{"id":284531,"date":"2018-09-14T06:02:46","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T20:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=284531"},"modified":"2018-09-14T06:02:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T20:02:46","slug":"big-turnout-in-all-schools-cross-country-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/big-turnout-in-all-schools-cross-country-kickoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Big turnout in All Schools cross country kickoff"},"content":{"rendered":"
Runners head out to the course during the 2018 Northern Marianas Athletics All Schools Cross Country Series 1 held last Saturday at the CPA Airport Field. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not even an early morning shower could prevent over 180 students from joining the 2018 Northern Marianas Athletics All Schools Cross Country Series 1 held last Saturday at the CPA Airport Field.<\/p>\n

Runners in the U7 to U11 age groups were too excited to race in the rain-soaked course that some of them headed out the moment they heard whistles from one of the organizers. NMA volunteers had to chase the \u201clead pack\u201d to let them know that the race had yet to begin and the whistles were just to call the attention of runners and have them proceed to the starting line.<\/p>\n

Then once the race officially started, 70 runners from Saipan International School, Agape Christian School. Mt. Carmel School, William S. Reyes Elementary School, Saipan Community School, San Vicente Elementary School, Dandan Middle School, Kagman Elementary School, and Koblerville Elementary School, hurriedly headed out to the course to complete the nearly one-mile race.<\/p>\n

Mt. Carmel\u2019s Kaithlyn Chavez was the first to reach the finish line, as she timed in at 6:34.85 en route to topping the U11 division. One more MCS student made it to the Top 5 overall in the same age group with Ken Han clocking in at 7:54.74. WSR\u2019s Paul Sama came in second overall and first in the boys division with his 6:41.06 and was followed by SIS\u2019 Dana Lee (7:39.21) and San Vicente\u2019s Ken Helgen (7:53.48). Sama\u2019s schoolmates Mark Costales (7:55.09), Jerry Faimaw (8:08.21), and Jermaine Taitano (9:06.53) made it to the Top 10 along with SCS\u2019 Lola Guerrero (9:06.90), and Agape\u2019s Tom Jiang (9:35.45).<\/p>\n

In the U7 division, SIS had a 1-2 finish with Finn Altizer and Oliver McCallion checking in at 8:46.44 and 9:35.45, respectively. Agape\u2019s K. Escalan was ranked third overall after posting 9:53.68 and was followed by SCS\u2019 Ali Brasuell (10:22.48), SIS\u2019 Beatrice Gross (10:25.23), Agape\u2019s Hao Zheng Huang (10:51.91), San Vicente\u2019s Jude Rayphand (10:52.29), Koblerville\u2019s Edric Morales (10:55.52), Agape\u2019s Benjamin Cai (10:55.99), and San Vicente\u2019s Laila Igisomar (10:56.22).<\/p>\n

In the U9 division, SIS had another first place finish with Kelly McCallion leading 28 other runners after recording 6:41.40. SCS\u2019 Eugene So (7:28.40) and Daniel Malus (7:57.74) joined McCallion in the Top 3, while rounding out the Top 10 were San Vicente\u2019s Christopher Cruz (8:08.61), SIS\u2019 Logan Benson (8:48.26), Agape\u2019s Barbara Wang (9:01.71), SCS\u2019 Joshua Yoo (10:00.57), Mt. Carmel\u2019s David Xiao (10:22.81), Agape\u2019s Angelina Quan (10:25.23), and SIS\u2019 Phoenix Gross (10:36.17).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, results of the U13, U15, and U18 divisions were unavailable at press time. Runners in the U13 and U15 division did two laps of the same course, while U18 students had three.<\/p>\n

The second leg of the series of cross country races will be held this Saturday, also at the CPA Airport Field, starting at 7am. For the third leg, it will be held at the Saipan Country Club in Chalan Kiya on Sept. 22, while the 2018 Northern Marianas Athletics All Schools Cross Country Championship will take place on Oct. 13 with the venue to be announced later. Students must compete in at least one leg of the series to qualify in next month\u2019s final race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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