On Saturday, September 9, 2023,, Jesuit competed at the Josh Rupp Invitational run on the Willow Hill Course adjacent to Folsom High School. In the opening Varsity race, the Marauders were able to prevail over Oak Ridge in convincing fashion despite having 3 top eight runners not competing. The final score was Jesuit 53, Oak Ridge 96, Galena 116, Rocklin 127 with a total of 36 teams in the field. Junior Chase Cressman led the Marauders with Senior DeClan Higgins, Junior Navin Kadel, Sophomore Drake Hoferer, and Sophomore Isaac Abbot in close pursuit as the Marauder went 4-5-14-16-19th place individually with a 39 second gap separating 1st through 5th runners. Junior Trevor Felix and Freshman Lucas Alberts rounded out the top 7 Varsity. The next race was the Frosh/Soph race where the Marauders finished a close second to Folsom with the final score Folsom 54, Jesuit 59, Oak Ridge 67 and Galena 74 with a total of 12 frosh/soph teams in the field. The Marauders were led by Freshman Ryan Tait’s 4th place finish, with sophomore teammates Aaron Beasley, Jaypal Reddy, Noah Nast, George Vlahos, and Jackson Johns, along with fellow freshman Max Hernandez making up the top 7. The final race of the day was the JV boys race which took place under hot sunny conditions. In this race the Marauders finished 2nd to Atwater’s Varsity team with Atwater having 23 points to Jesuit’s 32 points. Galena finished a distant 3rd with 80 points. Individually, Junior Daniel Krotine ran an excellent race dipping under 12 minutes on the hilly 2.1 mile course despite the heat to win the race in 11:58 as the Marauders went 1-5-7-10-11-12-20. George Srabian-11, Robson Fuentes-11, Charles Kim-11, Mason Strawn-12, Lucas Rucker-12, and James Randall-12 made up the top 7 Jesuit finishers. On Saturday, September 16, Jesuit will travel to Newhall Park in Concord, CA to compete in the De la Salle Invitational. This will afford an opportunity to compete against other Northern California teams not in our Section. Photo Credit: Coach David Zielke