Although SIS was not the first to cross the finish line, its runners’ consistency was the key to their securing several spots in the top 20 to win the team title.
Finn Altizer came in third among individual runners and was the first to put SIS on the board with a completion time of 00:07’07.
Altizer was followed by school-mate Elizabeth Culp in fifth place with a time of 00:08’03.
Saipan Community School’s Richard Zhoa (00:08’10), Jose Sablan (00:08’11), Patrick McDonald (00:08’12), and Emma Sablan (00:08’15) finished sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth.
But SIS’s Suki Peng (00:08’18), Landon Pudney (00:08’32), and Faith Arriola (00:08’36) took 10th, 11th and 12th places.
School-mate Windsor Gross came in at 14th place with a finish time of 00:08’42 to give SIS enough points to claim first overall in the team competition.
Saipan Community School fought hard but settled for second place as Alli Brasuell finished 13th with a time of 00:08’39 and Joshua McDonald was 19th clocking at 00:09’17.
Jessie Campbell, center, who finished first, with second place Elizabeth Culp, left, and Emma Sablan, third, pose with their medals following a 2020-2021 PSS/NMA All School Cross Country race at the CPA Airport Field. Contributed photo
The battle for third place was just as exciting and as the dust settled, Agape Christian School had edged Brilliant Star School.
Agape’s Jessie Campbell was fourth with a time of 00:09’17 while school-mates Benjamin Cai was 15th (00:08’48) and Reyviel Van Escarlan was 18th (00:09’14).
Agape’s Joey Xia, Daniel Huang and Alice Duan made the list in 20th, 21st and 25th places to seal the deal for their school’s third place finish.
Brilliant Star School runners were the first to draw blood with Moshe Sikkel and Finn Altizer claiming first and second places with a time of 00:07’02 and 00:07’30.
But the next Brilliant Star student who crossed the finish line was Evan Poole who came in at 16th place, clocking at 00:09’09. School-mates Aiden Camacho (00:09’14) was 17th; Scarlett Burrell (00:10’07), 29th; and Sophia Smith (00:10’27), 31st.
Kagman Elementary School took fifth place overall followed by Isla Montessori School at sixth, William S. Reyes Elementary School, seventh, and Sinapalo Elementary School of Rota, eighth.
In the individual awards for boys, SCS’ Moshe Sikkel and Akeen Edvalson took first and second places while SIS’ Finn Altizer was third.
In the girls category, the top three were ACS’ Jessie Campbell, SIS’ Elizabeth Culp and SCS’ Emma Sablan.
