The San Gabriel Valley advanced thirteen boys teams and seven girls teams to the CIF-SS cross country Prelims held Friday at The Riverside Cross Country Course. The teams picked to advance all did, along with several nice surprises and few heartbreaks.
The SGV #7 Bonita boys easily moved on
Division 3 Boys Merged Results
In the first boys race, SGV #7 Bonita advanced with a restrained 5th/83:03 along #13 South Hills – 7th/83:19. In a nice step up performance, Los Altos 10th/85.36 will join them in the finals. The Conqs, advancing for the first time since 2014, were especially helped by step-up performances from senior Isak Andrade and soph Noah Palafax.
BP junior Edwardo De Paz was an easy 5th/15:52 and will advance individually along with Pasadena wonder-frosh Isaiah Givens who was 10th/16:01. South Hills’ senior Devin Hightower was 2nd/15:36 which ranks him #35 All-Time SGV here.
La Mirada had a bit of a rough day -16th/86:55 – and will miss the final along with Baldwin Park 15th/88:02,  El Monte -18th/88:35 and Sierra Vista 21st/93:38. This ends the Braves’ streak of five straight finals.
In the second race, #11 Whitter moved on with a controlled 5th/83:14 effort. Rosemead fell frustratingly 4 points short of the final spot at 13th/86:58, followed by Temple City – 14th/88:04, Gabrielino – a disappointing 16th/89:07, Nogales – 17th/90:22 and Garey – 20th/95:10. Nogales senior Osvaldo Cervantes was in complete control, winning the heat in 15:33 and will advance individually.
CIF Div 3 Girls Merged Results
In he girls races, SGV #14 Rosemead ran a really excellent 5th/101:02 to advance just ahead of #11 Bonita – who were a little off, running – 6th/101:03 as both teams advance.  Gabrielino – 14th/109:03 and South Hills – 15th/89:33 finish their seasons here, but the Huskie soph Arissa Hatcher finished 8th/19:19 and will move on individually.
In race 2: La Mirada was 10th/104:51 and will return to the Finals for the second year, while Nogales nabbed the final qualifying spot in 12/111:04 to advance for the maybe the first time ever, along with Monrovia junior Alayana Peters who was 2nd/18:54.  Sierra Vista was 17th/116:28
SGV Best 14’s & Team Leaders after the jump
SGV Div 3 Girls Best 14 & Team Leaders
- 18:51 - Lorelei Claxton – Jr, Bonita
- 18:54 - Alayna Peters – Jr, Monrovia
- 18:55 - Melanie Mach – Sr, Rosemead
- 19:19 - Arissa Hatcher – So, South Hills
- 19:25 - Alexis Maldonado – So, Nogales
- 20:05 - Cassandra Chin – Sr, Rosemead
- 20:12 - Miranda Lam – Jr, Rosemead
- 20:22 - Joelle Vargas – Sr, Bonita
- 20:23 - Sofia Guzman – So, Bonita
- 20:27 - Kristin Song – Fr, Gabrielino
- 20:29 - Mia Gutierrez – Sr, La Mirada
- 20:33 - Natalia Zuniga – Fr, La Mirada
- 20:37 - Alexa Garcia – Fr, Bonita
- 20:48 - Jenny Moreno – Jr, Rosemead
- 21:05 - Kaylee Sanchez – So, Los Altos
- 22:16 - Brenda Caballero – So, Garey
- 22:41 - Carla Cabamongan – Sierra Vista
SGV Div 3 Boys Best 14 & Team Leaders
- 15:33 - Osvaldo Cervantes – Sr, Nogales
- 15:36 - Devin Hightower – Sr, South Hills
- 15:52 - Eduardo De Paz – Jr, Baldwin Park
- 16:01 - Isaiah Givens – Fr, Pasadena
- 16:09 -Â Nicolas Acosta -Â Jr, Bonita
- 16:21 - Christian Santiago – Sr, La Mirada
- 16:23 - Dillon Hightower – Sr, South Hills
- 16:27 - Anthony Cano – Sr, Whittier
- 16:30 - Daniel Echeveste – So, Bonita
- 16:36 - Josiah Mrla – Sr, Whittier
- 16:36 - Miguel Viderique – Fr, Whittier
- 16:40 - Roberto Soto - Sr, Monrovia
- 16:40 - Giovanni Mejia – Sr, Whittier
- 16:43 – Luke Francis – Jr, Los Altos
- 16:47 - Hector Venegas – Sr, Garey
- 16:53 - Carlos Martinez – Jr, El Monte
- 16:58 - Thomas Woo – So, Rosemead
- 17:00 - Danny Ebiner – So, Damien
- 17:07 - Philycius Tjong – Jr, Temple City
- 17:25 - Skyler Hudson – Sr, Gabrielino
- 18:10 - Victor Jaramillo – Jr, Sierra Vista
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