Category: Cross Country

Story by Amber ChenStaff Writer Photo by Isabelle WhetselContributor Cross country team dominated at the Mount SAC Invitational, one of the largest high school meets in the nation with over 14,000 runners, on Friday, Oct. 25.  The boys and girls teams both competed in the highly competitive D-III, IV, and V Individual Sweepstakes races. Despite […]

Story by Amber ChenStaff Writer Photo by Alex ParraWebmaster & Videographer The SPHS cross country team asserted its dominance at the second Rio Hondo League meet on Tuesday, Oct. 15.  After competing at the Clovis Invitational just three days ago, many runners ran a minute or more slower than usual. Still, the boys finished in […]

Story by Amber ChenStaff Writer Photo courtesy of Michael ParkinsonContributor The cross country team took its varsity runners and top JV runners to the Clovis Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 12. Instead of the usual three mile race, the course was five kilometers long, but the Tigers still fared very well. The girls varsity team placed […]

Photo by Philson HoContributor Cross country ran at the Dana Hills Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 28. The Tigers fared well, with three teams earning top three finishes. Senior Sam Clark was the only South Pasadena runner to compete in the senior Division I race, individually placing 40th with a time of 15:25.1. Ian Wang led […]

Photo by Sean JinStaff Photographer The cross country team excelled in its first Rio Hondo League meet at Lacy Park on Thursday, Sept. 26. With favorable weather conditions, the team gave a stellar performance. The girls team placed second and the boys team placed first. Senior Sam Clark led the charge, completing three miles in […]

Photo by Nick KalawContributor The varsity cross country team ran its first race of the season at the Woodbridge Invitational, setting a multitude of new personal record, on Friday, Sept. 20. The boys team placed fifth out of 29 schools, while the girls placed ninth overall out of 35 teams. Although top runner sophomore Sydney […]

Courtesy of Fidel T. Rodriguez Divine Forces Media The South Pasadena boys’ cross country team placed tenth in the Division IV state cross-country championships this past weekend at Woodward Park in Fresno. The team’s participation at Woodward Park marked the first time in 29 years that South Pasadena competed at the state championship level. With […]

Photo by Sophie Yeung Staff Photographer SPHS cross country came out on top in its second league meet of the season on Thursday, October 11. Both the girls and boys varsity runners earned their teams’ first place, prevailing over their most rigorous and perhaps only true competitor — La Cañada. Despite resting some of their […]

Photo by Sophie Yeung Staff Photographer The varsity cross country teams met high expectations set by past seasons in their first league meet on Thursday, Sept. 20. The girls’ and boys’ teams placed second and first overall respectively, just as they did last season in the three mile course at Lacy Park. Both the girls’ […]

Photos by Helena Fu  Contibuting photographer  The SPHS boys and girls’ cross country teams have shown dominance within the Rio Hondo League in the past three years. The varsity boys, who ended last season one spot away from advancing to the CIF state round, are hoping to extend their reign as league champions and advance further […]

Photos by Helena Fu  Staff photographer  The South Pas cross country teams brought this year’s season to a close at the Southern Section Finals on Saturday, November 18, at the Riverside City XC course. Despite great efforts on both ends, the teams were unable to qualify for state, the boys’ team narrowly missing qualification by […]

Written by Ben Clark  Staff Writer  In recent years, victory has become second nature to the SPHS cross country team. The varsity boys have reigned as defending champions of the Rio Hondo league for two years and the varsity girls team has finished second in consecutive seasons Even with the departure of several key seniors, […]