Paz places 8^th, Bott 14^th at State Cross Country meet

Robert Perea, The Fernley Reporter

Kael Paz placed eighth in the boys race and Myla Bott was 14^th in the girls to pace the seven-runner contingent from Fernley at the 3A State Cross Country Championships on Nov. 5 in Boulder City

With their performances, both Paz and Bott earned a spot on the 3A All-State second team. Placing first through seventh in the State meet earned first team all-state, while 8-14 earned second.

All seven of Fernley’s runners ran a faster time at the State than they did the previous week in the Regional meet in Sparks.

For the boys, Paz ran a time of 17:00.5, just 4.5 seconds behind the seventh place finisher.  Levi Patterson placed 40^th with a time of 18:49.5, and Michael Fitzgerald finished 47^th in a time of 19:16.5.

For the girls, Bott’s time of 21:32.9 was a 10^th of a second behind the runner ahead of her. Laila Kinnick finished 33^rd with a time of 22:52.6, Brooklyn Harvey came in 37^th with a time of 23:23.9 and Trinity Garcia-Anders was 48^th with a time of 24:56.7.