Cate earned a berth in the CIF cross country prelims by finishing in second place at the Condor League Championships on Wednesday in Ojai.
The Rams (60 points) finished behind Thacher (15) and just squeaked past Laguna Blanca (73).
Amdrew Robbins and Andrew Sinclair led Cate. Robbins finished sixth with a 3-mile time of 17:56 and Sinclair came in ninth in 18:15. Freshman Dylan Ell led a Rams pack of finishers, coming in 14th in 19:02. He was followed by Rei Imada (19:17, 15th) and Jack Pruitt (19:20 for 16th). Edward Zhu and Humza Khurshid, all finished within six seconds of each other and ensured a second-place finish for Cate.
