Jordyn Vassaur, a sophomore has been out best newcomer to the Girls Varsity team.

Jaime Vargas, a freshman ran an amazing time of 19:02 in his debut at Mt. Sac.

Amber Wilmot, a junior proves her spot is on the varsity team.

In an amazing race day at what is probably the world’s largest high school cross country meet, the team stepped up to the pressure and put on a show. The boys’ varsity was once again the highlight as they finished 9th in their invitational race to maintain the 5th ranking in Southern Section Division 4 and 9th in division 4 for the state. The girls were third in their race. The boys ‘junior varsity team was also in the front as they placed 5th in the junior varsity national championship race.

Finishing in 30th for the varsity boys was Jose Almaguer with a time of 16:30 on the 3 mile course. Alexander Gonzales was next in 42nd place with a time of 16:41. Anthony Rivas flew in at 16:48 for a finish place of 48th. Finishing just over seventeen minutes was Adrian Mejia at 17:01 to be the 57th boy through the chute in that race. Isaac Gomez, Hugo Valdovinos and Jaime Magdaleno ran as a pack with respective placings of 81, 82, and 83. Isaac finished in 17:23 while the other two boys both came in at 17:24. This was good enough to beat out 56 other competing teams for division 4 boys’ varsity.

For the girls varsity Kiana Hope once again resumed the lead as she finished 5th in her race with a time of 20:02. Laura Garnica wasn’t far behind as she crossed the line in 20:42 to place 13th in the race. In 23rd was Jordyn Vassaur who com-pleted the course in 21:22. This was also Jordyn’s first time running the course and competing against so many other schools. Maria Villalobos placed 34th with a clock reading of 22:03. Finishing just behind her was Lucia Diaz with a 36th chute finish at 22:08. Alexis Tafoya beat out 60 other girls to finish 70th overall with a time of 23:54 on her first attempt at the course. The seventh runner for Fillmore was Amanda Vassaur who finished 82nd with an electronic finish of 24:25.

In the junior varsity boys’ national championship race, Jordan Mendoza was 2nd overall in the race with a clocking of 17:19. Justin Beach was lucky number 13 as he hit ht e chute at 17:53. Jovani Oregon was 32nd in 18:16 and Sammy Martinez completed the course in 18:26 to finish 37th. Brothers Frank and Vincent Chavez finished within mere seconds of each other as Frank was 55th and Vincent was 59th. Frank had a time of 18:57 which just edged out Vincent’s time of 19:03. Christian Rodriguez recorded a 19:09 to finish 63rd to help the team to its 5th place accomplish-ment.

For the regular junior varsity race Armando Vidal was a true standout, he braved the switch backs, conquered poop out hill, and sped down reservoir hill to build to a kick along the airstrip and finish in 18:19 to finish in 32nd place. Julian Gar-cia was 39th with a recorded time of 18:31. David Enriquez thundered to a 54th place finish with a result of 18:49. In 59th was Tyler Hackworth at 18:54. Eddie Baez completed the course in 19:17 to earn the 73rd spot. Javier Rodriguez found himself in the 79th spot as he raced for a 19:23 mark. Rounding the 9th place in their race team was Robert Munoz as he rocketed to a 19:45 and placed 89th. There were 200 athletes in the race.

The junior varsity girls finished 8th in their race and 13th overall amongst division 4 competitors as Amber Wil-mot was 30th in her race with a time of 23:31. Carla Pizzano was 39th with a 24:00 chute finish. Dalila Ortiz was 56th as she powered through the course in 24:46. In 89th place was Ashley Morino who garnered a 26:13. The final scorer for the girls was Sarahi Pascual in 114th place with a result of 26:58. There were 199 people in the race.

The dynamic duo for the freshmen girls finished dead even with Sofia Gallardo finishing a scant few inches ahead of Justine De la Rosa. The girls were 75th and 76th with respective times of 25:05 in the 190 person race. Denise Hernandez was 146th in the division 4 sophomore girls’ race of 188 contestants with a time of 28:55
Three freshmen boys ran on the day for Fillmore with Jaime Vargas barreling in at 19:02, Francisco Erazo racing for 20:33 and Isai Bolanos charging in at 27:36. They finished in 15th, 39th and 143rd respectively.

A true highlight among the lower classmen however was the boys’ sophomore team which completed the course in 4th place for their heat and 7th place among all sophomore teams competing. Nico Frias led the pack with a 15th place finish in 18:54. Nicholas Johnson smiled his way to 29th with a 3 mile run of 19:25. Ricardo Gutierrez surged for a finish in 20:08 and placed 46th. Joey Orozco achieved a 56th place finish with a finish time of 20:24. In 58th, Mario Gaspar ran a 20:25. Completing the course in 20:28 and 60th place was Omar Ponce. 95th was Anthony Larin with a clocking of 21:18. In 107th was Jaime Valdovinos with a course conquering 21:35. Gilberto Acevedo rounded out the junior varsity with a 112th placing at 21:44. Up next for the team is the Tri-Valley League Championships on Thursday at Oak Canyon Park, race times begin at 3:30 pm.