Friday, October 26, 2007

Gasping for breath midway through the 2006 Pac-10 Championships, junior Yosef Ghebray collapsed and did not complete the race.

His struggles were symbolic of the day the Cal cross country team had last year.

“I had gotten sick, and I tried to keep running but my lungs wouldn’t allow me to take deep breaths,” Ghebray said.

While Ghebray’s complications might have given him a legitimate reason to run poorly in the race, the rest of the team did not have a similar excuse. However, the men finished dead last in their field while the women finished a slightly better second-to-last in their respective division.