Your new shoes always get dirty and you don’t care, you wake up in pain, and stretching is the best feeling in the world. That’s right folks, the sport is cross country. You run and you run and it seems like it lasts forever. But, when you see that finish line, you're unstoppable!

  This is the sport that your own Leonardo da Vinci team LOVES. This sport has been around for ages, evolving as new technology emerges and we try our best to do what we can to make our school proud. We love to run, and even give up mornings over our summer vacation to run! We run on Saturdays, in the cold, and even when we have colds! Usually when other sports events are canceled, we still do our duty and run for the season. We run in the rain, and some even run in the snow. Male or female, it's what we do!

   Anna Vuich, one of my best friends and an amazing teammate, broke the da Vinci school record set in 2003 by finishing a 16:38 at Delaware Park. Soon after, Janelle Mitri finished a 16:47. Both of these astounding girls finished in remarkable times, both beating our school record of  16:55. Among other accomplishments, all of our girls received personal best times including yours truly, with a time of 19:58.

  This is a sport unlike any other, your coach may even dye his hair blue in order to prove how happy he is. You run and win, you run and lose. But, as long as you try your best there is always a victory.