
By Jay Leon Guerrero
It’s about time! After over a year of no race action, the IIAAG Cross Country season had its first meet at Guam High School on Thursday. The first meet was hosted by the Guam High Panthers against the FD Friars/ Academy Cougars.
The Panthers defended their home course at the Guam High Campus and swept the Friars/Cougars 17-38 in the girls division and 21-39 in the boys division.
Underclassmen rule
Freshman sensation Liliana Fennessey came in first for the girls’ division and fifth overall. Fennessey had an impressive time of 21:02 followed by all-freshman teammates Molly Lang (22:03), Sameha Wilbanks (22:38) and Hailey Burns (25:42). Academy’s Danica Tamondong, a sophomore, came in fifth in the the girl’s division with a time of 27:39.
“It feels really good to compete again and see all the new faces,” said Fennessey. Fennessey set the bar for the All-Island finale with a blazing time.
The boy’s race was also dominated by underclassmen with Guam High’s Joseph Schwartz (sophomore) coming in first overall and FD’s EJ Manibusan (freshman) coming in behind him. Schwartz clocked in at 19:43 and Manibusan ran a time of 20:17.

“Our team has been working really hard and we trusted our training and fitness,” said Schwartz. “Coach (Joe Taitano) said this is one of the toughest courses on island right now and I played it really tactical.”
The course did laps around the campus which included the hills next to the football field.
“I was very pleased with the turn out, especially with the number of runners from the FD team. They had 28 runners and they actually have two teams – a gold team and a maroon team,” said Taitano.
“Our team did really well but I still see a lot of areas we can improve on until the all-island meet”. “I’m so glad we have coach Taitano, he understands what we need to do to improve our times,” said Fennessey.
Manibusan said he was also happy with his performance and is confident his team will get faster as the season progresses.
“I haven’t ran in a race since middle school so it feels good to compete and train again with others,” said Manibusan.
This was the first official race since March of last year (Payless Kick the Fat) and the first IIAAG Cross Country race in 15 months.
The Panthers will travel north to challenge the St John’s Knights at the Two Lover’s Point course next week Monday. The Friars/Cougars will host the Knights next week Thursday. The boys have 4 teams which include the Knights, Panthers, Friars Gold and Friars Maroon. The girls division is composed of the Cougars, Knights and Panthers.
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RESULTS
RaceTab by MileSplit/FloSports Genie, Guam Central Athletics IIAAG 2021 Cross-Country Meet #1 - 3/4/2021 8:02:52 AM Guam High, , IIAAG 2021 Cross-Country Meet #1 ================================================================= Name Yr Team Time Pts ----------------------------------------------------------------- Girls ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Liliana Fennessey 9 Guam High School 21:02.00 1 2 Molly Lang 9 Guam High School 22:03.00 2 3 Sameha Wilbanks 9 Guam High School 22:38.00 3 4 Hailey Burns 9 Guam High School 25:42.00 4 5 Danica Tamondong 10 Academy of Our Lady 27:39.00 5 6 Nierra Ubaldo 11 Academy of Our Lady 28:01.00 6 7 Michaela Schwappach 9 Guam High School 28:18.00 7 8 Reika Tenorio 10 Academy of Our Lady 29:25.00 8 9 Rian Guzman 11 Academy of Our Lady 30:49.00 9 10 Taylor Santos 9 Academy of Our Lady 31:17.00 10 11 Kaila Castro 9 Guam High School 31:43.00 11 12 Bailey Cepeda 11 Academy of Our Lady 33:56.00 12 13 Cara Canovas 11 Academy of Our Lady 36:15.00 13 14 Monique Vieux 9 Guam High School 36:16.00 14 15 Edleen Guiao 9 Guam High School 38:17.00 16 Ave Borja 12 Academy of Our Lady 40:59.00 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Boys ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Joseph Schwartz 9 Guam High School 19:43.00 1 2 Erwin EJ Manibusan 9 Father Duenas Memori 20:17.00 2 3 Trayton Crandell 9 Guam High School 20:40.00 3 4 Liam Welch 9 Guam High School 21:00.00 4 5 Gavin Baker 9 Father Duenas Memori 21:14.00 5 6 Aidan Puga 9 Guam High School 21:44.00 6 7 Yadiel Figueroa 9 Guam High School 21:49.00 7 8 Bas Schils 10 Father Duenas Memori 22:11.00 8 9 Evan Horn 9 Guam High School 22:12.00 9 10 Sean Muller 9 Guam High School 23:33.00 10 11 Duane Jackson 9 Guam High School 23:44.00 12 Jaydyn Newell 9 Guam High School 24:31.00 13 Edward Arriola 12 Father Duenas Memori 24:33.00 11 14 Jonan Fejeran 12 Father Duenas Memori 24:44.00 12 15 Ziah Aflague 10 Father Duenas Memori 24:48.00 13 16 Christian Arriola 10 Father Duenas Memori 24:59.00 14 17 Brandon Mesngon 10 Father Duenas Memori 25:01.00 15 18 Nathan Balbin 9 Father Duenas Memori 25:16.00 19 Brian Galang 10 Father Duenas Memori 25:41.00 20 Tristan Mendiola 11 Father Duenas Memori 25:45.00 21 Ryan Douglas 9 Father Duenas Memori 25:51.00 16 22 Robert Haddock 11 Father Duenas Memori 26:07.00 17 23 Joshua Galsim 10 Father Duenas Memori 26:20.00 18 24 Roy Chargualaf 11 Father Duenas Memori 26:48.00 19 25 Axel Provido 12 Father Duenas Memori 26:50.00 26 Luke Taisipic 11 Father Duenas Memori 27:35.00 27 Dustin Huffer 12 Father Duenas Memori 27:44.00 20 28 Adrian Baluyut 12 Father Duenas Memori 28:32.00 21 29 Tobias Quitugua 9 Father Duenas Memori 30:05.00 30 Benjamin Borja 11 Father Duenas Memori 30:28.00 31 Ethan Gaza 12 Father Duenas Memori 30:35.00 32 Alphius Dela Rojo 10 Father Duenas Memori 32:27.00 33 Jared Anulao 11 Father Duenas Memori 32:31.00 34 Toby Babauta 11 Father Duenas Memori 32:38.00 35 Jurien Limtiaco 10 Father Duenas Memori 37:31.00 Girls IIAAG 2021 Cross-Country Meet #1 Team Scores ================================================================= Team Pts 1 2 3 4 5 (6) (7) ================================================================= 1 Guam High School 17 1 2 3 4 7 11 14 Total Time: 1:59:43 Average: 23:56.60 1-5 Split: 7:16 2 Academy of Our Lady 38 5 6 8 9 10 12 13 Total Time: 2:27:11 Average: 29:26.20 1-5 Split: 3:38 Boys IIAAG 2021 Cross-Country Meet #1 Team Scores ================================================================= Team Pts 1 2 3 4 5 (6) (7) ================================================================= 1 Guam High School 21 1 3 4 6 7 9 10 Total Time: 1:44:56 Average: 20:59.20 1-5 Split: 2:06 2 Father Duenas Memori 39 2 5 8 11 13 14 15 Total Time: 1:53:03 Average: 22:36.60 1-5 Split: 4:31 3 Father Duenas Memori 82 12 16 17 18 19 20 21 Total Time: 2:09:50 Average: 25:58.00 1-5 Split: 2:04


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