Trenten Zahn finished in 17:38, 26th overall

From Coach Carstens:

Verona hosted the Whitewater Whippet cross country teams on a cloudy, rainy, muddy day on Saturday. Although the conditions weren’t favorable to getting good traction, countless Whippets improved immensely from their first race of the year at Alumni a week prior.

Trenten Zahn had a breakout race in a field that included 23 teams of all divisions and looked quite strong finishing in 17:38, good enough for a medal in the stacked field and 26th overall. Freshman Gio Anello also got tested for the first time and ran a superb race as a young Whippet. He placed 51st with a time of 18:20. Notably, Gio was the 3rd best freshmen in this large invite. Aidan Coburn, Will Hofmann, and Cooper Hammond chopped large chunks of time off their previous mark and wrapped up the team score good enough for 16th overall. Leading the charge in the JV race and knocking on the door of the Varsity team was first-time racer Manny Rodriguez. He finished 156th out of 464 finishers in his race and a time of 21:35. He paced the team to a team finish in 20th overall.

The girls’ program was once again led by senior Nicole Tomomitsu. In between wrapping up her final shows this Labor Day weekend for the Tommy Bartlett Ski show, Nicole was able to have a good showing running a 22:30 and finishing 60th overall in the sloppy conditions. Crystal Chan, Jenna Lee, and Olive Coburn also competed in the Varsity race and improved their times over last week. The Varsity had an incomplete team score. In the JV field, things were led by freshmen Jenny Villarreal finishing in 323rd and the team finished in 16th place overall.

Both teams will not be racing the following week to get some good training in and adjust to school life once again. The next meet is slated for Tuesday, Sept. 11th in Marshall.

Full results can be found at this link: https://www.whs.wwusd.org/page/3155