The sweet eucalyptus casting various and shifting shadows in the image above is the sight at the top of "the hill" at Morley Field, Balboa Park, San Diego. It's the location of the Mt. Carmel Invitational, one of my personal faves for many years, dating back to my time coaching at Ayala in Chino Hills (last century!). Seems like every time I come back to these fields and trees and the killer San Diego weather, cross country comes over me ... it's a great place to hold a race and the Mt.Carmel invitational never disappoints.
It'll be our second race of the season (9/20), a grade-level event, but the competition is always very challenging and quality, including an Arizona team thrown in for fun.
Our records on this course go back to 2000, when, and this is trivia, we made our first overnight trip in school history to the meet. We don't spend the night there anymore, but the 90 miles south of school are worth every minute it takes to get there. Click here for results and photos of last season's invitational.
Plan on having fun on this saturday and racing a real cross country course against real cross country schools!
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