COLTON COURIER We ekly
August 2 6, 2021
Vol 149 , NO. 37
CH S to host 5 2nd Annua l Swar m Cr oss Countr y Invitational, 28 schools par ticipating
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PHOTO MATEO CISNEROS
Back Row: (From left) Jennifer P, Christopher R, Marcus P, Darius R, Miguel Z, Anthony G, Dominic R, Carlos M, Kaila G, Daniel M, Osvaldo C. Front Row: (From left) Diana V, Vanessa M, Elizabeth H. By Marina Rojas
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n Saturday, September 4, 2021, Colton High School’s (CHS) Cross Country Team will host the 52nd Annual Swarm Cross Country Invitational for 28 schools and over 600 student athletes. A long-standing tradition for the
CHS Cross Country Team, this year’s event is being organized by volunteer Coach Mateo Cisneros, a 2020 graduate of CHS. “The very first Swarm was held on September 24, 1974, at the Riverside Raceway,” said Cisneros. “CHS was undergoing some renovations, so it started off
campus; and there have only been two times the Swarm was not held: the first time in 2018, when the stadium was being upgraded, then again in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic.” This year the three-mile cross country race will wind around the CHS campus, through the football field, the baseball field, and
the perimeter over the Rancho Street pedestrian bridge to the sidewalk all the way around the school and back. While the CHS Swarm Invitational isn’t part of the runners’ official schedule for the year, it is an opportunity for them to work at improving their running times, building friendSwarm, cont. on next pg.
G Te a m c e l e b r a t e s t w o y e a r s o f s e r v i c e By Dr. G (Dr Luis S Gonález, community writer
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he CITY TALK trash clean-up efforts have continued to evolve, and over years, various trash projects have been tackled, both big and small, to help keep our city walkways, parkways, and alleys clean as possible. “We like to leave our project areas better than when we started,” says Dr. G, founder and coordinator of this program.
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PHOTO DR. G The G Team: from left, Sharon Hughbanks, Pat Martinez, Rosanne Reyes, Christina Perris, James Lawrence, Nellie Cortez. Not pictured: Norma Gallardo.
The most recent project last week was an excellent example of our resident volunteers, known as the G Team, stepping up to help make a difference in the community. The huge clean-up project off Sperry Dr. was scheduled in celebration of the second anniversary of the now-famous G Team, which was created in 2019, just after Dr.G retired from Colton High School. The Sperry Drive alley is a known thoroughCITY TALK, cont. on next pg.