Mt.SAC Girls Friday: Kelli and Mayfield are the Best

Girls XC in the San Gabriel Valley has much of its talent concentrated  in the three smallest CIF divisions, with four teams in today’s Mt.SAC Invitational Division III, IV, & V Sweepstakes races, and a total of seven teams ranked in the CIF-SS and half of the SGV’s Top Ten.

Individually, Whittier Christian senior Kelli Hunt continued to amaze, running a solo 18:22 to win her Div. IV heat.  It was the SGV’s best time on the day, and 4th best among all the D4 girls.

Mayfield After Their Win at Clovis

Mayfield (CIF & SGV #4) turned in the best local performance, running a stunning 1:38:00 to finish third in the Div. IV Sweeps, and it was the best team time among the SGV.  The Cubs put four below 19:30, led by an 8th place, 18:59 from junior Christina Cordano that was 5th best SGV on the day. Their gap back to #5, 1:07 today, may be the key element in determining how far they can go this year.

Soph Helena Van Loan took another big step in her ’11 season with an 18:52 to finish fifth in the Div. III sweeps, while her South Pasadena (CIF #11, SGV #7) team was fifth in 1:39:40, hurt by a big 2:37 gap from 1-5.  In the Div. V Sweeps, Pasadena Poly was 6th/1:46:47, led by an excellent 10th/19:20 from soph Evan Gancedo (9th SGV) while Flintridge Prep was 7th/1:46:44.

Several of the SGV’s CIF ranked teams chose to run in the divisional races rather than the Sweeps.  In Div. III, Bonita was the winner of their heat in 1:38:05, a minute slower than their winning time at the SGV Challenge last week, with the afternoon heat probably accounting for the difference.  The Bearcats were again led by junior Marissa Scott, who won the race in 18:26 and received a nice step up 19:20 (SGV #9) performance from soph Diana Garcia.  CIF # 9/SGV #6 South Hills received an exciting 19:19 Mt.SAC debut from frosh Danielle Murrietta (8th SGV) and a solid 19:21 from senior Alex Borunda to run 1:40:47 while Huskies an SGV #4 1:40:47.  Bishop Amat’s top frosh Emily Hubert didn’t disappoint, her 18:45 2.93 debut ranked third SGV.  Rosemead won their heat in 1:43:09, which ranks them fifth among the SGV.  They were led by a 19:36 results from senior Kelly Luc.

In Div. IV, CIF #5/SGV #8 Flintridge Sacred Heart again ran short handed, totaling 1:45:29, led again by a solid 19:45 from senior Stephanie Vargas.

Complete Results are here.  Dyestat Coverage is here

SGV Team Rankings and the Area’s Top 14 Performers after the jump

Mt.SAC Invitatonal SGV Top 14 Performers 2011, Div. III, IV, V

1. 18:22  Kelli Hunt – Sr, Whittier Christian
2. 18:26  Marissa Scott – Jr, Bonita
3. 18:45  Emily Hubert – Fr, Bishop Amat
4. 18:52  Helena Van Loan – So, South Pasadena
5. 18:59  Christina Cordano – Jr, Mayfield
6. 19:03  Evan Gancedo – So, Pasadena Poly
7. 19:09  Sarah Yoho – So, Flintridge Prep
8. 19:19  Danielle Murrietta – Fr, South Hills
9. 19:20  Diana Garcia – So, Bonita
10. 19:21  Alex Borunda – Sr, South Hills
11. 19:21  Alyssa Rivas – So, Mayfield
12. 19:23  Karina Alvarez – Jr, Mayfield
13. 19:30  Coley Mozillo – Sr, Mayfield
14. 19:36  Kelly Luc – Sr, Rosemead

1. 1:38:00  Mayfield (Div. IV) – Cordano
2. 1:38:05  Bonita (Div. III) – M.Scott
3. 1:39:40  South Pasadena (Div. III) – Van Loan
4. 1:40:47  South Hills (Div. III) – Murrietta
5. 1:43:09  Rosemead (Div. III) – Luc
6. 1:45:29  Flintridge Sacred Heart (Div. IV) – Stephanie Vargas 19:45
7. 1:45:31  Los Altos (Div. III) – Krystal Martinez 20:02
8. 1:45:32  St. Lucy’s (Div. III) – Katie Breitschwerdt 20:26
9. 1:46:44  Flintridge Prep (Div. V) – Gancedo
10. 1:46:47  Pasadena Poly (Div. V) – Yoho
11. 1:47:04  Bishop Amat (Div. III) – Hubert
12. 1:49:21  Sierra Vista (Div. III) – Jessica Lopez 20:02
13. 1:51:16  Ganesha (Div. III) – Liz Reyes 20:25
14. 1:51:58  St. Paul (Div. IV) – Ariel Melendrez 21:04
15. 1:52:11  San Dimas (Div. IV) – Alyssa Martinez 20:13
16. 1:52:30  South El Monte (Div. III) – Stephanie Castillo 21:52
17. 1:52:57  Pomona Catholic (Div. V) – Shanon Markle 20:56
18. 1:52:47  San Marino (Div. IV) – Alissa Barraza 20:06
19. 1:53:12  Azusa (Div. III) – Shaina Pardo 20:01
20. 1:55:26  Cantwell SHM (Div. IV) – Lauren Puebla 20:54
21. 1:55:30  Maranatha (Div. IV) – Bethanie Chin 20:27
22. 1:55:41  Temple City (Div. III) – Lezly Ayala 22:12
23. 1:56:13  Vivian Webb (Div. V) – Arrianna Habbestad 21:53
24. 1:56:49  La Salle (Div. IV) – Mariana Henry 21:56
25. 1:58:32  Alverno (Div. V) – Katherine Hasbert 20:04
26. 2:00:53  La Puente (Div. III) – Marisol Gutierrez 22:33
27. 2:04:22  Pioneer (Div. III) – Vanessa Mares 20:33
28. 2:05:11  Wilson (Div. III) – Nicole Olivas 22:35
29. 2:06:53  Marshall Fundamental (Div. IV) – Anna Konoplev 22:35
30. 2:11:32  Ramona Convent (Div. IV) – Ana Vasquez 23:43
31. 2:29:58  Duarte (Div. IV) – Lori Near 24:54
32. -NT-  Gabrielino (Div. III) – Alyssa Lok 23:57
33. -NT-  Whittier Christian  – Hunt