The Palo Alto City Championships yesterday were decidedly low key. But boy can those kids run fast. There were records broken! 
Junior Kent Slaney said he was taking it easy, and still managed to run the 2.18 mile course in a 10:28. That puts him #3 on the list 
of all-time fastest HS times at Bol Park (fastest Junior time). He’s now 4 seconds behind legendary Paly runner Phil MacQuitty on 
both the Bol Park record list, and the Paly 1 mile list. 
Sophomore Sam Craig decided it would be fun to go out fast with Kent. Normally this is a foolish idea, as they both covered the 
first mile in a blistering fast 4:47 or 4:48. Sam slowed down a bit, but the pull from his older teammate was enough to get Sam a 
time of 10:51 and put him 21st on the list of all-time fastest HS times at Bol. Way to go Sam! 
Freshman Henry Saul was up front near the start, fell back a bit and finished in 11:02. This was fast enough to set the Freshman 
record at Bol, knocking Kent off the top of the record list. Wow. 
Sophomore Aashai Avadhani easily won the fresh/soph race. I didn’t get his time. 
Sophomore Julia Doubson kept up with the indomitable Gillian Meeks (Gunn Senior) to lead the Paly girls. 
It was nice to see Kai and Claire running again after recovering from injuries! 
Coach Kelsey and Coach Jones honored the Senior runners with home made capes, They looked quite dashing in the breeze. 
Pictures are online at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/malcolmslaney/albums/72157660458183106 
If you want to see what it takes to run like this, check out the pictures I took at the varsity boys’ workout after the race. 
They headed to the hill above 280 where it crosses Arastradero. I took pictures of their hill repeats and they are at the 
end of the Flickr photo set (page 3). Fast runners, steep hills, and sunset. Life is pretty. 



Time Schedule

-- Senior Ceremony --
3:30 Varsity girls 2
4:00 F/S boys 
4:30 Varsity girls 1
5:00 Varsity boys