Mt.SAC Saturday Girls: Lauren and Tartans Out Front

On Saturday, the Division I & II schools took the famous 2.93 mile course at Mt.SAC, and at the end of the day the top performances came from Glendora senior Lauren Justus and her Tartan teammates.

Glendora was is in the Individual Sweeps race and Lauren, the SGV’s 2009 leader, took another big step forward to finish sixth in a area leading, PR 17:53.  Her teammates were right behind, most notably frosh Tori Whitworth with a 19:32 effort in her first visit to MtSAC, finishing with a school record 97:22.

Claremont had an equally strong day, winning their Div. II heat with at 97:31 time for their five scorers.  This fast rising team was by soph Baily Sanin (6th/18:50), and frosh Megan Renken (7th/18:52), & Merin Arft (19:17).  Charter Oak junior Carly Lake was second (19:15) in her heat.

In a merge of the eight local teams running Saturday, Glendora (44) and Claremont (44) tie on points with the Tartans getting the nod with the better sixth runner, frosh Taylor Butler (20th/20:23) over junior Danielle Hepperle (21st/20:25).  Rowland, led by frosh Courtney Conchola (19:24) was third with 107 points.

Complete meet results are here.

Local Top Ten List and the Complete Merge Results after the jump.

ESGV Top Ten Performers Girls – Mt.SAC Invite

1. 17:53   Lauren Justus – Senior, Glendora
2. 18:50   Baily Sanin – Frosh, Claremont
3. 18:52   Megan Renken – Frosh, Claremont
4. 19:10   Anna Trejo – Junior, Nogales
5. 19:15   Carly Lake – Junior, Charter Oak
6. 19:17   Merin Arft – Frosh, Claremont
7. 19:22   Miriam Jimenez – Senior, Baldwin Park
8. 19:24   Courtney Conchola – Frosh, Rowland
9. 19:32   Tori Whitworth – Frosh, Glendora
10. 19:47   Emily Hoey – 19:47

ESGV Merged Results – Mt.SAC Invite

1. 44   Glendora – 97:22
2. 44   Claremont – 97:31
3. 107   Rowland – 103:43
4. 118   West Covina – 104:00
5. 128   Arroyo – 104:33
6. 145   Charter Oak – 106:04
7. 149   Baldwin Park – 106:37
8. 164   Diamond Bar – 107:10