Division-by-Division Look at the LAC Boys
Eagle Rock's James Corrigan (400) competed in the Division II race at State. (Credit: DeAnna Turner)
Division I
Granada Hills senior Quinn Garity placed fourth in the section meet as the only non-senior among the top eight. He was also the fastest LAC boy at the State Meet, placing 70th in 16:06.50 while leading his team to 16th place finish. There are nine top-20 returners from the LAC meet in D-I.
Division II
Corrigan won the title in 16:13.31. Venice junior Juan Hernandez was third (16:34.35) and Eagle Rock senior Juan Fernando Mora was fifth (16:49.47). There are 12 top-20 returners, including four in the top 10.
Division III
Three seniors, Sonny Hernandez of Canoga Park (16:33.32), James Coomber of Verdugo Hills and Joseph Carillo of Reseda, went 2-3-4 in the section final leading seven returners among the top 10 and 13 in the top 20.
Division IV
Dorsey senior Christian Rodriguez won the section title (16:54.51) leading a 1-2-4-5-6 finish among boys in the class of 2020:
- 2. Erick Barajas (Sherman Oaks)
- 4. Luis Muniz (Belmont)
- 5. Nate Gomez (Rancho Dominguez)
- 6. Zack Monterosso (LA Center for Enriched Studies)
Overall, there are seven from the top 10, 12 from the top 15 and 13 overall returning from the top 20.
Division V
Junior Brandon Guerrero of Central City Value won the title (17:03.68) to edge Maywood junior Cesar Romero (17:09.43) to lead a top 10 sweep of non-seniors. Overall, 14 non-senior runners placed among the top 20.
1 | Brandon Guerrero | 10 | Central City Value Charter (LA) | 17:03.68 | 1 | ||
2 | Cesar Romero | 10 | Maywood Academy (LA) | 17:09.43 | 2 | ||
3 | Norberto Valdivia | 11 | Sun Valley Magnet (LA) | 17:41.87 | 3 | ||
4 | Aldo Zamora | 11 | Discovery Prep (LA) | 17:45.06 | 4 | ||
5 | Luke Melendez | 10 | New West Charter School (LA) | 17:49.38 | 5 | ||
6 | Carson Severson | 9 | New West Charter School (LA) | 17:53.92 | 6 | ||
7 | Adrian Buitron | 11 | Sun Valley Magnet (LA) | 17:55.98 | 7 | ||
8 | Bryan Chavez | 10 | New West Charter School (LA) | 17:58.84 | 8 | ||
9 | Brandon Adreani | 9 | New West Charter School (LA) | 18:10.46 | 9 | ||
10 | Mark Flores | 9 | Sun Valley Magnet (LA) | 18:16.33 | 10 | ||