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Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Kennedy’s Kaylin Cantu has
career-best cross country run
PHOTOS BY BILL POEHLER | STATESMAN JOURNAL
Kennedy junior Kaylin Cantu placed third at the OSAA 3A/2A/1A state cross country meet at Lane Community College on Saturday, Nov. 5.
BILL POEHLER
STATESMAN JOURNAL
In the 3A/2A/1A state
cross country meet at
Lane Community College,
Kaylin Cantu continued
her ascent of the state
meet standings.
The junior from Ken-
nedy placed third in the
meet in 19:09, improving
on her previous finishes
of seventh and 10th at the
state meet.
Stephanie Finley of
Oregon Episcopal won in
18:30 and Bandon’s Sailor
Hutton was second in
18:36. But those two took
off so fast and Cantu knew
she couldn’t hang with
them so she raced for
third the whole time.
“I really wanted to stay
with Maya (Rayle) from
Catlin Gabel and just see
what she did,” Cantu said
of the girl she beat for
third. “And then I don’t
want to go out too hard be-
cause I don’t really have a
good finish, a good kick so
I just wanted to pace my-
self and make sure I had a
good finish.”
Kennedy sophomore
Alejandra Lopez poured it
on in the final mile to
move up to fifth from
eighth and finish in 19:31.
The Kennedy team of
Cantu, Lopez, Azaris Ve-
lazquez, Natividad Ortiz
and Clarissa Traeger
earned a fourth place tro-
phy with 150 points.
Also in the meet, Ken-
nedy boys placed 13th led
by Noe Jines’ 35th place
finish.
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Kennedy’s Alejandra Lopez (right) placed fifth at the OSAA Class 3A/2A/1A state cross country meet on Saturday, Nov. 5.