The several weeks of hard practices paid off for the Cross Country team as the Celtics had their best ever showing at the state meet.

The Holy Trinity cross country runners ran the TAPPS 2A State Track Meet on Sat., Oct. 26 in Elm Mott.

The girls team placed sixth overall, while the guys came in 10^th.

“I was very proud and very pleased with the teams. The times and overall attitude greatly improved from the beginning of the season,” Coach Rebecca Brink said.

Junior Sophia Weisbruch placed 10^th overall with a time of 13:12 in the two-mile run out of 74 female runners. Sophomore Francesca Weisbruch placed 17^th overall with 13:45, followed by sophomore Zayne Clayton, 41^st , 14:52; sophomore Kimi Cyr , 47^th, 15:09; and sophomore Elizabeth Hernandez, 59^th, 16:03.

The male cross country runners all ran their personal bests. The top Celtic was John Escobedo who placed 27^th out of 89 runners with a time of 19:29 in the 5K run. The other guys were Michael Mercado , 44^th, 20:31; Travis Blackburn, 65^th, 22:39; Thomas Mosmeyer, 73^rd, 23:02; and Jahandar Farrokhnejad, 80^th; 24:45.