By Lisa Morales - Our Lady of the Lakes School
Our Lady of the Lakes cross country team pose for a photo, from left: Coach German Garcia, seventh grader David Espinosa (finished in seventh place), fourth grader Joshua Kunkel (finished in sixth place), fourth grader Daphney Lagoue (finished in eighth place), third grader Sayaniz Zaldivar (finished in 18th place), seventh grader Michael Sanchez (finished first place), seventh grader Danielle Martinez (finished in first place), and Coach Astrid Segredo. Not shown: fourth grader Sofia Mendez (finished 25th place)
HIALEAH | Our Lady of the Lakes School hosted its second annual Cross Country Invitational at Amelia Earhart Park in Hialeah, Sept. 12, with 12 schools from the All Catholic Conference participating in the races. These included a 1.5 mile race for the boys and girls in the junior varsity division, and 2 miles for the boys and girls in the varsity division.
The Cheetahs performed very well with seven runners who finished in the top 25 in their respective races, including a sweep in the boys and girls varsity divisions with Michael Sanchez and Danielle Martinez finishing first overall.
Michael, a seventh grade student, finished the 2-mile course in 13:03; and Danielle, also in seventh grade, finished in 14:00. The Our Lady of the Lakes JV boys, JV girls, and varsity girls teams finished in fifth place overall, and the varsity boys team finished in third place overall.
