Orange County cross-country championships see locals among leaders
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SILVERADO — The Orange County cross-country championships offered local distance runners a chance to measure themselves against their regional competition over the weekend, with several seizing the opportunity to do so at Oak Canyon Park.
Huntington Beach junior Rebecca VanPeteghen led all local girls, placing sixth in a personal-best time of 16 minutes 56.1 seconds in the sweepstakes race on Saturday.
Senior Sydney Rubio, once a Nike Cross Nationals qualifier as a freshman for the Oilers, competed in back-to-back weeks for the first time this season. She finished 13th in 17:26.8.
It was a blustery morning; Rubio said she stayed behind the pack to ward off the wind. She has been impressed with the rise of VanPeteghen, who last year qualified for state as an individual.
“She’s just been shaving seconds off every race,” Rubio said of VanPeteghen. “She’s very focused, and on top of every single thing, and locked in. She’s ready to have a big breakthrough.”
JSerra beat San Clemente, 59-99, for the girls’ sweepstakes title, the Lions led by the race winner in senior Reese Holley, who clocked in at 16:18.3.
Trabuco Hills topped Woodbridge, 55-69, for the boys’ sweepstakes championship. Senior Aidan Antonio won the race in 14:10.4 to claim a second consecutive individual county crown.
Area schools flooded the leaderboard in the open and small schools varsity races.
Newport Harbor freshman Lyle Torribio ran an area-best 15:00.6 in placing third to key the Sailors’ second-place showing in the boys’ open race.
“I think we have a lot of potential,” said Torribio, whose time on Saturday ranks first in the county and third in the Southern Section among freshman boys. “I’m really excited for [the Sunset League finals] coming up.”
Ocean View senior Elisha Case (sixth, 15:23.1) and Edison senior Zachary Byerley (ninth, 15:26.2) also produced top-10 performances.
Newport Harbor sophomore Allie Cabal ran 17:58.4 as the runner-up in the girls’ open race, with Marina freshman Madison Dahl (fourth, 18:10.0) and Fountain Valley junior Teagan Bradshaw (eighth, 18:29.4) also among the leaders.
Cabal noted she did not feel well and skipped eating before the competition.
“I didn’t think I was going to do this today, actually, at all,” Cabal said. “It’s always the worst races you surprise yourself.”
On Friday afternoon, Laguna Beach’s boys’ and girls’ teams swept the small schools titles.
Senior Carson Kull delivered a lifetime best time of 15:48.3 in a runner-up performance to pace the Breakers on the boys’ side, and senior Ella Volpe was fourth in 19:23.7 to lead Laguna Beach’s girls.
“We met expectations,” Laguna Beach girls’ cross-country coach Steve Lalim said. “We went in wanting to win, and both the boys and girls competed with that mindset. The goal was to put ourselves in position to win, and both teams delivered. Now, we carry that momentum into the elimination races and keep competing at a high level.”
Corona del Mar senior Grace DeCicco (second, 19:13.6) topped the local contingent in the girls’ small schools race, which was won with ease by Esperanza senior Lesley Ledesma in 17:50.7.
BOYS’ CROSS-COUNTRY
Orange County Championships
At Oak Canyon Park, Silverado
3-mile course
Sweepstakes Race
Team Results
1. Trabuco Hills 55; 2. Woodbridge 69; 3. San Clemente 106; 4. El Dorado 144; 5. Fullerton 145; 6. Servite 229; 7. San Juan Hills 239; 8. Capistrano Valley 254; 9. El Toro 264; 10. Villa Park 273; 17. Huntington Beach 443; 18. Fountain Valley 448
Individuals
1. Antonio (Woodbridge) 14:10.4; 2. Anderson (San Clemente) 14:19.1; 3. Taylor (Trabuco Hills) 14:20.2; 4. Clemons (Trabuco Hills) 14:20.8; 5. Dos Santos (San Clemente) 14:35.3; 6. O’Leary (JSerra) 14:36.0; 7. Yohn (Woodbridge) 14:36.0; 8. Kendall (Villa Park) 14:41.4; 9. Barrientos (Servite) 14:41.5; 10. Spickler (Woodbridge) 14:44.9; 42. Nawaz (Huntington Beach) 15:28.7; 56. Kwong (Fountain Valley) 15:39.0
Open Race
Team Results
1. Mater Dei 137; 2. Newport Harbor 155; 3. Yorba Linda 166; 4. Marina 168; 5. El Modena 191; 6. Valencia 192; 7. Troy 215; 8. Edison 238; 9. Portola 256; 10. University 259; 12. Ocean View 312; Estancia DNP
Individuals
1. Reimer (Mater Dei) 14:47.1; 2. Takeda (Troy) 14:52.5; 3. Torribio (Newport Harbor) 15:00.6; 4. Abbott (University) 15:09.8; 5. Smith-Lewis (Troy) 15:22.4; 6. Case (Ocean View) 15:23.1; 7. Canizalez (Valencia) 15:23.2; 8. Bell (Valencia) 15:24.8; 9. Byerley (Edison) 15:26.2; 10. Munoz (Sunny Hills) 15:28.0; 11. Vann Nguyen (Marina) 15:28.1; 87. Gutierrez (Estancia) 16:52.4
Small Schools Race
Team Results
1. Laguna Beach 58; 2. Godinez 97; 3. Esperanza 106; 4. Corona del Mar 126; 5. Savanna 164; 6. Brea Olinda 185; 7. Sonora 219; 8. Pacifica Christian 230; 9. Mission Viejo 239; 10. Century 246; 11. Sage Hill 255; 12. Los Amigos 261
Individuals
1. Sanchez (Savanna) 15:46.8; 2. Kull (Laguna Beach) 15:48.3; 3. Soroosh (Laguna Hills) 15:53.8; 4. Quezada (Savanna) 15:54.5; 5. Weitzman (Corona del Mar) 15:57.2; 6. Henao (Sonora) 16:03.8; 7. Alvarez (Godinez) 16:05.6; 8. Harold (Pacifica Christian) 16:11.1; 9. Longo (Sage Hill) 16:13.5; 10. Hitzel (Laguna Beach) 16:14.9; 29. Francisco (Los Amigos) 16:49.4
GIRLS’ CROSS-COUNTRY
Orange County Championships
At Oak Canyon Park, Silverado
3-mile course
Sweepstakes Race
Team Results
1. JSerra 59; 2. San Clemente 99; 3. Yorba Linda 120; 4. El Toro 149; 5. Trabuco Hills 183; 6. Pacifica 191; 7. Santa Margarita 208; 8. Canyon 220; 9. Woodbridge 238; 10. Mission Viejo 239; Huntington Beach DNP
Individuals
1. Holley (JSerra) 16:18.3; 2. Dye (Santa Margarita) 16:32.9; 3. Coulston (Santa Margarita) 16:40.3; 4. Streadbeck (JSerra) 16:44.8; 5. Turner (Mission Viejo) 16:47.3; 6. VanPeteghen (Huntington Beach) 16:56.1; 7. Wroblewski (Yorba Linda) 17:00.1; 8. Ortiz (San Clemente) 17:01.1; 9. Nourse (Laguna Hills) 17:01.8; 10. Boyce (Canyon) 17:07.4
Open Race
Team Results
1. Mater Dei 69; 2. Los Alamitos 97; 3. Northwood 100; 4. Fountain Valley 117; 5. Newport Harbor 120; 6. El Modena 182; 7. Huntington Beach 192; 8. Marina 194; 9. University 239; 10. Edison 253; Estancia DNP
Individuals
1. Murthy (Northwood) 17:36.2; 2. Cabal (Newport Harbor) 17:58.4; 3. Maldonado (Mater Dei) 18:09.5; 4. Dahl (Marina) 18:10.0; 5. Garcia (Los Alamitos) 18:26.2; 6. Blanco (University) 18:28.6; 7. Gomez (Mater Dei) 18:29.2; 8. Bradshaw (Fountain Valley) 18:29.4; 9. Wang (Northwood) 18:52.5; 10. Banzon (El Modena) 18:56.3; 12. Rakhshani (Edison) 19:00.4; 22. Nguyen (Estancia) 19:23.6; 35. Mendrin (Huntington Beach) 19:48.6
Small Schools Race
Team Results
1. Laguna Beach 61; 2. Godinez 72; 3. Esperanza 74; 4. Sonora 84; 5. Corona del Mar 120; 6. Crean Lutheran 122; 7. Brea Olinda 189; 8. Katella 192; 9. Sage Hill 245; 10. Pacifica Christian 247; 11. Los Amigos 263
Individuals
1. Ledesma (Esperanza) 17:50.7; 2. DeCicco (Corona del Mar) 19:13.6; 3. Elliott (Sonora) 19:21.9; 4. Volpe (Laguna Beach) 19:23.7; 5. Phan (Bolsa Grande) 19:29.2; 6. Chudleigh (Laguna Beach) 19:30.5; 7. Sanchez Lopez (Godinez) 19:33.6; 8. Uriostegui (Godinez) 19:35.0; 9. Cain (Sonora) 19:35.3; 10. Tan (Esperanza) 19:43.9; 13. Montegani (Sage Hill) 19:56.9; 30. Morales (Los Amigos) 20:45.8; 33. Burnett (Pacifica Christian) 20:52.7
