Kinnick's Lauren Cabradilla went from being left off the team in 2023 to winning the Far East cross-country race in October as a senior. (Jeunei Bodnar/Special to Stripes)
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Lauren Cabradilla experienced mixed feelings that day two-plus years ago when Nile C. Kinnick coach Luke Voth told her she wouldn’t compete in the 2023 Far East cross country meet.
“It was really a hard decision for all of us,” Cabradilla said of being left off a team that included distance stars Mia Bartram and Bree Withers. “We said it was OK, that they were all seniors. But I admit, I was a little disappointed because I strived to be all I could be.”
Voth, too, said he felt conflicted. “We had such a loaded team that season,” Voth said. “Our second team might have won Far East. It was a hard decision, to leave four kids like Lauren home.”
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