Week 6: Jayson and Kristy Lead, Glendora boys dominate, Northview guys step up

East SGV athletes had a great week, winning individual honors at two invites, and doing it in conditions that ranged from driving rain to high heat.  Senior Jayson Perez (South El Monte) and soph Kristy Hebb (St. Lucy’s) were the top individual performers.  Kristy ran a strong second place in the rain in the tough Sierra League on Tuesday, while Jayson was easily the overall winner at Saturday’s Bell Gardens Invite, where junior Lauren Justus (Glendora) was the girls winner.

Rosemead was the area’s lone representative at the Santa Clarita Invite, and senior Brittnie Munoz was alone at the end of the race, winning in a fine time of 18:41 on this flat, 3 mile course. This was her second Invite win of the year.  She and her teammates finished 6th in the team competition.  Christopher Le (17:10) was once again the Panther’s top boy.  Full results are here.

In the cluster meets, the Glendora boys, led by Austin Goodheart‘s winning effort, dropped a dominating 17 points on the Sierra League, while St. Lucy’s took the top spot to set up a show down at finals with Ayala.  In the Montview, La Puente (b) and Sierra Vista repeated their wins from the first meet.  In the Valle Vista, the Covina girls continued roll, while Northview made the jump to first after finishng third in the first meet.

The week’s top performers are after the jump.East San Gabriel Valley Top Performers – Week 6   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.  Note:  Weather conditions were not accounted for in this list.

Boys

1. 15:02  Jayson Perez – South El Monte – Bell Gardens, 3 miles, flat
2. 15:30  Israel Orosco – Azusa – Bell Gardens
3. 16:19   Austin Goodheart – Sierra #2 – 5000 meters, rolling hills, in heavy rain
4. 15:36   Paul Balderas – Diamond Ranch – Bell Gardens
5. 16:21   Anthony Castro – Glendora – Sierra #2
6. 16:23   Kelly Hernandez – Glendora – Sierra #2
7. 15:43   Efren Alcala, Sr – Arroyo – Bell Gardens
8. 15:46   Brandon Martinez – El Monte – Bell Gardens
9. 16:32   Austin Mendoza – Glendora – Sierra #2
10. 15:53   Isaias Hinojosa – South El Monte – Bell Gardens

Girls

1. 19:07   Kristy Hebb – St. Lucy’s – Sierra #2 – 5000 meters, rolling, rain
2. 19:15   Lauren Justus – Glendora – Sierra #2
3. 19:17   Taylor Hebb – St. Lucy’s – Sierra #2
4. 18:41   Brittnie Munoz – Rosemead – Santa Clarita – 3 miles, flat
5. 19:36   Marissa Horton – St. Lucy’s Sierra #2
6. 18:54   Reina Sotelo – Los Altos – Bell Gardens – 3 miles, flat
7. 18:56   Vanessa Lopez – Rowland – Bell Gardens
8. 19:54   Mariah Reyes – St. Lucy’s – Sierra #2
9. 19:05   Kristan Galvez – Rowland – Bell Gardens
10. 19:18   Veronica Bejar – South El Monte – Bell Gardens