2019 Southern Section Prelims Preview

FRIDAY'S LINEUP 

Racing begins at 9 a.m. with  Division 3 girls and then boys. Those races will be followed at approximately 10:05 a.m. by Division 1 girls and then boys. 

Here's a race-by-race look at top teams and individuals in each heat. 


DIVISION 3 GIRLS


Palos Verdes' Savannah Scriven (right) and Samantha Steman lead defending champs. (Credit: Patrick Corsinita)

Heat 1 - 9:00 am
1. Brea Olinda
4. Yorba Linda
5. Arroyo
8. Torrance
9. Granite Hills
12. Moorpark
13. Agoura
16. Buena

Top IndividualsSiena Palicke (Yorba Linda), Whitney Valenti and Mia Douge (Brea Olinda), Mia Chavez (Chino), Angela Arellano (Torrance) and Georgia McCorkle (Agoura)

Heat 2 - 9:15 am
2. Palos Verdes
3. Portola
6. South Torrance
7. Dos Pueblos
10. Corona del Mar
11. Oak Park
14. Bonita
15. North Torrance

Top IndividualsSavannah Scriven and Samantha Steman (Palos Verdes), Jadyn Zdanavage (Portola), Kendall Saeger (Santa Margarita), Alayna Peters (Monrovia) and Lily Albert (South Torrance)


DIVISION 3 BOYS


Senior Ryan Koepnick leads strong Agoura squad. (Credit: DeAnna Turner)

Heat 1 - 9:45 am

1. Agoura         
4. Palos Verdes 
5. Arroyo                                         
8. St. John Bosco
9. Moorpark
12. Yorba Linda
13. Rowland
16. Baldwin Park

Top IndividualsSaket Sama and Josh Orellana (Arroyo), Keith Murray (Moorpark), Ryan Koepnick and Beau Bordelon (Agoura), Kishan Patel (Gahr) and Felix Diaz (Norwalk)

Heat 2 - 9:55 am
2. Brea Olinda
3. Royal
6. Esperanza
7. Bonita
10. Oak Park
11. Damien
14. Dos Pueblos
15. San Marcos

Top IndividualsShane Gaffikin (Brea Olinda), Isaiah Givens (Pasadena), Angus Fitzgerald (Royal), Joseph Pearlman (Dos Pueblos), Sebastian Sawyer (Oak Park) and Daniel Echeveste (Bonita)


DIVISION 1 GIRLS


San Clemente senior Hana Catsimanes, No. 4 in CA in Division 1 for 3 miles. (Credit: Patrick Corsinita)

Heat 1 - 10:05 am
1. Great Oak
6. Ayala
7. San Clemente
12. Tesoro
13. Crescenta Valley
18. West Ranch

Top IndividualsHana Catsimanes and Kelsey Yamano (San Clemente), Maria Hernandez (Santa Ana), Riley Rodriguez (Upland), Hailey Kirsch (Valencia, V.), Clara Meade (Tesoro), Shaina Berk (Ayala) and the entire lineup for Great Oak

Heat 2 - 10:15 am
2. Saugus
5. Quartz Hill
8. Aliso Niguel
11. Trabuco Hills
14. Burbank
17. Los Alamitos

Top IndividualsHannah Fredericks (Saugus), Brianne Smith (Quartz Hill), Emily Richards (Aliso Niguel), Anna Munoz and Bailey Watts (Trabuco Hills), and Saugus' other top scorers

Heat 3 - 10:25 am
3. Mira Costa
4. Beckman
9. Vista Murrieta
10. Yucaipa
15. La Serna
16. Santiago

Top IndividualsDalia Frias (Mira Costa), Makayla Fick (Vista Murrieta), Akemi Von Scherr (La Quinta), Danielle Gee (Yucaipa), Nadine Gomez (Warren) and Maddie Jahsan (Fountain Valley)


DIVISION 1 BOYS


Burbank junior Andres Leon (left) and senior Victor Goli (right). (Credit: Jeffrey Parenti)

Heat 1 - 10:55 am
1. Great Oak
6. Arcadia
7. California
12. Quartz Hill
13. Etiwanda
18. LB Wilson

Top individualsJeremiah Castellano (Upland), All of Great Oak's top finishers, Landen Lee (Trabuco Hills), Jacob Hsu and Tianyuan Pei (Arcadia), Justin Briscoe (Yucaipa), Ben McKenna (Aliso Niguel), and Jared Alderfer (California)

Heat 2 - 11:05 am 

2. Crescenta Valley
5. Long Beach Poly
8. Vista Murrieta
11. Rancho Cucamonga 
14. Martin Luther King
17. Highland

Top IndividualsDylan Wilbur and Erik Faeustle (Crescenta Valley), Ronan McMahon-Staggs (Long Beach Poly), Daniel Rodriguez (Highland) and Jacob Bustamante (Chaparral)

Heat 3 - 11:15 am
3. La Serna
4. Burbank
9. Mira Costa
10. Roosevelt
15. Beckman
16. San Clemente

Top IndividualsBilly Atkinson (Mira Costa), Michael Sahagun and Raul Chavez (Roosevelt), Gerald Baltzer (La Serna), Victor Goli and Andres Leon (Burbank), Lucas Amare (Diamond Bar) and Christoph Waligorski (Redondo Union)