The Raider cross-country team is off to a bang, shattering a school record at their first meet.

At the Seward Invitational on Saturday, freshman Ross Enlow ran a 5,000-meter course in 18 minutes and 43 seconds. The previous Unalaska City School record for that distance was set by Kyle Haskins in 2008, with a time of 19 minutes and 1 seconds.

Enlow placed 19 out of 80 runners. Coach David Gibson explains that the meet was unusual in that Unalaska was mostly competing with larger 3A schools like Homer and Wasilla. He says that a good showing at this meet means that the Raiders should be competitive when facing teams from their own division.

"All of our runners are in the top 20 of our region," says Gibson.

Gibson adds that the Raiders have plenty of potential, since all of the members of the team are underclassmen.

The other four runners on the boys team also ran personal bests at the Seward Invitational. Bryan Earnshaw had a time of 19:59, Michael Remolino had a time of 20:24, and Andy Nguyen and Liam Andersen both finished the race in 20:47.

Christan Escalante, the lone representative from the girl’s team completed the course in 27:19.

This weekend, the cross country team will compete in the Anchorage Christian Schools invitational.