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After being deemed eligible the day prior, Hailey Hesterman made her statement in style. The tiny eigth grader set a new course record running a 19:47 and winning the Varsity girls three mile race by over a minute. Hailey has been very patient over the last few weeks waiting to run for the Varsity team. She was chomping at the bit to get her chance to run and she got it today. No one deserved to win more than she did and we are so proud of her. This little girl is the real deal and she will do great things at Calvary and years beyond if she sticks with it. Teammates Ashlen Grantham and Kelsey Wildes also finished with top ten honors placing eigth and ninth respectively in the 70 person race.
Reigning State 4A XC champ, Mitch Landry (Haughton)and 2A State Track Champ Enrique Soto(Lakeside) battled for the individual title in the boys race with Landry coming out on top in the 107 man race. The top five finishers in the race were all current All Staters throughout thier respective divisions. Calvary's own All Stater, John Broughton rounded out the top five with a new personal record of 16:58 over three miles. John has really come a long way in such a short career of running. He is starting only his second year of cross country and has already developed a resume that takes years for most kids to develop. Coach Jeremy and I love this kid and believe he has what it takes to go on to the next level. Teammates Josh Hudson:18:24, James Kunkel: 18:47, and Mark Blume also shared personal bests for thier career today. The talent in the boys race was unbelievable! It is nice to see North Louisiana runners with the ability to not only do something individually state wide but also to battle for some team honors.
5 A power, CE Byrd won the girls varsity division with Cedar Creek and Calvary closely trailing while Parkway and Choudrant finished first and second on the boys side.
Reigning State 4A XC champ, Mitch Landry (Haughton)and 2A State Track Champ Enrique Soto(Lakeside) battled for the individual title in the boys race with Landry coming out on top in the 107 man race. The top five finishers in the race were all current All Staters throughout thier respective divisions. Calvary's own All Stater, John Broughton rounded out the top five with a new personal record of 16:58 over three miles. John has really come a long way in such a short career of running. He is starting only his second year of cross country and has already developed a resume that takes years for most kids to develop. Coach Jeremy and I love this kid and believe he has what it takes to go on to the next level. Teammates Josh Hudson:18:24, James Kunkel: 18:47, and Mark Blume also shared personal bests for thier career today. The talent in the boys race was unbelievable! It is nice to see North Louisiana runners with the ability to not only do something individually state wide but also to battle for some team honors.
5 A power, CE Byrd won the girls varsity division with Cedar Creek and Calvary closely trailing while Parkway and Choudrant finished first and second on the boys side.
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Way to go Hailey!!!!! I am very proud of you, you left your foot prints here on the west coast as a Cheetah, breaking conference records and now your doing it for Calvary.....Keep it up!!!!! You west coast running family ALL miss you and we are all proud of you. You may be petite but you are definitely a POWERHOUSE!!! You go girl!!
Coach Kathleen
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