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
Said Ramsey: Cross Country racing in Southern California is mostly about how one runs on the famous 2.91 mile course at Mt.Sac in Walnut. Over the course of the season, XC athletes compete over a variety of distances, surfaces, terrains, but Mt.Sac is the standard. Between the two invitational meets, two league finals, CIF Prelims & Finals, almost every one of the 32 teams in the ESGV raced there at least once.
2009 was a very strong year, with 4 girls and 6 boys at or below last year’s best marks. So who came out on top? As expected, CIF Champs and #2 California ranked Glendora is heavily represented, with their five usual scorers ranking in the top 7, and they’re joined by individual State qualifier Fabian Velasco (Duarte). Among the girls, the three local individual State qualifiers, Lauren Justus (Glendora), Brittnie Munoz (Rosemead) and Marissa Scott (Bonita) lead the list.
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Top Trib Area Performers at Mt.Sac
Girls – Bonita (97:00); St. Lucy’s (97:03) lead in total team time.
1. 18:06 Lauren Justus (Jr – Glendora) – CIF Finals
2. 18:20 Brittnie Munoz (Sr – Rosemead) – CIF Prelims
3. 18:29 Marissa Scott (Fr – Bonita) – CIF Prelims
4. 18:35 Lexie Jackson (Fr – Bonita) – SGV Inv
5. 18:36 Jessica Mendez (Sr – West Covina) – Mt. Sac
6. 18:44 Carly Lake (So – Charter Oak) – CIF Prelims
7. 18:44 Marissa Horton (Jr – St. Lucy’s) – CIF Finals
8. 18:56 Taylor Hebb (Jr – St. Lucy’s) – Mt. Sac
9. 19:02 Vanessa Lopez (Jr -Rowland) – CIF Prelims
10. 19:09 Ashley Holguin (Sr – South Hills) – CIF Prelims
Top 5 Sophs: Lake; Krissy Hebb (St. Lucy’s) 19:25; Shavonn Johnson (Bonita) 19:37 Katy Hebb (St. Lucy’s) 19:43; Karissa Austin (West Covina) 19:49
Top 5 Frosh: Scott; Jackson; Kelly Kuo (Diamond Bar) 20:14; Alyssa Martinez (San Dimas) 20:51; Anaise Ramos (Rowland) 21:19
Boys -Glendora (78:21), Los Altos (83:00), and South Hills (83:08) lead the teams.
1. 15:17 Anthony Castro (Jr – Glendora) – CIF Prelims
2. 15:35 Jayson Perez (Sr – South El Monte) – SGV Inv
3. 15:40 Kelly Hernandez (Jr – Glendora) – CIF Prelims
4. 15:44 Austin Goodheart (Sr – Glendora) – CIF Prelims
5. 15:44 Austin Mendoza (So – Glendora) – CIF Finals
6. 15:50 Fabian Velasco (Sr – Duarte) – CIF Prelims
7. 15:56 Shin Yamamura (Jf – Glendora) – CIF Finals
8. 16:00 Paul Balderas (Sr – Diamond Ranch) – CIF Prelims
9. 16:01 Joshua Sanchez (So – Los Altos) – Miramonte Final
10. 16:12 Johnathan Flores (Sr – South Hills) – CIF Finals
Top 5 Sophs: Mendoza; Sanchez; James McCreary (Diamond Bar) – 16:29; James Powell (Diamond Bar) 16:44; Jair Juarez (Los Altos) 16:48
Top 5 Frosh: Samuel Garcia (Arroyo) 16:38; Lukas Guardado (West Covina) 16:50; Jesus Ocana (Arroyo) 16:54; Felipe Tapia (Rowland) 16:58; David Galvez (Rowland) 17:13
