Ten exciting races were competed on Saturday at Woodward Park. Here is a recap of the day.
Division 1
The first race of the day ended up being the fastest girl's race. A whopping 27 athletes ran under 18 minutes! Rylee Blade of Santiago (Corona) won her second consecutive D1 individual championship in a time of 16:46.5. Holly Barker of Trabuco Hills finished second in a time of 16:58.9. Trabuco Hills won their first girl's state title and Buchanan finished a close second. Both teams received automatic qualifying bids to Saturday's NXN.
Conor Lott from nearby Clovis North impressed the Fresno crowd with the 15:04.4 victory and Arrin Sagiraju of Dougherty Valley finished second in a time of 15:06.2. Division 1 was the deepest field with 75 boys under 16 minutes. Beckman, the pre-meet favorite, delivered their first state title. Bellarmine College Preparatory finished second despite not being ranked in the top 10 in the most recent rankings.
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Division 2
Sadie Engelhardt of Ventura became on of the rare California three-time champion by winning the division 2 race in a time of 16:57.6 and accepted an individual bid for NXN. Kinga Czajkowska of Palo Alto finished second in a time of 17:31.5. El Toro girls won their first state title and St Francis of Mountain View finished second.
JR Lesher of Hueneme won a close race with Griffin Kushen of Tesoro with Lesher finishing in a time of 14:43.0 and Kushen running 14:44.6. The battle to the line helped Lesher and Kushen receive an individual bid to NXN. Jesuit boys won a record tenth boy's state title (breaking a tie with the famous McFarland team) and Glendora finished second. Both Jesuit and Glendora will race at NXN on Saturday.
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Division 3
Abby Errington of South Pasadena won her first state title in a time of 16:57.5 and Hanne Thomsen of Montgomery (Santiago) finished second in a time 17:21.6. Thomsen was hoping to win her fourth title, but the consolation is Thomsen and Errington will both race at NXN on Saturday. South Pasadena won their first state title and Point Loma finished second.
Evan Noonan of Dana Hills won this third consecutive division 3 title in a time of 14:43.7. Noonan is now one of five California male athletes to win three titles. Noonan will also race at NXN on Saturday. Liam Miller of South Torrance finished second in a time of 14:51.9. Campolindo boys won their second state title and Oak Park took second place.
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Division 4
Chiara Dailey of La Jolla won her second division 4 title in the fastest time of the day at 16:44.4. Dailey will try to qualify for Footlocker on Saturday. Chloe Elbaz of JSerra finished second in a time of 17:33.7. JSerra won their fourth consecutive title and seventh overall. The Lions of JSerra will race at NXN on Saturday. Harvard Westlake finished second.
Eli Fitchen-Young of Santa Cruz won in time of 14:41.3 and will race on Saturday at NXN. Fitchen-Young is the top California returner at NXN after finishing 19th last year. Broen Holman of Sonora finished second in a time of 14:57.2. Oaks Christian won their first title and JSerra finished second.
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Division 5
Amelia Sarkisian of Brentwood won all but one of her races this season and finished first again winning the division 5 race in a time of 17:31.8. Ella Mogannam of Lick Wilmerding finished second in a time of 17:47.4. Branson won their second state title and Immanuel took second.
The last race of the day proved to be one of the fastest as Eyan Turk of Woodcrest Christian ran 14:32.5. Turk's time was the fastest time in D5 history and the fastest time of the day. Landon Pretre of Menlo Schools ran 14:38.8 which was the second fastest time of the day. Turk will race Saturday at NXN. Menlo Schools set the team time record for D5 and received a bid to NXN. Viewpoint finished second.
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