MILESPLIT CA SENIOR GIRLS ALL-STATE TEAM
La Costa Canyon's Kristin Fahy won the State Division II title and qualified for nationals. (Clark Kranz photo)
FIRST TEAM
(Listed alphabetically)
CHLOE ARRIAGA (Walnut/SS) -- In four years competing in the CIF-Southern Section Division I championship race, Arriaga has finished no less than second! She followed her runner-up finish at the SS Final, with a 17:39.40 5K PR for fourth at the State Championships. That time was the seventh fastest on the course at the meet and fifth among seniors, earning her a trip to Portland to run at NXN. Headed to UC Davis.
FATIMA CORTES (Great Oak/SS) -- Senior leader ran consistently No. 2 to junior Tori Gaitan on one of the nation's strongest teams. Cortes was second to Gaitan in the Southwestern League -- a league that produced two of the top teams in the U.S. -- third at the Southern Section Finals, sixth at Clovis and seventh at the State Meet. She was instrumental in Great Oak winning seventh consecutive Section and State D-I titles and again competing at the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland. Signed with Cal.
KRISTIN FAHY (La Costa Canyon/SD) -- Putting a painful ending to her junior season in the rear-view mirror, Fahy put down one of the great seasons on the books. She swept through her invitationals, taking titles at Mt. Carmel, Stanford and Mt. SAC. She followed that with her third San Diego Section division title, a runaway victory at the CIF-State Meet and was the fastest girl on the course at Foot Locker West Regionals, qualifying for the FL National Championships. Bound for Stanford.
MEAGEN LOWE (Buchanan/CS) -- She was runner-up in the CIF-State Division I Championship race for the second year in a row running the No. 2 5K time at the meet and in the class, 17:26.60. Lowe ran second to teammate Corie Smith at the Central Section Finals, fourth at Clovis, fifth at Woodbridge and was the second CA senior and third overall to cross the line at NXN. Undecided on where she will attend college.
COLLEEN MCCANDLESS (Granada/NC) -- Her tale of four months began in September with a 16:24.30 PR for 3-miles in a seventh-place finish at Woodbridge. October was highlighted by victories at Crystal Springs and Rough Rider. In November, McCandless won a second consecutive North Coast Section title and put down a 5K PR of 17:47.80 for third at the CIF-State Championships. And finally in December, she negotiated the Mt. SAC 5K course to a top-10 finish at the Foot Locker West Regionals to earn a spot on the line at the FL National Championships in San Diego. Undecided on where she will attend college.
MIKAELA RAMIREZ (Ayala/SS) -- A season that opened with a 3-mile PR of 16:29.90 for ninth at Woodbridge, closed with a trip to Portland to run on the Glendoveer Golf Course at Nike Cross Nationals. There, Ramirez was 29th overall, second among a strong CA contingent and the first Golden State senior across the line. That performance came a week after she blazed to a 5K PR of 17:36.40 for third place in the Division I race at the CIF-State Championships. That time was sixth overall and fourth in the class at the State Meet. Signed with Indiana.
SARAH SHULZE (Oak Park/SS) -- She opened the season with a swift victory at Cool Breeze (her first XC win since crossing first in a FR/SO race at Mt. SAC in 2015), followed that with her 3-mile PR (16:12.90) for fourth at Woodbridge, and went on to win four other 3-mile races headlined by her dominant victory on the Riverside Championship Course to win the CIF-Southern Section Division III title. Shulze then ran her 5K PR (17:34.80) for second at the State Championships earning a trip to Portland to run at NXN. Headed to Wisconsin.