The team traveled to the very hilly La Reina High School campus course on Thursday October 13thfor the mid season TVL league meet. The boys maintained their position as number 2 behind Oak Park for both varsity and junior varsity. The girls had a rough meet falling to 4th in the varsity and 5th in the junior varsity. The girls however are rebounding quickly and are eager to regain their previous spot in the doubly weighted League Finals. In related news the boys team is now ranked 10th in the State for southern section division 4 after their performance at La Reina.

For the girls it was Laura Garnica in 22:45 and 10th place overall who spearheaded the team. Kiana Hope was the second scorer at 23:41 to finish 18th. In 24:40 was Maria Villalobos who snagged a 25th place finish. Alexis Tafoya was the 28th place finisher in 25:26 while Amanda Vassaur was 32nd in 26:04. Lucia Diaz clocked a 26:56 to complete the mountainous terrain in 35th place.

The boys varsity had many place changes throughout the race but finishing first for the flashes was Adrian Mejia stepping up to the front for the first time in competition. Adrian was 8th overall in 18:23. Alexander Gonzales was 9th in 18:25. Hugo Valdovinos finished in 18:23 for a 12th place. Anthony Rivas powered to a 14th place finish with a time of 18:39. In 18:48 was the fifth scorer Jose Almaguer who garnered a 16th place finish. That means for the first five the spread was 25 seconds. Only four runners managed to squeeze in between the first scorer and the last scorer. For sixth and seventh runners it was Juan Mariscal in 19th at 19:06 and Issac Gomez in 23rd for a time of 19:35. One cross country pundit commentated that it was terrific seeing a team that had the possibility of all seven runners being able to step up and earn the top scoring spot. The depth of the team is truly its strongest spot.

For the junior varsity girls Amber Wilmont finished in 26th place with a time of 26:03. In 39th place was Justine De La Rosa with a time of 27:22. Sofia Gallardo came barreling down the mountain in 27:34 for a 41st place finish. Teammate Deanna Lomeli was 46th with a time of 28:00. Carla Pizano was 57th with a time of 29:03. Rounding out the team of seven was Dalila Ortiz and Sarahi Pascual. Dalia finished in 59th with a time of 29:12 and Sarahi was 68th with a recorded time of 31:10. Ashley Morino was 71st with a time of 31:23. Denise Hernandez came in 72nd with a 32:58 and Alexandra Vasquez was 76th with a clocking of 35:25. There were 78 runners.

The boys’ junior varsity race had 107 runners. In 4th place overall was Jaime Magdaleno with a time of 19:18. Justin Beach was 11th with a time of 20:21. Jovani Oregon was 13th with a time of 21:21. The fifth Flash was Christian Rodriguez who was 14th through the chute in 20:31. Just behind him at 15th was Frank Chavez who recorded a 20:32. David Enriquez was 21st overall with a time of 20:54. Jordan Mendoza was 29th overall in 21:15. Due to space considerations the table below lists the remaining 19 jv boys runners.

33 Armando Vidal 21:23.8 69 Nick Johnson 23:39.2
35 Sammy Martinez 21:33.4 75 Roberto Munoz 23:59.8
36 Julian Garcia 21:33.6 77 Omar Ponce 24:17.6
37 Nicolas Frias 21:40.8 78 Francisco Erazo 24:20.1
38 Javier Rodriguez 21:42.6 86 Gilberto Acevedo 25:08.7
40 Jaime Vargas 21:45.4 87 Tyler Hackworth 25:12.7
45 Mario Gaspar 21:58.8 90 Jaime Valdovinos 25:22.4
47 Vincent Chavez 22:17.8 103 Anthony Larin 26:39.8
64 Andre Alvarez 23:13.9 104 Joseph Orozco 27:01.4
67 Ricardo Gutierrez 23:28.6

Up next the team travels to Mt. SAC for what is most likely the largest cross country meet in the world. They will take on thousands of teams in two day long staggered race competition. The action begins on Friday October 21st!