It is the start of a great year for the cross country team. They began their season with their first meet in Tennessee.  Coach Presnell, the new coach, recently coached at Oxford High School and also won championships. A member of the team said, “He’s a good coach and is going to set up a good program.”

The team has a prayer before every practice, and the practice closes with a team huddle. The team also has an optional pasta party on the Thursday before the meet.  The pasta party is a tradition for the cross country team and occasionally, they have a dress up theme.

“The Cross Country course has been short for a couple of years,” Coach Presnell.  He measured the course, and it was short 200 meters.  Coach immediately made the course a little longer at exactly 3.2 miles.  He hopes that improvements like this will help build the reputation of the program.

Another member said, “The star runner is definitely Peyton Tyler.” Peyton is only a sophomore and has run a 4:41 mile and in the 16 minute range in the 5k.

The coach said, “ I think we can win state this year cause we have a strong team that wants to win.”