Josiah Bowman is in one of those comfortable places that wherever he finishes in Saturday’s Brooks National Cross Country Championships, he’ll consider it a win.

The Sage Creek High School senior has set a goal of earning All-American honors, which go to the first 20 finishers over the rugged 3.1-mile Morley Field course at Balboa Park.

Bowman is not predicting a victory, although if the UCLA-bound senior is anywhere near the lead coming off the Upas Street Hill the second time, he would be in perfect position.

“I think I have one of the fastest 800-meter times in the field,” said Bowman, who last spring in the Meet of Champions at Arroyo High School clocked a 1:50.39 in the metric half-mile before dipping under 1:51 again at the state championships.

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