Clovis men and women capture NorCal cross country titles; Mt. SAC men, San Diego Mesa women take wins at SoCal Championships

Complete Results: NorCal l SoCal

SACRAMENTO - Champions were crowned at the 3C2A Northern California and Southern California Cross Country Championships on Friday, with Clovis capturing both the men's and women's banners in the north and perennial powers Mt. San Antonio and San Diego Mesa taking the men's and women's titles, respectively, in the south.

Aron Teffra (22:18.9) paced the Clovis men with a seventh-place finish with the Crush placing all five of their scoring runners among the top 30 places in the 4-mile race. Johnny Sandoval (20.59.9) of San Joaquin Delta captured top individual honors while Antoine Moret was second (21:20.7). Clovis (89 points) edged Hartnell (93) and American River (95) for first place while Chabot (108) and De Anza (110) rounded out the top five.

Andrea Villegas (18:20.7) and Roselyn Olivo (18:39.0) led a 1-2 finish for second-place Hartnell in the 3-mile women's competition but Clovis captured the next two spots with Rhiannon Walker (18:47.6) and Julia Martinez (18:53.4) to help the Crush score just 40 points for the team win. Hartnell was second with 62 while the next three spots were claimed by Monterey Peninsula (125), College of the Sequoias (140) and Fresno City (167).

At the SoCal Championships, Mt. SAC and San Diego Mesa engaged in a close battle for the top spot, beginning with the first four individual finishers. Jyden Schmid (19:09.4) and Victor Rosas (19:18.3) were first and third for San Diego Mesa while Johnathon Zavala (19:15.7) and Matthew Donis (19:30.5) were second and fourth for the Mounties. Both teams had all five of their scoring runners among the top 17 finishers overall. Mt. SAC tallied 40 points while San Diego Meas was close behind with 43. Bakersfield (99), Riverside City (141) and San Bernardino Valley (202) were the next three.

San Diego Mesa had a little more comfortable win on the women's side, scoring 68 points to Mt. SAC's 91. Riverside (134), Glendale (170) and Allan Hancock (176) finished the top five teams. The race for individual top honors was very close with the top four runners crossing within five seconds of each other, including less than one second between winner Alexis Noble of San Diego Mesa (17:44.6) and Sophia Godina of Ventura (17:47.2). Samantha Medrano from Glendale (17:47.8) and Sequoia Gonzalez of El Camino (17:49.6) taking the next two spots. 

Teams will now turn their attention to the 3C2A Championships at Woodward Park on Nov. 18.