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DLS-CHS Nike Invitational - Newall Park Concord
Full Race Results Here.
If there was ever a stronger day for the Mustangs at Newhall Park... nobody can remember it!!! Both boys and girls teams - top to bottom - show that they are a stampeding force to be reckoned with. MV runners win 3 of the 4 girls races! Fr Emily Hora takes the FS/JV Unlimited race, Sr Morgan Dowling paces the JV Girls Limited race, while Fr Kelli Wilson runs away with the FS Girls Limited crown. The team takes a First Place (Frosh-Soph Girls), two 2nds (Varsity Boys and JV Girls) a 3rd (Varsity Girls) and two 5ths (JV Boys and Frosh-Soph Boys) in the scoring team races. All races had 19 or more teams, with some having up to 36 squads lining up. Not even retired Coach Davis can remember a better all around day. Highlights below:
FS - JV Girls Unlimited
Freshman Emily Hora starts the day with an individual race victory, running a 14:27 to start the medals flowing for the Mustangs. Soph Sumin Lim is 8th overall, while Frosh Charlotte Wycoff is 26th. This was a non-scoring race in terms of team scores. XC Stats shows that the girls took 2nd overall had it been scored!
JV Boys Limited
Jr Carson Sawchuk paces the JV boys in a fast 11:32 over the two mile Newhall course, good enough for a 19th place finish. Jr Danny Maguire is 26th and Sam George is also in the top 30 in 28th place. Overall, the boys take an impressive 5th place out of 24 teams.
Varsity Girls
The girls faced a full house of regional and state ranked opponents today, and responded with an spirited and confident run that saw them take 3rd Place in the large field of 34 teams. Only state ranked Davis HS and St Francis Mountain View were in front of them today. Sr Meredith Corda runs a solid race to finish 15th and pace the group. Alex Wilson cracks into the top 30 as well. A solid pack behind them insures a top 3 finish, as 5th scorer Lauren Cervantes crossed close behind in 36th (with Audrey Coney and Sidney Ison in between). Catherine Kiser and Olivia Bame complete the varsity seven today.
Varsity Boys
With Seniors Daniel Maneloveg (9th), Nick Vomund (10th) and Tristan Miller (12th) solidly up front, the Varsity Boys laid down a signature race today, running the fastest team time at Newhall in MV history on their way to a 2nd place finish. The guys were just ahead of San Joaquin Section power Jesuit, while behind only State top 10 ranked Bellarmine Prep. Senior Brendan Lau (41st) and Junior Matt Johnson (47th) closed the door on the scoring. Ben Smiley and Matthew Kim round out the top 7.
Video Highlights of the Varsity Boys Race courtesy of Jesuit High School
JV Girls
This time, it's Senior Morgan Dowling powering up front for the JV Girls, as she pulls away from the pack by nearly 20 seconds. Morgan runs a stellar 13:31 today. Close behind, teammate Sr Paige Moldenhauer just misses second - finishing in 3rd place in 13:50. The girls pack 4 in the top 25 to earn 2nd Place overall out of 19 teams. Cheyenne (12th) and Ciara (22nd) Friesen are next across for the Stangs.
FS Boys Limited
The Frosh Soph "Limited" race featured 33 full teams, and the Mustangs turned back 27 of them as they finished a strong 5th today. Fr Ethan Pendergraft was first across the line in 13th place, with Soph Sam Milham (20th) and Fr Austin Pendergraft in 21st. That strong packing up front spelled the difference, as the team was only 1 sec per runner behind perennial power host De La Salle in 4th place.
FS Girls Limited
If there was one race that Monte Vista just dominated, it was the Frosh Soph Girls Limited race. The girls placed 6 in the top 25 runners to score an outstanding low score of 38 points, well ahead of St Francis in second place with 75 points. Once again, a Mustang led the way to the finish line as Kelli Wilson ran the fastest non-varsity time of the day finishing in 13:11 for the 2 mile course. Melanie Kim was close behind in 4th (13:31), which Josephine Lee (6th), Lillian O'Keefe (11th), Jessica Wandling (18th) and Natalie Kwong (23rd) packed up front.
FS Boys Unlimited
Sophomores Christopher Bozorgmehr (26th) and Peyton Gibbs (29th) led the way for the team in this non-scoring race. Unofficially, XC Stats has the boys 8th out of 25 teams, only 14 pts from 5th.
JV Boys Unlimited
Closing out the racing was the Unlimited (non scoring) race. Once again, a strong pack of Mustangs in the top 30 showed the depth of the team today. Jr Ryan Long paced the guys in 17th, while Josh Elliott (19th), Cade Hammond (20th), Grant Meehan (22nd) and Ryan Hoffman (24th) were all in sight of each other. Unofficially they were 3rd out of 12 teams!
