Our Fillmore Shockwaves cross country has concluded their season 2022 with 2 Junior Olympics AAU in Tennessee and USATF in Texas. This Season brought too many challenges from our athletes with Covid 19, RSV, viruses, rain, wind and hot weather. Some of our runners did not make it to the Junior Olympics due to the challenges. The first Junior Olympic was AAU National Championship in Knoxville, Tennessee on December 3rd, 2022. This race took place in Victor Ashe Park, the athletes ran in rain, mud, and cold weather. The lows were 39F and the highs 60F. Our first athlete was Coach Isrrael Estrada running the 5K Master opening Race. Isrrael got 5th place overall out of 18 athletes. He got 2nd place on his group age 45/49 with a time of 21:59.99. Isrrael brought a silver medal to Ventura County.

The 2nd race of the day was the high school runners. We have Niza Laureano running a 5k. She finished 16th place out of 60 girls. Niza placed 10th on her group, age 15, with a time of 21:10.47 bringing a medal to Ventura County. The Boys high school athletes Joshua Estrada and Jirhet Cruz running a 5K. Joshua Estrada finished his race 53rd place out of 96 athletes. Joshua finished 13th place out of his group, age 16, with a time of 19:45.10, and his teammate Jirhet Cruz finished in 72nd place out of 96 athletes. He placed 24thin his group, age 15, with a time of 20:44.70. The next race was 13/14 girls running a 4K. This year, Paola Estrada fought the flu, the cold, and a knee injury. She finished 41st out of 150 girls. Paola finished 26th in her group, age 13, with a time of 16:57.95. Jorge Cruz was the next runner placing 151st out of 219 boys. Jorge placed 86th in his group, age 13, with a time of 17:03.50. The following race was by 9/10-year-old girls 3k. On this race, we have Leah Laureano finishing in 26th place overall out of 127 girls. She finished in 9th place out of her group, age 9, with a time of 13:58.86 bringing Ventura County a medal. Almost the last race of the day was 7/8 boys 2k. On this race we have Jesus Cruz placing in 41st place out of 88 athletes. He finished in 34th place on his group, age 8, with a time of 9:21.64. The last race of the day was the 7/8 girls 2k. On this race we have Kamila Estrada finishing in 56th place overall out of 70 athletes. Kamila finished in 13th place on her group age 7 with a time of 10:38.65. Her teammate Aniyah Hogains finished in 16th place overall out of 70 girls. Aniyah finished 15th place in her group age of 8 with a time of 8:55.88. This Athlete helped their team to place in First place bringing Ventura County 2 medals, AAU hat, and an All-American Honors. In this Junior Olympics we had several athletes that were not able not make it due to sickness or personal reasons, but we want to congratulate them for their amazing season. Hila Sasson, Hanna Sasson, Sarah Sasson, Naomi Sasson, Abraham Saldana and Isaac Saldana.

The USATF Junior Olympic took place in Dale Watts Cross Country Course in College Station, Texas. This time in Texas the weather was 80 F with 83% humidity and some rain. Aniyah Hogains was the first Shockwave runner to run. Aniyah got 26th place out of 189 girls 7/8. She took 25th place on her group, age 8, with a time of 8:11.2. The Second runner was Aaliyah Tarango. She ran sick but finished in 59th place out of 283 girls 9/10. She finished in 39th on her group, age 10, with a time of 12:30.3. Our last runner Paola Estrada running with a knee injury. She got 80th place out of 333 girls 13/14. Paola finished 53rd place on her group, age 13, with a time of 16:10.3. The runner has amazing coaches that taught them to run with their heart, to have fun, and to enjoy what they do. Thanks to the Coaches: Head Coach Temo Laureano, Assistants head coaches Isrrael Estrada and Juan Toledo and Coach Karina Estrada.

Pacific Coast Shockwaves Fillmore wants to thank everybody who supports the team. See you in our next season of 2023.