Week 4: Castro and Glendora Strong; Munoz, South Hills, Bonita and St. Lucy’s step up

The past week was a busy one for the East San Gabriel Valley Cross Country teams.  Several leagues held their first cluster meets, and nearly half of the local teams ran in big races on Saturday.

Glendora was the top boys team, winning the tough Sierra League meet with a course record on Tuesday, and finishing second at the Brea Invite on Saturday.  They were led both days by junior Anthony Castro, who was first and fourth in those two meets.

The top individual honor went to Brittnie Munoz (Sr, Rosemead) who set a new course record while winning Saturday’s Weisenberger Invite, but the top performance came from Bonita frosh Marissa Scott at the Warren Stauffer Invite.  Her team was fourth overall, joining South Hills (6th, Brea) and St. Lucy’s (2nd, Sierra League) for the top team performances of the week.

Scroll down or follow the links for further coverage of these meets, along with the Valle Vista cluster, which Covina dominated on both sides.

Top Ten list of the Week’s Top Performers below the fold:

East San Gabriel Valley Top Performers – Week 4

Note:  It is notoriously difficult to compare cross country performances over differing terrain, surfaces, distances and weather conditions.  The lists below are a rough attempt to rank performances while trying to account for these differences.  Your mileage may vary.

Boys

1. 16:24  Anthony Castro, Jr-Glendora – Brea 5k, hilly, slow footing
2. 17:00  Kelly Hernandez, Jr-Glendora – Brea
3. 16:16  Austin Goodheart, Sr-Glendora – Sierra/Bonelli 5k, rolling
4. 15:54  Fabian Velasco, Sr-Duarte – Yucaipa 3m, rolling
5. 16:20  Austin Mendoza, So-Glendora – Sierra/Bonelli
6. 16:30  James McCreary, So-Diamond Bar – Sierra/Bonelli
7. 17:18  Jonathan Flores, Jr-South Hills – Brea
8. 17:20  Israel Orosco, Sr-Azusa – Brea
9. 16:47  Neill Netzeband, Sr-Glendora – Sierra/Bonelli
10. 16:48  Shin Yamamura, Jr-Glendora – Sierra/Bonelli

Girls

1.  17:30  Marissa Scott, Fr-Bonita – Stauffer 3m, flat and (probably short)
2. 20:10  Carly Lake, So-Charter Oak – Brea 5k, hilly, slow footing
3. 19:08  Taylor Hebb, Jr-St. Lucy’s – Sierra/Bonelli 5k, rolling
4. 18:42  Brittnie Munoz, Sr-Rosemead – Weisenberger 3m rolling
5. 17:52  Lexie Jackson, Fr-Bonita – Stauffer
6. 19:59  Katy Hebb, So-St. Lucy’s – Sierra/Bonelli
7. 21:11  Ashley Holguin – Sr-South Hills – Brea
8. 21:12  Vanessa Holguin – Jr-South Hills – Brea
9. 21:08  Illiana Velasquez – Jr-Bishop Amat – Staub/Barnes 3m, very hilly
10. 20:24  Emily Bruce – Jr-St. Lucy’s – Sierra/Bonelli