Cross Country

October 5, 2006

 

Boys Cross Country Positioned to Take City;

Lane's Girls Team Edged Out by Northside Prep

 

October 4, 2006

Boys Cross Country (Northwest Sectional at Horner Park)

Whitney Young takes the top two individual spots in the boys varsity race but Lane Tech Boys first place in the team competition led by a 3rd place finish by Hugo Ramirez (16:23, 3.0 miles).

 

Girls Cross Country (Northwest Sectional)

Lane Tech's Stephanie Hughes finishes first (18:38, 2.0 miles) but Northside Prep led by a 2-3 finish by Rachel Kittaka and Mary Shellus upended Lane Tech by 5 points. Lane Tech will need an upset next Saturday in the City Championship in order to win their 4th straight Public League title

 

Freshman/Sophomore Cross Country Sectional Notes

  • Sophomore Shaeen Kazmi of Lane Tech won the girls Freshman/Sophomore race in 13:21 (2.0 miles). Teammate Jenny Wojtas was the second Lane finisher in 14:00.
  • Sophomore Luis Rodriguez won the boys Freshman/Sophomore race in 11:07.
  • Lane's won both the boys and girls Freshman/Sophomore races.
  • The Public League ran a non-scoring Freshman only race for the first time in the 2006 sectionals. A Lane won the individual girls race and a Mather runner won the individual boys race.

 

Cross Country Notes

  • The City Championship will be held Saturday, October 14 at Promotory Point.
  • Lane is the favorite to win the boys race with a battle between Whitney Young, Mather, and Northside Prep for second place. Those 4 teams have been the prominent boys cross country powers the last few years. Lane is led by seniors Hugo Ramirez, Kevin Beltran, and Joel Wojcik, and by freshman Kulayfi Haji. All four have run 3.0 miles in the low 16:00's this year.
  • Northside Prep, with a 5 point victory over Lane in the Sectionals is the favorite to upend Lane's 3 year championship reign.
  • Lane's Stephanie Hughes has been the city champion for the last 3 years. Look out for Whitney Young's two new individuals. One of them Rachel Joravsky finished a mere 20 seconds behind Stephanie Hughes at the Loyola Invitational earlier this year.