Sep 14, 2007
CBA brings home three first place finishes
Crested Butte
Academy, home to the
winter/mountain sport and high elevation training and education program, is
proud of its cross-country running team, which had a victorious meet at the
Leadville Invitational on Saturday, September 8.
The team returned home with three first-place finishes and one second-place
finish against several Front Range Colorado
schools.
Matt Galley was tested in his middle school 1.5-mile race but dug deep to take
first in a close finish with the time of 9:16. Galley ran the distance just
under two minutes faster than his race at the Delta Invitational meet on
Saturday, September 1.
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In the high school girls' race, Maddison Garcia and
Colleen Campbell performed brilliantly to take first and second place. Garcia,
who is having a great season, raced strongly to finish first in 21:09, three
minutes faster than her efforts in this event last year. Campbell, who has
raced at altitude only once, finished second behind Garcia with the time of
22:23.
Senior Joe Bosshard dominated his race and continued with his impressive form
from last season, winning the high school boys' race in 17:40, over a minute
ahead of the opposition.
Crested Butte Academy's cross-country director Trent
Sanderson was impressed with his team's results and ability to perform at the
high elevation at Leadville.
"The race was run at a high altitude, between 10,500 to 11,200 feet, which is
possibly the highest elevation for a cross-country meet in North
America and even the world," Sanderson says.
The team's next big meet will be the Maymont Cross-Country Festival in Richmond, Virginia
on Friday, September 28.