{"id":5467,"date":"2008-10-17T13:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T13:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/moore-league-cross-country-off-and-running\/"},"modified":"2008-10-17T13:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-17T13:06:00","slug":"moore-league-cross-country-off-and-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/moore-league-cross-country-off-and-running","title":{"rendered":"Moore League Cross Country Off And Running"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At Signal Hill’s Discovery Wells Park, built to commemorate the first oil well struck in the area, we discovered something too: Cross country is a surprisingly fun spectator sport. <\/span>There’s very little demarcation between the course and the fans, so parents and coaches walked in and out of the running path, climbing all over Signal Hill in support of their favorite teams. <\/span>Everyone was very supportive of each other, cheering for every school, something rarely seen in the uber-competitive Moore League, where rivalries are decades old.<\/span><\/p>\n
The runners needed all the encouragement they could get, though, since Discovery Wells is one of the hilliest three-mile courses in the state. <\/span>“At this meet, we throw times out the window,” said Poly Girls’ XC coach Nate Bershtel. <\/span>“It’s all about where you place.” <\/span>Runners started out with a very long uphill climb, and then wound a loop around the top of the hill three times before coming back down the same slope towards the finish line.<\/span><\/p>\n
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