Boys Varsity Sweepstakes (Division IV) (l-r) Ms. Tafoya, Jose Almaguer, Nicolas Frias, Isaac Gomez, Alexander Frias, Anthony Rivas, Hugo Valdovinos and Adrian Mejia.

Sophomore Boys (Division IV) (l-r) Billy Volmert, Isai Bolanos, Francisco Erazo, Jorge Hurtado, Jaime Vargas, Gerardo Rodriguez, Ivan Hurtado and Demitriouz Lozano.

On Tuesday, October 16, the team invited the league to challenge the home course at the Fillmore school farm and competed for the final Tri-Valley League rankings before the league championship. The boys’ varsity placed second to Oak Park who is now tied with the Flashes in league while the girls maintained their 4th place spot. The junior varsity girls maintain 3rd in league but improved their score by 20 points. The junior varsity boys also find themselves in 2nd place overall in league.

Climbing Mt. SAC
On Friday the team packed up their lunches and headed to one of the biggest and most prestigious cross country races in the nation as they headed to Walnut, Ca for the Mt. San Antonio College Cross Country Invitational. The results were nothing short of amazing.

The best performances of the day came from the Boy’s sweepstakes race and the JV National Championship race. Your Fillmore Flashes Cross Country teams won both races.

In a nail biter that came down to the finish the varsity boys managed to edge out Salesian by a narrow 4 point margin. Hugo Valdovinos surged to the forefront to finish 7th overall with a very impressive 15:55. Alexander Frias and Anthony Rivas finished 12th and 13th at 16:12 while Isaac Gomez was 28th at 16:33. Jose Almaguer and Adrian Mejia placed 30th and 31st at 16:36. The rising super star, Nicolas Frias, placed 55th with a clocking of 17:05 to round out the boys’ varsity team.

The JV boys’ race was an excellent example of pack tactics as Frank Chavez, Justin Beach, and Vincent Chavez placed 3rd, 4th, and 5th with Frank recording a 17:17 and Beach and Chavez at 17:31 and 17:32. Jovani Oregon was 13th at 17:45 and David Enriquez finished in 17:51 at 15th place. Finishing together to round out the team were Sammy Martinez and Mario Gaspar at 26th and 27th in 18:26

The boy’s junior varsity garnered the 3rd place spot in their race with Armando Vidal leading the charge. He was 8th with a time of 18:20. Nick Johnson was 12th overall with a time of 18:50. Javier Rodriguez placed 20th at 19:29 and Omar Ponce placed 23rd in 19:32. Tyler Hackworth rounded out the scorers at 41st place with a time of 20:04 for the three mile course. Anthony Larin, Jaime Valdovinos and Malco Magana also contributed to the boys efforts on the day.

The boys’ sophomore team finished first in their race and first among all division 4 sophomores. Jorge Hurtado and Fransisco Erazo finished 5th and 6th with respective times of 17:46 and 18:17. Jaime Vargas placed 9th in the race, clocking an 18:46. Gerardo Rodriguez was close behind at 11th with a time of 18:57. Demitriouz Lozano finished 26th in 20:11. Ivan Hurtado, Isai Bolanos and Billy Volmert also competed in the race.

Athletes of the Week
David Enriquez
Gerardo Rodriguez
Jaime Valdovinos
Demi Lozano
Hugo Valdovinos
Alexander Frias
Amber Wilmot
Briana Segoviano
Sofia Gallardo
Kiana Hope
Alexis Tafoya
Laura Garnica

For full results of the whole team go to http://events.mtsac.edu/ccinvite/results.htm and look at the division 4 results. Next the team travels to Lake Casitas on Friday for the Ventura County Championships.