Keeping up with Cross Country: CIF Finals

Once again, a local coach has stepped up and offered to help give insight to what's going on in cross country. This comes from Glendora assistant coach Bob Ramsey

The girls led the way at Saturday's CIF Prelims held at the famously tough. Mt. Sac cross country course. Once again, the conditions held down the performances, with the rapidly rising heat causing the meet organizers to limit the afternoon races to just over 2 miles. The performance list below shows the disparity, with almost all of the leading times coming from the girls Div III and boys Div II, which ran the first races of the day.
The girls from St. Lucy's, Bonita, and South Hills, all Div III schools, advanced to next Saturday's CIF Finals, which will also be held at Mt. Sac. St. Lucy's was led by soph Marissa Horton (19:15) and featured a gap of just 54 seconds from first to fifth. South Hills was led by senior Amanda Camarillo (19:21), while Bonita put in a strong effort led by soph Heather Jackson (18:52). Rosemead junior Brittnie Munoz (18:47) led all SGV runners and will advance to the Div III finals as an individual, along with Charter Oak frosh Carly Lake (19:25). Wilson's Angela Tu dropped a great 19:22 effort, but caught a fast heat and did not finish in the top eight, the requirement to advance.
Among the boys, only three individuals advanced, led by Jayson Perez's (junior/South El Monte) SGV leading time of 15:48. This is also the fastest SGV time of the year and is especially impressive for having been run in the heat. He'll be joined in the Div III finals by Rosemead senior Victor Serrano (16:15). Sergio Rodriguez (senior/Los Altos) turned in his third sub-16:00 effort of the year - 15:56 - to advance to the Div II finals. None of the boys teams advanced. Glendora came the closest, finishing 7 points from the final qualifying spot while running the fastest time by any non-qualifying team.

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