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Abbey Cooper trains for the U.S. Olympic Trials on the track at Sedona Red Rock High School on Friday, May 7. Cooper was also on the U.S. track team in the 2016 Olympics. She and many of her fellow Olympians are living in Flagstaff to build their endurance but come down to Sedona multiple times a week to work on speed and anaerobic training. Photo by David Joklovski/Larson Newspapers
Athletes on the Sedona Red Rock High School track and field team have spent much of the 2021 season trying to qualify for the state meet. During some of their practices, the Scorpions have shared the track with athletes looking to get to and succeed on the biggest stage of them all the Tokyo Olympics.
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Sedona Red Rock High School junior Odin McGinness throws his javelin during the Sedona Invitational track and field meet on Saturday, April 10. McGinness finished third in the javelin competition with a distance of 131-1 and was one of many Scorpion athletes to finish in the top 3 in their events in Sedona’s only home meet of the 2021 season. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
For the first and only time this season, the athletes on Sedona Red Rock High School’s track and field team got to enjoy the benefits of a home meet, as SRRHS hosted the Sedona Invitational on Saturday, April 10.
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Six XC runners receive all-academic honors
Given the challenges of COVID-19 and the fact that the team was fairly young, it was an unquestionably successful season for Sedona Red Rock High school’s cross country teams. The girls team qualified for state, despite having no seniors, only one junior, and no returning runners from the 2019 team. The boys, meanwhile, just missed qualifying for state, but sent two runners to the event individually.
As it turns out, the season was as successful for the teams in the classroom as it was on the trails.
Five of the Scorpions received all-academic honors at season’s end.