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Going into the CIF SS Cross Country Prelims on Friday and Saturday at the Riverside City Cross Country Course, most of the competitors had one goal in mind – qualify for the CIF SS Finals.
Individual times and order of finish are not necessarily an accurate predictor of what will happen at next week’s finals and some of the county’s top runners took it easy on the course or didn’t compete at all.
Runners who finished in the top 15 of their heat advanced to the finals. The top 24 teams from each of the five divisions also qualified for the finals as a team.
On the boys side, Newport Harbor’s Alexis Garcia completed the 3-mile course in 15 minutes, 33.4 seconds in his Division 2 heat on Friday, leading the Sailors to a ninth-place finish and berth in the finals.
Garcia’s time was well off his time (14.21.1) when he won the Surf League Finals on Oct.26.
“He was just running to qualify,” Newport Harbor coach Nowell Kay sad. “The real racing will be next Saturday at the finals. We’re happy the team made it.”
Dana Hills’ Simon Fuller, Garcia’s rival, sat out the prelims, but the Dolphins still qualified sixth in Division 1.
The Dana Hills runners were going at about 60 percent, Dolphins coach Craig Dunn said.
“They did what they were supposed to do,” Dunn said. “We expect big things from Simon (at the finals). We expect big things from the entire team.”
Laguna Beach also qualified, and did so without Ryan Smithers, one of the Southern Section’s top runners.
Trabuco Hills’ Josh O’Neil, also among the section’s best runners, finished first in his Divison 1 heat, helping the Mustangs qualify for the finals.
On the girls side, Mission Viejo’s Kelli Hines, the county’s top runner and among the best in Division 2, took it slow and finished 18th, but the Diablos easily qualified for the finals. Hines is expected to be among the top finishers in the finals.
Canyon’s talented underclassmen continued to excel.
Sophomore Sarah Paino and freshman Emma Hadley, who finished second to Hines at the Orange County Championships, finished 18th and 19th, respectively, to lead the Comanches into the finals.
San Clemente Junior Hanna Catsimanes, also among the county’s best runners, finished third in her Division 1 heat to ensure that the Tritons will compete at Riverside next week.
The CIF-SS Finals will be held on Saturday, Nov. 17, starting at 7:45 a.m,m on the Riverside City Cross Country Course.
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