Chris Baird Shines at State Finals!

Chris Baird topped off his 5-week string of great races with his best performance of all at the State Finals meet in Fresno today.  He finished 13th place and earned himself 2nd Team All-State honors.  Although the course was 3.1 miles (the longest course of the year), Chris ran 15:48.  This translates to approximately 15:10 for 3 miles.  Evidencing how well Chris did, he defeated Brandon Shirck from Nordhoff who was the Ventura County champion, Jose Alcantar from Hueneme who edged Chris at CIF Finals, and Alex Routh (Royal's 4th runner) who finished in front of Chris at League Finals.  Royals' top 3 runners were the only Ventura County runners with faster times than Chris today.  It was an exciting day at Woodward Park, the home of the State Meet since the 1980's, and there were literally thousands of spectators lining the course.  Hopefully some of our other current Agoura runners will get the opportunity to participate in this memorable event before their high school careers come to a close.