Glendora took top honors at the small Cal Poly Bronco Invitational held over a mostly flat, 5000 meter course at Prado Park in Chino. South Hills also had an excellent start with its girls finishing second to the Tartans and the boys coming in third behind GHS and D3 power Brea Olinda.
Glendora soph Mike Duke was the winner with a nice 15:38 effort, while his team combined for a 78:55 finish. He was closely followed up front by junior teammates Ryan Sanchez (2nd, 15:40), and Garrett Hernandez (4th, 15:45), along with senior Austin Mendoza (15:51). South Hills (80:21) front-runners Miles Sustayta, Sr (6th, 15:53) and Jason Diaz, Jr (7th, 15:56) rounded out the SGV athletes in the Top 10.
Diamond Bar (8th, 86:20) was led by a nice 16:02 from senior James McCreary, while soph Josh Jones (54th, 17:55) was up front for San Dimas (11th, 105:55).
On the girls side, the race was won by El Modena senior Julia Lipson with a strong 18:24 effort, but Glendora (85:42) brought the depth to edge South Hills (87:54) for the team title. The young Tartans were led by frosh newcomer Micaela Lamb (6th, 18:55) and sophs Emily Hoey (7th, 18:58) and Kayla McGarrell (9th, 19:06). The Huskies front-runner was junior Carly Sargent (10th, 19:08).
Junior Kelly Kuo (38th, 20:51) was tops for Diamond Bar (11th, 108:11), while D5 ranked Flintridge Prep (12th, 108:14) got off to a nice started paced by sophs Kate Evans (27th, 20:01) and Sarah Yoho (20:05). Junior Emily Smith (21st, 19:45) was best for San Dimas (14th, 111:37).
Full results and Dyestat coverage are here
Other notable performances by SGV athletes and videos of the Varsity races after the jump
Notable Perfomances
Boys (Sub 15:45 when converted to a flat, 3 mile course. Conversion factor is – 32 seconds)
- 16:04 – Damon Payne, So, Glendora
- 16:07 – Victor Garza, Jr, South Hills
- 16:10 – Aztin Rodriguez, Sr, SHHS
- 16:13 – Brandon Nelli, Sr, GHS
Girls (Sub 18:45 when converted to a flat, 3 mile course. Coversion factor is – 40 seconds)
- 19:18 – Alex Borunda, Sr, South Hills
- 19:20 – Cori Harral, So, Glendora
And thanks to some nice people at Diamond Bar HS, we have video of the two Varsity races.
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