Of the CIF-SS five divisions for cross country, the San Gabriel Valley was best represented in Div. 4 with 10 boys teams and 13 girls teams advancing from their leagues to Saturday’s CIF Prelims at the Riverside Cross Country Course. On a nice day for our region, seven boys and seven girls teams moved on to next week’s final.
The San Dimas Girls after to CIF Finals for the first time… ever!
CIF-SS Div. 4 Girls Merged Results
In the girls races SGV ranked #7 Mayfield were 2nd/96:24 in their heat to advance along with #6 Bishop Amat, at 5th/99:12 and Covina – 8th/101:37, with both of those teams missing one of their usual first five. These teams have been regulars in the finals – this is the tenth straight year the Cubs have advanced, sixth straight for the Lancers and five straight for the Colts.
The real news from this heat came from San Dimas who finished 12th/104:27. This was the first time any San Dimas team had qualified for the finals! They were led by a strong efforts from their first two – senior Caroline Cobo (19:34) and junior Layla Graham (19:45).
Mayfield was led by super-soph Audrey Suarez who ran an easy 18:15, 4th-best in a merge of the D4 heats. Also moving on was Montview League Champ Hannah Eubanks (Sr, Gladstone) who was 14th/19:03.
In the second girls heat SGV #3 South Pasadena moved on with a nice 3rd/97:01 finish, as did Flintridge Sacred Heart – 98:34 and #8 La Cañada – 8th/99:55 – still running without their usual #3. The Spartans’ Ellaney Matarese ran 18:34, 10th best in D4 on the day, and now ranks 48th All-Time SGV on this course. St. Lucy’s frosh Sarah Gann was 15th in the heat with a very nice18:59, and she’ll also move on to the Finals.
Six teams did not move on. In heat 2, San Marino was first out by just seven points in 13th/104:43, while 2017 finalists South El Monte were 14th/104:41 and La Salle 23rd/125:09. In the first heat, Gladstone was 15th/112:27, 2017 finalists Bassett – 17th/112:43 and Edgewood – 20th/116:54.
CIF-SS Div 4 Boys Merged Results
Daniel Hernandez with Coach Andrew Tachias
There were some surprises in the boys races. As expected, SGV #9 South Pasadena – resting their #1 - were 5th/83:26, and Covina – 8th/83:43, both easily advanced. The Colts had a particularly good day, led by a 10th/15:42 overall D4 finish from senior Daniel Hernandez, a life-time best for him.  #14 Bishop Amat just squeaked in at 11th/84:45.
Nicolas Castillo-Davidson
A little unexpectedly, St. Francis stepped up to grab the last spot in the finals at 12th/86:05, advancing for the first time since 2010. Edgewood junior Nicolas Castillo-Davidson also moved on with his excellent 9th/15:59 finish. He’ll be the first Lion ever to compete in the Final!
In the second boys heat, SGV #15 Pioneer advanced with a solid 3rd/81:51 finish, along with Azusa – 10th/85:48 and La Cañada – 11th/85:20. Spartan senior Owen Serricchio is now 37th All-Time SGV with his 15:33 finish, 4th overall D4 on the day.
Don Bosco, competing here for the first time since 2013, had a rough day and finished a non-qualifying 13th/87:21. 2017 Finalists Bassett were 14th/90:25 and Southlands Christian – 15th/96:35, but Nathan Vallejo did move on with his excellent 11th/15:54 finish.
SGV Div 4 Top 14’s and Team Leaders after the jump
SGV Div. 4 Girls Best 14 & Team Leaders
- 18:15 - Audrey Suarez – So, Mayfield
- 18:34 - Ellaney Matarese – So, La Cañada
- 18:40 - Sydney Morrow – Fr, South Pasadena
- 18:42 - Sarah Authur - Jr, La Cañada
- 18:53 - Lauren Nettels – Jr, Flintridge Sacred Heart
- 18:57 - Olivia Paez – Sr, Bishop Amat
- 18:59 - Sarah Gann – Fr, St. Lucy’s
- 19:01 - Elizabeth Bock – Sr, South Pasadena
- 19:02 - Emma Cadena – Jr, Mayfield
- 19:03 - Hannah Eubanks – Sr, Gladstone
- 19:06 - Morgan Rust – Jr, Bishop Amat
- 19:12 - Mai Koyama – Fr, South Pasadena
- 19:13 - Katelyn Vuong – Jr, Covina
- 19:17 - Alex Chistodoulou – So, Flintridge Sacred Heart
- 19:34 - Caroline Cobo – Sr, San Dimas
- 19:59 - Olivia Ruiz – Sr, San Marino
- 20:00 - Reagan Lucero – Sr, St. Paul
- 20:13 - Karla Ortega – So, South El Monte
- 20:50 - Ana Tecuanhuehue – Jr, Bassett
- 21:20 - Jacqueline Campos – Jr, Azusa
- 21:23 - Carissa Biliecki – Sr, Edgewood
- 23:36 - Lia Shaw – So, La Salle
SGV Div. 4 Boys Best 14 & Team Leaders
- 15:33 - Owen Serricchio – Sr, La Cañada
- 15:42 - Daniel Hernandez – Sr, Covina
- 15:53 - James Leon – Jr, Bishop Amat
- 15:54 - Nathaniel Estrada – Jr, Pioneer
- 15:54 - Nathan Vallejo – Sr, Southlands Christian
- 15:59 - Nicolas Castillo-Davidson – Jr, Edgewood
- 16:02 - Sergio Martin – Jr, Pioneer
- 16:04 - Isaiah Hernandez – Jr, Bishop Amat
- 16:09 - Sam Clark – Jr, South Pasadena
- 16:14 - Nicolo Porcu – Sr, South Pasadena
- 16:19 - Marcelo Martinez – Jr, Pioneer
- 16:27 - Angel Medrano – So, Azusa
- 16:28 - Cristian Delgado – Jr, Covina
- 16:28 - Aaron Dominguez – Sr, Don Bosco
- 16:28 - Daniel Martinez – Sr, Ganesha
- 16:37 - Stuart Serventi – Jr, St. Francis
- 16:49 - Jon Pfeiffer – Sr, Wilson
- 16:56 - Alexis Castillon-Leon – So, Bassett
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