cross Country Team has had runs. In August, they trained in the mountains at
T the best season in history this year for both Camp Highlander in North Carolina, since the only
the girls and boys. From running on mud-
hills in South Florida are the 17th Street Causeway,
covered courses to racing in ankle-high water,
Personal Records were set, records were broken, and Three Mountains Park, and Vista View Park. To
these athletes, Cross Country is more than simply
fond memories were made. After the girls placed coming to practice everyday and running; they are
second at the State meet in 2012 and 2013, they a family united by the commonality that they’re
were determined to put their best feet forward crazy enough to run for miles just for the
at this year’s State meet. Doing just that, the love of it. The feeling of accomplishment and
team finished with only 10 points separating joy of completing 8x800m interval workouts
them from their first State Title. The girls’ team with their best friends is indescribable. None
took home their 6th District title and their 3rd of this would have been possible without this
Regional title. The boys’ team took home their year’s coaches, and the team would like to send
10th District title and their 1st Regional title. Both a big “thank you” to Coach Baur, Coach Brown,
teams finished 2nd at the state meet - the highest Coach Hop, Coach Phillips, Coach Arkin, Coach
finish in PC history! From the start of June through Bass, and Coach Jen for pushing them to achieve the
the end of November, the coaches pushed the best results possible! This year’s seniors will miss
team to complete the perfect combination of 12- their Cross Country family in the years to come.
mile long runs, V 02 Max workouts, and recovery

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