The Blazer cross country team had a successful day at the Sunshine State Athletic Association Championship in Lakeland this morning. The girls race kicked off first and both Ainsley Martell and Selah Spenn walked off the course with solid results. Martell crossed the finish line in 28th place with a time of 25:54.3 and Spenn finished 37th place with a time of 27:14.8. 

The boys team placed 7th out of 16 teams, their highest team placement at this event in years. They were led by Gabe Milliken who finished 3rd place overall in a time of 17:23.1. Ethan Fritsch ran a season best time of 21:48.3 which placed him 31st overall. Eighth grader, Luke Raybon, ran his first 5k of the season and was the third Blazer to cross the line placing 51st in a time of 23:33.2. Sebastian Negron and Eli Zakikhani finished things off for the boys placing 68th and 74th place respectively. Zakikhani ran a time of 25:49.0 which is a season best time and over five minutes faster than his performance on the same course just a few weeks back at the Jim Ryun Invitational. 

The Blazers compete again next Saturday, September 26th at the Lakewood Ranch XC Invite.