{"id":5408,"date":"2019-10-08T07:47:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T11:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=5408"},"modified":"2019-10-07T14:32:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T18:32:44","slug":"cross-country-starts-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/?p=5408","title":{"rendered":"Cross Country Starts Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua Dubreuil \u201820<br \/>\n<em>EE<\/em> Senior Sports Editor<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5413\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XCRunner_Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5413 size-medium\" title=\"Photo Courtesy Candace Altman Hass\" src=\"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XCRunner_Image-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XCRunner_Image-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/thseagleseye.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/XCRunner_Image.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain Jackie Zhang leads the Cross Country team to victory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Trumbull Eagles Cross Country team is on to a terrific start to the season with a strong starting record. After their first away meet at Fairfield Warde High School against the Warde Mustangs, the St. Joseph\u2019s Cadets, and the Greenwich Cardinals, the Eagles currently have a record of 9-3, and the future is only looking brighter.<\/p>\n<p>During the race, the varsity runners had to run a 5000m race (approximately 3.1 miles). Trumbull\u2019s top finisher was Senior Cyrus Asgari, who came in 3rd place out of 62 total runners. Asgari finished with a time of 17:26.31, and had a few words to say about the team: \u201cOur key to success was having a well rounded effort from the entire varsity team. We were in the middle of a rough period of training and racing but needed to stay in a warrior mindset with a unified team effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Right behind Asgari, Sophomore Varujan Edwards and Junior Joseph Gregory finished with times of 17:32.15 and 17:48.63.<br \/>\nJunior Devin Ferraria, placing 6th in the meet for Trumbull with a time of 18:36.10, also had something to say about the team: \u201cThe Eagles have been working tremendously hard since June,\u201d said Ferrari, \u201cThe top seven have shown amazing improvements throughout the summer. We have definitely bonded as a team and I am excited to see what the future has in store for us.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Cross Country team also has two managers this year, Sophomores Caroline Ryan, and Kat Lima-Galazka.<\/p>\n<p>Caroline Ryan also wanted to make a comment on the team\u2019s efforts: \u201cAfter watching the guys work so hard at practice\u00a0everyday, it\u2019s really nice to see that all of that work paid off. It makes me feel proud to be their manager.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Eagle\u2019s next cross country meet will be a home meet at Trumbull High, on Monday, October 7th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua Dubreuil \u201820 EE Senior Sports Editor The Trumbull Eagles Cross Country team is on to a terrific start to the season with a strong starting record. 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