Good Sports: Buchanan girls' cross county aims to take back state title

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Buchanan High School's girls' transverse state is simply a squad utilized to the title feeling.

"In Division I, we're ranked fig one," says manager Brian Weaver. "Depending connected what canvass it is, we're anyplace from 5th to seventh successful the country."

The programme has 25 conception championships, with adjacent much league titles. Now, they're chasing a triumph astatine authorities aft back-to-back second-place finishes.

Even though the Bears were the runner-up past year, Coach Weaver didn't permission Woodward Park disappointed.

"It was the 2nd fastest squad successful the past of Woodward Park," helium said. "The squad that bushed america is the fastest team. I don't cognize however you tin inquire for overmuch much than that."

The girls are trying to apical that performance. Junior Molly Sundgren says this is the healthiest the radical has been each season.

"We're each benignant of astatine a highest close now, feeling truly bully and practicing truly good together," she said. "I'm conscionable excited."

A bulk of the squad are underclassmen, but it doesn't instrumentality agelong to recognize what it means to deterioration the "B" connected their chest.

They've got the endowment and person done the prep, adjacent the authorities week contented of a caller squad manicure. Now, it's a countdown to the starting line.

"I deliberation we conscionable request to enactment arsenic adjacent unneurotic arsenic possible," Sundgren said. "It's the champion feeling erstwhile you tin spot your teammates astir you, and you're moving with them."

If each goes good this weekend, the Bears could spell for different tally connected the nationalist signifier successful Portland.

When it comes to the pre-race pep-talk, there's nary unit from Coach Weaver.

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