International boys still rule!
Jaguar, Eagle girls ahead of Griffins
The official team scores for the first track meet, released Monday morning, show that the Cooperative girls team finished first in last month's initial track meet of the season, with Christian Learning finishing second.
The results indicate that International, whose girls finished third, could fail to win one of the track and field trophies for the first time since the inception of the league in 2005.
International's boys won by a wide margin, wide enough so that if the categories were combined International would still enjoy a large lead. However, there is no trophy for combined score, only bragging rights.
The point totals by team for the first meet were as follows:
Girls:
1. Cooperative -- 112 points
2. Christian Learning 109 points
3. International -- 92 points
4. Cambridge -- 47 points
Boys
1. International -- 150 points
2. Cooperative -- 83 points
3. Christian Learning -- 68 points
4. Cambridge -- 58 points
Combined Total (Boys and Girls)
1. International -- 242
2. Cooperative -- 195
3. Christian Learning -- 177
4. Cambridge -- 105
It needs to be emphasized that, in the words of the late Yogi Berra, "It ain't over till it's over." The results of the first track meet, under new rules, constitute only the first half of the track and field championship team competition.
The points from the first meet will be totaled with those from the second, to be held later this month, to determine who wins the team trophies. (See schedule at right.) Individual and relay winners at the second meet will receive medals denoting them as league champions in each event.
So, it is still possible for International to recover and continue to claim the championship trophies for both genders. International girls lost several very close races in the first meet. One Griffin girl was passed by a competitor when she slowed down to pull up her pants, something that is not likely to occur again. (She has new pants.)
Still, the girls track championship is clearly a wide open contest. The second place race between Cooperative and Christian Learning could also be close. At the first meet the Eagles were missing Danny Caniviri, one of their swiftest runners, who was sidelined with a knee injury.
