Viking Chronicles - New Brighton Middle School!

New Brighton Cross Country Team Running Hardby MacKenzie DeeterWe kicked off the cross-country season with the difficult SLV course. Runners had to leave thebeach and go way up to the mountains in Felton, CA.With hardly any time to warm up, the eighth-grade boys started. Sergey Cutter finished with astrong second. Nick Vincent was hot on his trail, finishing third. Miguel Velazquez came in sixthand Michael Macatee came in 12th, still running the course in under thirteen minutes. OscarLopez, Aldahir Mendoza, and Corey Seeger swiftly finished the grueling 1.5-mile course.One eighth-grade girl, MacKenzie Deeter, also made the top ten as well, finishing seventh. It wasa good race for all of the girls. Eva Borgeman, Phoebe English, Caitlyn Buse, Kiana Charles, andSheena Cuccia all felt happy, accomplished, and relieved to be finished.Next the seventh grade boys raced. Pearson Bradley won the race and Victor Vogt got second.Nick Rose, Kyle Henn, Blake Brosing, and Robbie Macatee all finished in the top ten! LoganConover got a close eleventh and then came Devon Robinson, Joel Kjellberg, Michael Johnson,Otis Lamacchia, Kyle Niiyama, David Mitchell, and Ian Daing.Hannah Martin was the first New Brighton girl to finish, coming in an impressive second place!Chloe Basile was fourth and Celia King got ninth. Talia White and Cienna Ajir came around thetrack and impressively finished the race.The sixth grade boys included Jacob Jacquard, who came in seventh, and William Marlatt, CodyAzevedo, Ryan Yeo, Rodney Newton, Alex Malaspina, Gabriel Rogers, Charlie Cone, Tai White,Van Smith, Cirian Delbonte-Smith, and Kendall Wells.Sidney Niiyama was the only sixth grade girl representing New Brighton in their first race andshe did great!The second race was at Shwan Lake and was hosted by Shoreline Middle School. The course wasmuch shorter and less difficult. The eighth grade boys placed second overall and the girls placedsecond also. The seventh grade boys placed first and the seventh grade girls came in second.Also, the sixth grade boys got third.Our third meet was at Pinto Lake in Watsonville and we dominated! The next week, we hosted ameet at Soquel High. The giant hill wore out many competitors.The most recent meet was at Scotts Valley and the league finals are at SLV on October 21."Races are long and hard but at the end you feel accomplished," says seventh grader, HannahMartin. So Vikings, let’s keep up the good work and finish strong.Page 8 of 8