Arroyo - MVL Champs
The Arroyo boys and Rosemead girls came into the season favored but had very different paths to today’s Mission Valley League Finals. The Panthers have competed well all year, building to a win at Santa Clarita and an excellent showing at the Mt.SAC Invite, resulting in a #10 spot in the latest SGV rankings. The Knights have fought injuries and inconsistency all year, and feel to third in the second dual meet.
Diego Lopez - MVL Champ
Today, both teams showed their quality on the 3-mile Invite course at Bonelli Park. Arroyo, led by a clear 1-2 finish from Diego Lopez (16:24) and Andres Aparicio (16:25) put four in the top ten and their fifth was twelfth to total just 27 points for the victory. Preseason team leader Sam Garcia, returning from injury, was 4th/16:44, and Connor Crowley was 9th/17:04 for the Knights. Rosemead, with 63 points, put two in the top ten, Freddy Cerezo 6th/16:56 and Abraham Esparza 8th/16:58 to finish a clear second.
The third CIF spot was a bit of a surprise as El Monte, 4th and 5th in the cluster meets, ran very well to finish third with 67, just four points adrift of second. The Lions strength was up front, putting three in the top ten. There was the expected strong performance from Bryan Telles 6th/16:47, but key were the big step ups from Julian Sandoval 7th/16:58 and Jose Lopez 10th/17:06. South El Monte and Gabrielino both came to the meet with expectations of contending for the third spot or maybe even second, but both had rough days to finish fourth and fifth, respectively. SEM’s Jaime Perez 3rd/16:38, will have the consolation of advancing to CIF individually. Pedro Lopez 14th/17:32 was best for Gabrielino. Tony Munoz 23rd/18:30 was best for Mountain View.
Rosemead - MVL Champs
The Rosemead girls were not quite as dominant as earlier in the year, but just by little. Putting all five scorers in the top ten, they were clear winners with only 22 points. Senior Kelly Luc is the league champion at 20:17, just ahead of teammate Cindy Phung (20:20). Stephanie Castillo 7th/21:15 and Samantha Perez 10th/21:32 led a solid performance by second place South El Monte. Arroyo was third, their best was Cindy Ngo 3rd/20:41. Sharon Khoo (Gabrielino) had a an excellent day to finish 5th/20:58, advancing as an individual, and their next four were tightly grouped, but just a little too far back and they missed the final CIF spot by 12 points
Kelly Luc - MVL Champ
Fifth placed El Monte had an excellent lead performance from Karolina Flores 8th/21:29. Mountain View didn’t score, finishing only three runners, Joselen Enriquez 19th/23:44 was the best of the trio.
Complete Results are here (Excel files): XC MVL Finals 2011 Varsity Results-Revised
Photos courtesy of Tom Crowley
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