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Cross-country is a competitive sport that takes athletic and physical traits, last year our own cross-country team had a great success in there season. The cross-country team participated in the valley championship and won many recognitions. We wanted to know what the secret to their success was so, we questioned coach Contreras and some of the cross-country runners. Cross-country runner, Leslie orellena exclaimed that the connection between the team plays important part she elaborated that “if some of us get held back we can’t give up right away we motivate each other as much as we can.” Many cross-country runners agree that intervals are some of the most challenging part of cross-country they are shown to run 800 meters and sometimes

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