Justine DeLa Rosa competes against Oak Park and La Reina during league last week.

In a phenomenal race the flashes traveled to UCSB’s Lagoon course to take on Ventura, Dos Pueblos, San Marcos, Lompoc, Nordhoff, Saint Bonaventure and Carpinteria. The boys took home first place and the girls were 4th behind Dos Pueblos, San Marcos and Ventura.

Jose Almaguer, returning to the front spot, was 8th overall in 16:37. This is a new personal best by over a minute and the third fastest time for a Flash on the course. The real story of the win came from the next four finishers who rounded out the five scorers and finished one after the other to lock down the win. Finishing 12th through 15th were Adrian Mejia in 16:51 finish, Anthony Rivas in 16:53, Juan Mariscal in 16:58 and Alexander Gonzalez in 17:02. Adrian and Anthony both set new personal bests on the course. Hugo Valdovinos and Isaac Gomez were the remainder of the top 7. Isaac was 19th in 17:10 and Hugo was 27th in 17:32.

With a 17 second improvement over last year, Kiana Hope finished in 4th at 19:27. Laura Garnica was 10th in 20:10 with an astounding 1:10 course improvement. Jordyn Vassaur was 23rd in 21:32. The 25th finisher Maria Villalobos charged through the chute in 21:41 and Lucia Diaz was the fifth flash for a 31st finish. Alexis Tafoya was hot on her heels with a 32nd place finish in 21:59. Amber Wilmot was 60th with a time of 23:22.

The team will next travel to Clovis for the Clovis invitational on Saturday the 8th for what the team hopes will be a preview of the State meet.