Emmaline Hartel of Lake Balboa Birmingham
successfully defended her City Section girls' cross country
individual title Saturday at Pierce College, but the Patriots were
edged out in their quest to end San Pedro's dominance in the team
competition.
The Pirates had four of the top six finishers in the team
competition, including runner-up Terry Manqueros, to win their
fourth consecutive championship and fifth in the past six years.
"This is the toughest," San Pedro Coach Bruce Thomson said of the
Pirates' 29-30 victory over Lake Balboa Birmingham. "A second --
basically that was the difference."
The Pirates' winning margin came as a result of
Los Angeles senior Devora
Hernandez breaking up a three-runner Birmingham pack to
finish eighth in 19 minutes 9.29 seconds, dropping Birmingham's
Grace Valenzuela to ninth in 19:12.16 and Jocelyn Oviedo to 10th in
19:13.69, giving the Patriots two additional points.
San Pedro got personal bests from Manqueros (18:13.25), Jackie
Conlin (fourth in 18:50:50), Mavel Tortoledo (fifth in 18:52:28) and
Megan Adams (sixth in 19:02:11). Hartel, a junior, completed the
three-mile course in a personal-best 18:00.71.
"She's a big-time runner," Birmingham Coach Scott King said. "She
hasn't been our top girl for most of the season -- Jenny Hernandez
has been -- but when it comes to big meets, she knows how to focus
and she goes after it. She took it out right from the start. She
told the rest of the field, 'Come get me,' and they didn't go get
her."GIRLS
TEAM
1. San Pedro, 29 (94:17 total team time); 2. Birmingham, 30 (93:52);
3. El Camino Real, 74 (98:09);
4. Los Angeles, 124 (101:39);
5. Garfield, 164 (103:53); 6. Taft, 175 (104:48); 7. Poly, 184
(105:09); 8. South Gate, 204 (106:37); 9. Franklin, 209 (107:39);
10. Kennedy, 210 (106:47).
INDIVIDUAL
1. Hartel, B, 18:00; 2. Manqueros, SP, 18:13; 3. Hernandez, B,
18:18; 4. *Garcia, Verdugo Hills, 18:46; 5. Conlin, SP, 18:50; 6.
Tortoledo, SP, 18:52; 7. Adams, SP, 19:02; 8. Lujano, B, 19:07; 9.
*Hernandez, LA, 19:09;
10. Valenzuela, B 19:12; 11. Oviedo, B, 19:13; 12. *Grigarian, ECR,
19:17; 13. Rubi, SP, 19:19; 14. Foxman, ECR, 19:22; 15. Roth, ECR,
19:32; 16. Partida, SG, 19:43; 17. Violante, P, 19:47; 18. Kulik,
ECR, 19:52; 19. Garcia, G, 19:57; 20. Vakshori, ECR, 20:04; 21.
Saduaskaite, LA, 20:04;
22. Dove, B, 20:05.54; 23. Sanchez, San Fernando, 20:16; 24. Pelayo,
T, 20:17; 25. Perry-Spahn, Palisades, 20:19; 26. Ponce, G, 20:20;
27. Bermudes, F, 20:22; 28. Post, SP, 20:25; 29. Hernandez, SG,
20:29; 30. Romero, LA, 20:29. |
San Pedro routed the field to win its third
consecutive boys' title, finishing with 54 points. Birmingham was
second with 107, two fewer than Garfield, to receive the other term
berth to next week's state meet.
Gabriel Guzman, a North Hills Monroe junior, won the individual
title in 15:30.55.
BOYS
TEAM
1. *San Pedro, 54 (80:36 team time); 2. *Birmingham, 107 (82:19); 3.
Garfield, 109 (82:19); 4. Sun Valley Poly, 115 (82:48); 5. Belmont,
134 (83:27); 6. Los Angeles,
137 (83:18); 7. Monroe, 152 (83:47); 8. Narbonne, 152
(84:06); 9. Taft, 164 (84:56); 10. South Gate, 179 (86:07).
INDIVIDUAL
1. *Guzman, M, 15:30; 2. *Lares, Franklin, 15:40; 3. Soto, SP,
15:44; 4. *Oropeza, G, 15:48; 5. Flores, Bel, 15:48; 6. Swartz, SP,
15:48; 7. *Ruiz, SG, 15:55; 8. *Hernandez, G, 15:57; 9. Lehman,
Venice, 15:58; 10. Alcala, Bir, 15:59; 11. Hernandez, N, 16:05; 12.
Noriega, Bir, 16:07; 13. Sanchez, SVP, 16:08; 14. Lopez, Lincoln,
16:10; 15. Delgado, N, 16:12; 16. Calise, SP, 16:15; 17. Rodriguez,
Bel, 16:16; 18. Rosales, SP, 16:19; 19. Pinto, SVP, 16:19;
20.
Flowers, LA, 16:20;
21. Rodriguez, T, 16:22; 22. Nava, SP, 16:27; 23. Mendoza, SVP,
16:28; 24. Samano, M, 16:29;
25. Baez, LA, 16:31; 26. Zeidler, T, 16:33; 27. Flores, SVP,
16:36; 28. Hernandez, Bir, 16:38; 29. Corral, SG, 16:38; 30.
Galindo, Bel, 16:39.
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