Benicia Panthers take Six Way Race in Cross Country Meet

The Benicia High School Cross Country team looked very strong in their league opener on Wednesday with both the girls and boys varsity teams taking first place.  Especially heartening for the Panther girls was that the first five team members to cross the finish line were freshman.

Varsity Girls race:  Freshman Ellen Armour won the 3 mile varsity girls race with a time of 20:02.  Followed respectively by ALL freshman teammates Kaliegh Wright in 4th, Allie Yip 5th, Mady Hahn-Smith 6th, and Zoe Bumgarner in 7th rounding out the top 5 for Benicia.  There were 38 runners in the race. 

 Varsity Girls Score (lowest score wins)

 Benicia        23

Rodriguez    37

Vanden        67

American Canyon  Incomplete Team (need 5 runners to have a team)

Vallejo INC

Jesse Bethel INC

 Varsity Boys Race:  Junior Scot Yip won the race easily in a time of 16:21 followed by teammates Junior Adrian Coleman 3rd, Sophomore Nick Strohl 4th, Senior Mitchel Hammond 6th, and Senior Trevor Theobald in 8th rounding out Benicia top 5.

 Varsity Boys Score:

 Benicia                        22

Rodriquez                    60

Vanden                       77

American Canyon       108

Jesse Bethel             145

Vallejo                       146

Frosh/ Soph Boys.  Benicia took the first 9 places with sophomore Sam Love winning the 2 mile course in a time of 11:49