On Saturday, September 2, 2023,  Jesuit competed at the Lagoon Valley Classic, a large invitational with approximately 40 schools competing.  The Freshman team opened the competition with a strong team performance, finishing second with 55 points to Vacaville's impressive 19 points and ahead of rival Davis's 61 points.  Rafael Jopson lead the team, finishing 4th overall in 11:44 over the hilly 2 mile course,  Ryan Tait-7th, Max Hernandez-13th, Griffin Smith-15th, and Jadon Fuentes-16th made up the scoring 5 with 6th man Nick Ramos-17th, and 7th man Drew Eandi-19th close behind demonstrating good team depth.

A half hour later the Sophomore team competed once again finishing second to Vacaville's 39 points.  The Marauders finished with 61 points, well ahead of 3rd place Christian Brothers - 133 points, and 4th place Davis - 140 points.  The Marauders were led by Nick Ryan's 7th place finish.  George Vlahos-9th, Jaypal Reddy - 12th, Aaron Beasley - 15th, and Noah Nast - 16th made up the scoring 5 with Jackson Johns - 22nd, and Kyle Jackary - 24th rounding out the top 7. 

Next up was the Large School Varsity Race with each school allowed a maximum of 10 runners.  A young Jesuit squad made up of 2 seniors, 4 juniors, 2 sophomores, and 2 freshman ran an impressive race finishing second to Vacaville but running an impressive 80:25 team time over the hilly 3 mile course with only 23 seconds separating the Jesuit top 5 and Jesuit's 6th, 7th, and 8th runners only 13 seconds back.  Final score was Vacaville - 39, Jesuit, 49, Davis - 59, and Amador Valley -114 making up the top 4 team.  Jesuit's runners ran as a pack for much of the race with Sophomore Isaac Abbott leading the team across the line in 5th place, Senior Declan Higgins close behind in 6th, Sophomore Drake Hoferer -11th, Chase Cressman - 13th, and Junior Navin Kadel - 14th making up the scoring 5.  Freshman Matt Ogilvee-22nd, Junior Brady Blum-23rd, and Freshman Lucas Alberts-24th finished together as the top 8 Marauders broke 16:30, with Abbot and Higgins breaking 16 minutes for top 5 all-time Jesuit marks on the course. 

The final race of the day was the JV race and Jesuit's depth was on full display as the Marauders took the team title lead by a 1, 2, 3 place finish with Robson Fuentes taking the win over teammate Daniel Krotine by 1 second.  George Srabian-3rd, Mason Strawn-6th, and Charles Kim-10th made up the scoring 5 as the Marauders finished with 22 points, to 2nd place Davis - 33 points.  Seniors Tyrell Rose-14th and Lucas Rucker-15th rounded out the top 7.  With Davis also showing good depth there should be some spirited team races between the two schools in the Delta League meets coming up in late September and October. 

This coming week, Jesuit will compete in the Josh Rupp Invitational at Willow Hill in Folsom, the site of the Section Championship in November.