Carson High School closes season at 2019 State Cross Country Championships
At the NIAA State Championships, Zachary Sever closed out his stellar run with the Carson High School cross country program on Saturday with an eighth-place performance at the NIAA State Cross Country Championships in Reno.
The senior, a four-year varsity veteran, clocked a personal record time of 17:11 over the 5-kilometer course at Rancho San Rafael Park. Sever finished only 10 seconds out of the No. 4 spot and was the second Northern Nevada finisher, just one second behind Reed's William Neel.
Sever has come a long way since his freshman year in 2016 when he finished 43rd with a time of 19:37 at Shadow Mountain Park in Sparks. He placed ninth last year at the state meet in Boulder City.
Faith Lutheran Raymond Millero was the individual champion in 16:47 as Southern runners swept the top five places. Centennial outdistanced Reed by a 54-78 score to capture the team championship.
Meanwhile, Carson senior Hannah Kaiser placed 26th in the 4A girls race with a time of 21:34. She was the 10th finisher among Northern Nevada runners.
Reno junior Penelope Smerdon ran 19:29 to emerge as the individual gold medalist and Coronado won the team title by a 50-88 margin over Reno. Smerdon had been the state runner-up the past two years.
One of the great motivators and drivers of high school academics is athletics. Cross Country kids are some of the most disciplined and goal oriented students on any campus. The Carson varsity girls teams in the past have always been a great example of this.
This years group was exemplary. Best grade point average of all 4A schools at 3.96 and that didn't include many of the freshman varsity runners that are also top students and who are ready to follow their older teammates up the academic mountain.
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