Dolphin girls' cross country heads to state Marathon High School cross-country standout Naomi Valerdi obviously did not enjoy finishing in second place at the team's district meet in Miami Nov. 1. The seventh-grader defeated a field of 81 runners and captured first overall in the girls' Class 1A Region 4 meet on the campus of Westminster Academy Saturday. She finished just .23 seconds ahead...

Cross-country team advances after districts You can't blame Marathon High School seventh-grader Naomi Valerdi for being confused when someone else was actually running alongside her halfway through the District 8-1A cross-country meet Thursday in Miami. Valerdi has become accustomed to being the frontrunner this season, but finally had some competition from a Miami-Dade...

The Marathon High School girls' and Coral Shores High School boys' cross-country teams won their respective meets Monday at the Monroe County Championships at Sombrero Beach Country Club in Marathon. The Dolphin girls alternated the first seven places with the Hurricanes and took first by a 27-35 margin. Key West High School finished third with a 59. Dolphin seventh-grader Naomi Valerdi...

She leads girls to victory in cross country Not even running in the wrong direction for two minutes on a confusing course could stop Marathon seventh-grader Naomi Valerdi from taking first place in a cross-country meet against Westwood Christian School and Archbishop Carroll Thursday. Dolphins coach Amy Urban said Valerdi, who finished in 24:12, was on pace after two miles to finish at...

The boys win, the girls fall against Patriots It was raining torrentially and they weren't exactly sure whom they might be running against, but members of the Marathon High School cross-country team did get a match in Monday at Sombrero Country Club. Chances were good the Dolphins might run against themselves since scheduled opponent Island Christian School has not fielded a team this year...