The Rivera Raiders’ Andrea De La Rosa again finished strong when she won Saturday’s Meet of Champions girls 5K race in a time of 19 minutes, 33.7 seconds, extending her streak in the Rio Grande Valley.
“She’s undefeated right now,” Rivera coach Arturo Hurtado said. “She hasn’t lost a race here in the Valley.”
Although Rivera did not finish as high as it would have liked as a team, De La Rosa’s performance and the Raiders’ resiliency should be enough to have a strong showing during the Oct. 12 district cross country meet, Hurtado said.
“We did all right, but we’re going to get better,” he said. “We’re trying to put a better team together. That’s what we’re trying to do right now for district on Oct. 12.”
DECENT SHOWING
Rivera’s city-rival, Hanna, however, did have a decent showing as a team at Saturday’s meet, with its girls finishing fourth.
“(The Hanna girls) did pretty well,” Golden Eagles coach Olaya Teran said. “They finished fourth overall. Of course, as a coach, we want them to do a little bit better, but their performance was pretty good. As far as running at the Meet of Champions, it’s a big meet. Overall, the performance was really good for them.”
The Golden Eagles’ boys finished ninth. Teran said the team has two weeks to improve in order to have a better performance at district.
“We have two meets left before the district meet,” she said. “They’re getting themselves prepared. Obviously, there’s competition in our district and, for the girls, it’ll be the Harlingen High and Harlingen South teams. They kind of give us a good picture of where we’re at before district.”