In a much anticipated match-up between ML King and Corona's boys, Corona put a tough October behind them and emerged as the league champs with a 35-56 victory. With both teams being ranked in the Top 10 for the Southern Section (Division I) it has been a season where the pendulum has swung both ways! Corona won the first league meet by 33 points (ML King did not have two of their top six) while ML King returned the favor with a 18 point victory in the 2nd league meet where Corona was missing two of their top six. In the end, Corona put the pieces back together in placing five in the top 11 and a nice 42 second scoring gap. Meanwhile, Santiago's boys have put together a very fine season as they scored 70 points and recorded an impressive 81:18 minutes on a course that run pretty similiar to Mt. SAC times. Also moving on to the CIF Prelims again is a tough Roosevelt squad that went 82:26, featuring two sophomores in their top four. But, as the sun set, Corona claimed its 7th straight league title, which is the longest running streak in Riverside County. Corona and ML King will both be seeded to qualify for Nov. 21 CIF Finals. Santiago could surprise a few and be right there as well. ML King junior Lane Werley ran just well enough to win as we forsee Mr. Werley's season going into December. A very impressive performance was put forth by Corona junior Michael Gauger as he took two weeks off to mend a knee injury. This was only Gauger's 2nd race since the 3rd week of September.
For the girls, the league is much thinner as ML King's girls have dominated the league since its inception in 2008. Today was no different as they scored a mere 29 points to Corona's 53. The telling sign of the league was that 120 points was 3rd. But, a nice race indeed took place as both Roosevelt and Centennial battled it out for 3rd place and while both scored 120 points - Roosevelt's #6 prevailed. Moving back to ML King, senior Kelsi Tippets won her second straight league MVP honor. Teammate Hannah Peterson was right with her throughout the race as they both moved away from the pack with a mile to go. A nice surprise was found in JW North sophomore Mariel Mendoza as she moved up from 7th place at the mile mark to a solid 3rd place effort, which qualified her to CIF as an individual.
ML King dominated both Junior Varsity levels with Corona taking 2nd places in both affairs.
VARSITY BOYS TEAM SCORES
Corona - 35 (79:22) 0:42 gap
ML King - 56 (80:23) 1:14 gap
Santiago - 70 (81:18) 1:22 gap
Roosevelt - 84 (82:26) 1:23 gap
Riverside Poly - 148 (86:06)
Centennial - 155 (86:24)
JW North - 190 (91:02)
Norco - 220 (91:57)
TOP BOYS INDIVIDUALS
1 Werley, Lane 11 ML King 15:20.00 1
2 Gauger, Michael 11 Corona 15:25.00 2
3 Massey, Joshua 12 Santiago HS 15:36.00 3
4 Cuevas, Alan 12 Corona 15:43.00 4
5 Drevdahl, Frank 12 E.Roosevelt 15:53.00 5
6 Wolff, Nicholas 10 E.Roosevelt 15:53.00 6
7 Lopez, Robert 9 Santiago HS 16:01.00 7
8 Hernandez, Julian 10 Corona 16:02.00 8
9 McKell, Austin 12 ML King 16:05.00 9
10 Gauger, Jimmy 10 Corona 16:05.00 10
11 Cerda, Fernando 12 Corona 16:07.00 11
12 Benedict, Ryan 12 Santiago HS 16:07.00 12
13 Nocella, Jarod 12 ML King 16:09.00 13
14 Nelson, Derek 12 ML King 16:15.00 14
15 Huntley, Tyler 11 JW North 16:16.00 15
16 Williams, Garrett 10 Corona 16:19.00 16
17 Herrera, Jason 12 Riverside Poly 16:30.00 17
18 Potts, Aaron 10 E.Roosevelt 16:32.00 18
19 Rini, Nicholas 11 ML King 16:34.00 19
20 Miller, Chris 11 ML King 16:35.00 20
21 Yates, Sean 11 Centennial 16:35.00 21
22 Ehinger, Joshua 11 Santiago HS 16:36.00 22
23 Jimenez, Marc 11 ML King 16:37.00 23
24 Potts, Caleb 12 E.Roosevelt 16:53.00 24
25 Cabralez, Joseph 10 Riverside Poly 16:55.00 25
26 Earlywine, Jayden 11 Santiago HS 16:58.00 26
27 Zubak, Justin 11 Santiago HS 16:58.00 27
28 Kou, Abraham 12 Centennial 17:00.00 28
29 Pineda, Angel 12 Corona 17:01.00 29
30 Wiesman, Andrew 12 Riverside Poly 17:10.00 30
31 Pulido, Jason 11 E.Roosevelt 17:15.00 31
32 Flores, Lucas 12 Centennial 17:21.00 32
33 Cisneros, Alex 10 Riverside Poly 17:32.00 33
34 Moser, David 12 Norco 17:33.00 34
35 Contreras, Francisco 12 Centennial 17:38.00 35
TOP GIRLS INDIVIDUALS
1 Tippets, Kelsi 12 ML King 18:26.00 1
2 Peterson, Hanna 11 ML King 18:30.00 2
3 Mendoza, Mariel 10 JW North 18:41.00 3
4 Brzycki, Haley 10 Corona 18:47.00 4
5 Olivas, Adriana 10 Centennial 18:52.00 5
6 Asplund, Rebecca 12 ML King 19:02.00 6
7 Blokzyl, Nikki 10 Corona 19:13.00 7
8 Hartley, Emily 10 Norco 19:28.00 8
9 Werley, Raelyn 9 ML King 19:29.00 9
10 Martin, Alexxis 11 Corona 19:33.00 10
11 Bowman, Aubrey 11 ML King 19:42.00 11
12 Tippets, Kasey 11 ML King 19:42.00 12
13 Graham, Katrina 12 ML King 19:42.00 13
14 Santana, Desirae 10 Corona 19:44.00 14
15 Hernandez, Hallie 9 Centennial 19:48.00 15
16 Dixon, Jennifer 12 Santiago HS 19:51.00 16
17 Molina, Sierra 9 E.Roosevelt 19:52.00 17
18 Grooters, Amanda 11 Corona 19:56.00 18
19 Smith, Hannah 10 Corona 20:09.00 19
20 Estes, Kenzie 11 Riverside Poly 20:21.00 20
21 Gomez, Geena 9 Riverside Poly 20:22.00 21
22 Embry, Ashley 12 E.Roosevelt 20:28.00 22
23 Cochran, Lauren 11 Corona 20:35.00 23
24 Martin, Akila 10 JW North 20:36.00 24
25 Bracamontes, Natalia 11 E.Roosevelt 20:55.00 25
26 Kim, Michelle 12 Centennial 21:06.00 26
27 Gonzalez, Cynthia E.Roosevelt 21:19.00 27
28 Martinez, Marisol 12 Riverside Poly 21:24.00 28
29 Blankenship, Jo 10 E.Roosevelt 21:29.00 29
30 Alfred, Janna 11 Riverside Poly 21:33.00 30
31 Munger, Robyn 10 Norco 21:40.00 31
32 Petty, Camille 12 E.Roosevelt 21:41.00 32
33 Hillman, Breanna 12 Riverside Poly 21:45.00 33
34 Varvel, Jordan 10 Norco 21:46.00 34
35 Hubbard, Skye 9 Centennial 21:48.00 35
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