The Shamrocks cross country team hit several individual milestones in their last meet, the DePaul College Prep Ram Invitational/Catholic Cup, on Saturday, September 8th.
Led by sophomore Sergio Mendieta, who ran a season best time of 17:06, the varsity team finished 7th out of 31 teams. Mendieta placed 13th overall, earning himself an individual medal and six of the seven varsity runners ran career or season personal best times.
Sergio Mendieta ’21 – 17:06 (Season PR)
George Jimenez ’20 (39th) – 17:48 (Career PR)
Humberto Martinez ’19– 18:28 (Season PR)
Angel Martinez ’20 – 18:43 (Career PR)
Aidan Lewis ’21 – 19:10 (Career PR)
Joshua Esquilin ’21 – 19:53 (Career PR)
Juan Celio ’21 – 22:23
The Freshmen/Sophomore team also competed in the DePaul College Prep Ram Invitational/Catholic Cup. Freshman Sebastian Martinez led the way for the Shamrocks with his 36th place finish in a time of 20:11. The team finished 11th out of 24 teams.
Sebastian Martinez ’22 – 20:11 (Career PR)
Emmett Leyden ’22 – 21:40 (Career PR)
Alex Ortega ’21 – 22:36 (Career PR)
Riley Joyce ’21 – 22:38 (Career PR)
Nevin Orleans ’22 – 25:39 (Career PR)
Fabian Sotelo ’21 – 26:46 (Career PR)
The Shamrocks also competed in the Open Division of the DePaul College Prep Ram Invitational/Catholic Cup. Senior Jason Vazquez led the Shamrocks in this race with his 37th place finish.
Jason Vazquez ’19 – 21:18 (Season PR)
Daniel Hernandez ’20 – 26:53 (Season PR)
Gilbert Villegas ’21 – 30:38 (Season PR)
Carlos Olivera ’22– 31:01 (Career PR)
This weekend, the team will compete in the Whitney Young Invitational (Saturday, 9 am). Next weekend they have meets on both Saturday (Niles West Invitational, 9 am) and Sunday (Ida Crown Invitational, 2 pm).
