Kyra Fisk, at team practice
Fri., March 5.
(Photos by Ed Piper)
Freshman Kyra Fisk continued her amazing record of starting high school without having lost a cross country race as La Jolla's girls cross country team narrowly edged High Tech High San Diego, 26-33, at Morley Field Thurs., March 4.
Fisk has just been a ninth-grade phenom the past month, as she beat her nearest competitors by a minute, then a half minute, and the latest by 2.75 seconds in successive meets against Eastern League opponents.
Asked Friday, March 5, at team practice how she continues to outrun foes, the diminutive Fisk--well under five feet tall--responded, "I don't know." Way too modest, way too good right now.
Obviously uncomfortable with being singled out amidst her teammates, Kyra pointed out fellow freshman Daphne Mayer, standing nearby. Mayer has piled up a similar record to start her initial high school season, running only a short distance back from Fisk as the two have helped lead the LJHS girls to a 3-0 record in the Eastern League.
Cross country meets are scored by what place each of a school's five top runners finish in. In the case of Fisk and Mayer and their mostly older teammates in the most recent race, the LJ girls placed 1-4-6-7-8, totaling 26 points for a seven-point margin over the Storm, as High Tech High San Diego is known.
Daphne Mayer, who placed
fourth against the Storm
in La Jolla's third meet.
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