La Jolla High School

Cross
Country

Six days a week. Three miles at a time. Boys and girls, JV and varsity, chasing something bigger than a finish line.

2026 Schedule About the Team 2026 Roster

3×

Chiara Dailey — CIF State Champion

9th

Boys — CIF Merge

Meets, September to November

Days a week, all season

All-Time
Bests

The Record Board

La Jolla all-time XC bests

The fastest marks in program history — boys and girls, 3 mile and 5,000 meters, going back to 1980 — plus the freshman, sophomore and junior class records.

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Next up

Eastern League
Cluster 1

Thursday

Oct 1

3:30 Boys V · 4:00 Girls V · 4:30 Boys JV · 5:00 Girls JV. First scoring league meet. Location and carpool details go out by email the week of the meet.

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100% self-funded

This team runs on donations

La Jolla Cross Country receives no district athletic budget. Entry fees, uniforms, buses, timing, invitational travel — every dollar of it comes from families and donors. Give what you can. It goes straight to the athletes.

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Through the Foundation of La Jolla High School

Elected by their teammates

2026 Captains

Aaron Chu

Junior

Ali Gray

Senior

Rukshan Charles

Senior

Thea Tremaine

Senior

The staff

Your coaches

Adam Dailey

Boys Coach

Five-time All-American at Arkansas and a two-time SEC champion at 10,000 meters. Ran 28:34 at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials, twelfth in the country that year. Founded Ludus Sports; now runs Bronco Surf Capital. Lives in La Jolla.

Eric Avila

Girls Coach

A 3:55 miler. Four national titles and six All-American honors at Southern Oregon. Won the 2021 USATF 1 Mile Road Championships and finished seventh in the 1500 meters at the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials in 3:38.

Ciarán Lane

Assistant Coach / Strength Coach

A former collegiate athlete who now runs Ascension Performance. An expert in physical therapy, training and injury prevention, and new to the La Jolla staff.

2026 season

Race day

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