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Watch out for these watches

Watch out for these watches

by Jonathan Xue March 28, 2024

You’re browsing the market for a sports watch. But which watch? And what separates a sports watch from your standard wristwatch? Well, fear not. With our handy explainer, you’ll be a sports watch expert...

Emily Bryan (10) races on a path around Baylands park in the Girls varsity race, the last event of the second WBAL meet. Racers looped around the park twice before diverging from the path.

Cross-country team earns season-best results at Baylands meet

by Emma Gao and Emma Li November 3, 2023

The cross-country team dominated in the second West Bay Athletics League (WBAL) race at Baylands Park on Oct. 23, which meet directors rescheduled from the previous Thursday because of high temperature...

Rupert Chen (11) runs in the San Fransisco Full Marathon on Sept. 19. Rupert finished the marathon in 3:26:14, placing first in the 16 and under category and 182nd among the races 3180 total participants.

Apex: Crossing the finish line

by Tiffany Chang, TALON Academics Editor October 7, 2021

As he entered the final miles of the race, a single thought ran through Rupert Chen (11)’s head: how much of the race was left?  Though every aspect of training for and running the marathon required...

Mia Purnell watches her cross-country athletes warm-up on the track at the Blackford Campus.

Mia Purnell coaches students through the race that is life

by Muthu Panchanatham, Sports Reporter August 30, 2019

Newly appointed cross country and track head coach Mia Purnell stands proudly beside her bicycle, wearing a bright green Harker Athletics polo and a wide smile on her face, watching her student-athletes...

“At Harker, every year, I just really enjoy coaching everybody, enjoy having the people around, we don’t have a lot of pains in the [butts],” Chisam said.

Cross country, track and field coach retires

by Erica Cai and Eric Fang February 22, 2019

Standing in the center of Blackford’s track with a baseball cap over his head, Scott Chisam chats with a few seniors as the other runners finish their warm-up lap and sit cross-legged in front of him...

Niki runs in her Cupertino neighborhood on Dec. 17.

Iyer on Fire

by Rose Guan, Wingspan Senior Staff Writer and Designer June 11, 2017

It’s a cool afternoon in mid-December, the off-season for a cross-country or track runner. Nikitha “Niki” Iyer (‘17) wears a gray hoodie over black track pants, to ward against the cold. She adjusts...

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