Wiregrass Ranch girls claim fifth straight SAC crown

Thursday, October 25th, 2012

Land O’ Lakes takes boys title

By Kyle LoJacono

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The Wiregrass Ranch girls cross country team smashed the competition to take its fifth straight Sunshine Athletic Conference (SAC) championship Oct. 20 at Wesley Chapel.

The Bulls claimed four of the top-10 places and seven of the top 14 to total 26 points, besting second-place Gulf by 40. Land O’ Lakes took fourth, Wesley Chapel finished fifth and Sunlake was ninth at the 13-team event.

“The goal was to place most of our runners in the top 10,” said Wiregrass Ranch senior Nikita Shah. “We had a good mindset coming in. I’m really proud of what we did.”

Shah, who won by 38 seconds, captured her first individual conference title by completing the 5-kilometer course in 18 minutes 5.6 seconds. She ran a minute slower at last season’s meet.