Cross Country Takes the Cake, Again

Congratulations to the JPII boys and girls cross country teams! Both teams won the Sea-Tac League Cross-Country Championships on Thursday, Oct. 21.

The boys won their sixth consecutive Sea-Tac League Cross Country Championship, while the girls won their third straight league title. Congrats to Trevor and Vivi for winning the individual titles tonight. Both were named the Most Valuable Players (MVPs) of the Sea-Tac League. Congrats to all of our runners who placed in the top seven at the meet. The Eagles swept the top seven places in the meet on the girl’s side and scored a perfect score of 15. The boys had a fantastic score of 18 and had six of the top seven runners in the race tonight.

Have you seen the great article in ThurstonTalk about the JPII XC Team – check it out.

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