Senior Sal Cordova a veteran four-year runner, and senior Kate Richardson a new runner, are leading the Bishop Noll Cross Country team with the best times.
Cordova has clocked in a record this season of 17 minutes, 4 seconds for the boys team, while Richardson’s time of 26 minutes leads the girls team.
“I want my personal record to be 23 minutes for the whole team to improve,” says Richardson.
“I want to make it to semistate and then see what happens from there,” says Cordova.
Cordova readies himself before each race by getting physically and mentally prepared.
“I do warm ups and I try to believe that I can do whatever I want because if I do that then I’m unstoppable and I like to think about my faith and the reasons why I run,” he said.
Kate is a new runner who joined during her senior year.

“I wanted to get in shape for softball season and its not as bad as I thought it would be and I now know that I can do things that I didn’t think I could do before,” she said.
During Cordova’s freshman year, the team was sort of resurrected, drawing more and more runners.  Now, as one of the only four-year runners on the team, Cordova is feeling the nostalgia set in.
“I’m going to miss the team atmosphere, hot lava, my teammates, Coach Repay and basically everything about the team, it won’t be the same,” he said.