On November 10, 2018, the Montgomery Catholic Preparatory
School Cross Country team competed at the AHSAA State Championship at the
Oakville Indian Mounds XC Course. For the first time together, both the
Catholic Girls and Boys teams walked away as the state's 4A champion.
The Catholic girls were led by senior Amaris Tyynismaa. Crossing the finish line first at 17:44.21, Tyynismaa finished
nearly a minute and a half ahead of the second place finisher, Catholic
freshman Lily Bachl, who crossed the finish line at 19:04:41. Senior Isabelle Cochran finished strong at 19:44.87, securing fourth place overall.
Teammates Grace Leslie, Ann Cobb, Katie Galvin, Chloe Smith, Virginia Speirs, Samantha
Day, and Kathleen Madden all finished the race and took Montgomery Catholic
girls to the top, crowning them as the state champions. Amaris Tyymismaa also took home her fifth consecutive individual champion title.
For the Catholic boys, senior Grant Walker took fourth
overall with a time of 16:34:48, and sophomore Hollis Johnson and senior Zachary
Kroeger finished at 6th and 7th place, respectively. Strong
finishes from teammates Sam Leslie, Manny Caceres, Chris Valencia, Cole Pierce,
Joseph Schmidt, Austin Cleghorn, and Harrison Skala secured the boys’ place at the
top and earned them the state championship.
It has been an outstanding season for the Racing Knights,
making their coach Ed Wright very proud of the hard work by the 2018 Catholic
Cross Country Team.
Congratulations Knights!
