{"id":8052,"date":"2019-12-05T19:57:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T19:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=8052"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:28:05","slug":"ford-leads-madera-at-cif-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/ford-leads-madera-at-cif-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford leads Madera at CIF State"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8052\" class=\"elementor elementor-8052\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2139d101 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2139d101\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3eb59e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3eb59e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>FRESNO \u2014 Madera Coyotes senior Unique Ford has been making strides since freshman year looking to prove that she can keep up with the best runners in the state.<\/p><p>Ford achieved her goal at the CIF State Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Fresno\u2019s Woodward Park, setting a personal record and getting a top-10 finish in the Div. II girls race.<\/p><p>Running with California\u2019s best, the senior stayed with the lead group for most of the race and finished sixth with a time of 17:43.5, beating her personal best time by more than 30 seconds.<\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019ve been wanting this since freshman year and I finally got it,\u201d Ford said. \u201cI\u2019ve come a long way since freshman year.\u201d<\/p><p>Although she saw the lead group pulling away towards the end, Ford said she was determined to keep going because she wanted to get a personal record.<\/p><p>\u201cI felt like I was gonna PR, so I tried to stick with them,\u201d Ford said. \u201cThe competition made me go faster.\u201d<\/p><p>Ford went to the state championship after capturing her second straight Div. II Central Section Cross Country championship on Nov. 15 with a personal best time of 18:15.51.<\/p><p>Linda Perez also represented the Coyotes at the state championship, setting a personal record of 19:21.5 and finishing in 106th place.<\/p><p>\u201cI felt pretty good because I had my PR,\u201d Perez said. \u201cI have never run with some of these girls out here, so I don\u2019t know how their performance is, so I was just trying to keep up with as many as I could.\u201d<\/p><p>Although she wasn\u2019t happy with how she started the season, Perez said she\u2019s happy with the progress she made.<\/p><p>\u201cFor me individually, I wasn\u2019t really good,\u201d Perez said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t getting my best times, but in the end, I think I surpassed it.\u201d<\/p><p>As a team, the Coyotes finished the season with their second straight County\/Metro Athletic Conference championship.<\/p><p>\u201cBeing CMAC champions two years in a row is a big deal,\u201d Perez said. \u201cI\u2019m very proud of my team.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO \u2014 Madera Coyotes senior Unique Ford has been making strides since freshman year looking to prove that she can keep up with the best runners in the state. 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