{"id":8780,"date":"2019-12-05T19:28:54","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T19:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maderatribustg.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=8780"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:28:05","slug":"miramontes-sets-personal-record-at-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/miramontes-sets-personal-record-at-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Miramontes sets personal record at state"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FRESNO \u2014 Madera South senior Dariana Miramontes stood still after finishing her race at the state championships and took a minute to observe everything around her.<\/p>

The senior couldn\u2019t believe how far she has come since her freshman year. That\u2019s when she was a nervous kid, barely getting started with high school running and hoping to someday compete with the best in the state.<\/p>

After finishing 21st in the Div. I girls\u2019 race at the CIF State Cross Country Championships on Saturday at Fresno\u2019s Woodward Park, Miramontes realized how much more confident she has become.<\/p>

\u201cI was just standing there, taking it all in,\u201d Miramontes said. \u201cI never imagined being here.\u201d<\/p>

The senior also set a personal record in her last cross country race in high school, finishing with a time of 18:10.6.<\/p>

\u201cI\u2019m pretty happy that I got a PR,\u201d she said. \u201cThe goal was to break 18, but I was pretty close.\u201d<\/p>

As the only Madera South runner who qualified for the state championships, Miramontes said she had to work extra hard to stay on track and rely on her coaches.<\/p>

\u201cI was practicing on my own since I was the only one who qualified,\u201d she said. \u201cMy coaches pushed me every practice and really helped me stay motivated.\u201d<\/p>

The senior qualified for the state championships after finishing eighth at the Div. I Central Section Cross Country championship.<\/p>

\u201cIt was a great season. I feel that I improved,\u201d she said. \u201cI learned a new mindset. That has helped me and I feel it\u2019s a great way to finish my senior year.\u201d<\/p>

With her experience at Woodward Park, Miramontes felt that she had an advantage against some of the runners who came from other parts of the state.<\/p>

\u201cI knew exactly what to use, where the downhill and uphill is,\u201d she said. \u201cRunning at Woodward over and over gives me the tricks.\u201d<\/p>

Miramontes said she will now prepare for the track-and-field season. She will then look forward to continuing her running career after high school.<\/p>

\u201cIt was a great season overall and I\u2019m really happy,\u201d she said. \u201cI have big goals for track. I really want to continue my running.\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":"

FRESNO \u2014 Madera South senior Dariana Miramontes stood still after finishing her race at the state championships and took a minute to observe everything around her. The senior couldn\u2019t believe how far she has come since her freshman year. That\u2019s when she was a nervous kid, barely getting started with high school running and hoping […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":41251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-8780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-schools"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maderatribune.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}