RNE put forth their best effort yesterday at the Region 5-4A cross country meet and it showed.
Hosted at Westwood High School, the meet pitted the Cavs against five surrounding Midlands teams: AC Flora, Irmo, Lugoff-Elgin, Ridgeview, and Westwood. Although both the boys and girls teams failed to rank high in overall scoring, almost every RNE runner beat their personal record (PR) on the 5k course.
With the State Meet Qualifier coming up on Nov. 3, they’re itching to achieve even loftier goals.
“Right now we’re just tapering, going down and decreasing [times] for state qualifiers,” senior Adedolapo Famuyide said. “But hopefully by the time state hits, we hit another PR.”
Famuyide, one of the five boys representing RNE, broke his PR with a time of 16:40.95.
Our Cav, Adedolapo Famyuide placed sixth in the regional meet today by running a 16:40!@RNECavaliers @northeaststugov @cavalierxctf @Cavplex @RNEAthletics @rne_ib pic.twitter.com/bf1kh5KOd3
— The Saber (@RNESaber) October 24, 2023
The boys continued to perform well, ranking fifth overall as a team.
Another Cav finishing at 20:26!@cavalierxctf @RNECavaliers pic.twitter.com/NNMfw0Aewo
— The Saber (@RNESaber) October 24, 2023
For the girls, Saniya Fleming finished with her personal best time. Teammates Jerniah Spence and Leny Lojero-Lucaz followed en route, breaking their PRs too.
The first RNE girl just finished with a time of 23:36! @cavalierxctf @RNECavaliers @northeaststugov @rne_ib pic.twitter.com/qU6Drii7rj
— The Saber (@RNESaber) October 24, 2023
The 2nd female Cav just finished at 25:49! @RNECavaliers @cavalierxctf @northeaststugov pic.twitter.com/byHwsNEeIP
— The Saber (@RNESaber) October 24, 2023
The last girl just finished with a time 30:45! @RNECavaliers @cavalierxctf pic.twitter.com/EmyTlI4rFi
— The Saber (@RNESaber) October 24, 2023
