LOHS senior, Stephan Chapdelaine competing during his last high school cross country season in 2021 before advancing to state championships. Photo provided by Jeramy Chapdelaine

LIVE OAK, CA (MPG) - Live Oak High School’s Stephan Chapdelaine finished his career in high school cross country and the season strong, qualifying for the 2023 CIF State Cross Country Championships.

This is Chapdelaine’s 3rd consecutive year competing at the state level, and if not for COVID-19 canceling the competition in 2020, it may have been the athlete’s 4th year running at a state championship.

Other noteworthy accomplishments of the star athlete include the titles of 2021 MVL Champion and 2022 Sacramento Valley League (SVL) Champion. His father, Jeramy Chapdelaine, shared that, “This season he came in 2nd in the SVL Championship race but went on to beat all the SVL runners, as well as coming in as the fastest Division 5 individual runner at the 2023 Northern Section Cross Country Championships two weeks ago.” Stephan’s performance there would qualify him for state championships.

Chapdelaine would travel to Fresno, Saturday, November 25 to run at the CIF Cross Country State Championships. He would do well, placing 93 out of 202 competitors and setting a new personal record in the 5k of 17 minutes, 14 seconds.