Newbury Park senior Nico Young (left) and Jace Aschbrenner cruised during a Division 2 heat at Saturday's CIF-Southern Section Preliminaries at the Riverside Championship Course. (Credit: Raymond Tran)
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RIVERSIDE -- It was business as usual for the favorites on Saturday, Day 2 of the CIF-Southern Section Preliminaries at the Riverside Championship Course.
Divisions 2, 4 and 5 ran qualifying heats designed to advance 24 teams and up to five individuals not associated with qualifying teams per division per gender onto the Nov. 23 CIF-SS Championships to be held on the same flat 3-mile tree-lined course in Riverside.
Among those going through paces were defending section champions Nico Young, a senior at Newbury Park, in Division 2 (also the defending State D-II champ), Maddie Coles, a sophomore at Claremont, in D-2, Mia Barnett, a junior at Sun Valley Village Christian, in D-5, and Jackson Adelman, a junior at Santa Margarita St. Margarets, in D-5. In addition, defending State champions Audrey Suarez, a junior at Mayfield, in D-4, and Anthony Grover, a Wake Forest-bound senior at JSerra, in D-4 (a two-time state champ), also cruised through Saturday's exercise.
RELATED COVERAGE
Here's a heat-by-heat look at team and individual qualifiers:
Division 2 Girls Qualifiers
Heat 1 Teams (12 advance)
Serrano -- (66/89:44)Heat 2 Teams (12 advance)
Heat 2 Individuals -- Amber Rios (Jr., Colony) 17:43.9, Kimberly Lima (Sr., Rancho Verde) 17:54.9 2, Marikay Schwab (Jr., Marina) 18:24.6, Elisa Huerta (Jr., Corona) 18:26.1.
Division 2 Boys Qualifiers
Redlands East Valley -- (65/87:47)
Loyola -- (79/88:00)
Thousand Oaks -- (141/89:15)
Walnut -- (143/89:09)
Woodbridge -- (160/89:32)
Anaheim Canyon -- (182/89:32)
Dana Hills -- (195/90:03)
Westlake -- (230/90:12)
Hart -- (242/90:37)
Simi Valley -- (259/90:53)
Serrano -- (278/90:43)
Mission Viejo -- (310/91:17)
Heat 2 Individuals -- Juan Diego Sanchez (Jr., Perris) 15:28.0, Cole Havens (Sr., Murrieta Mesa) 15:29.0, Kyle Stevens (Jr., Canyon Country Canyon) 15:33.4.
Division 4 Girls Qualifiers
Heat 1 Teams (12 advance)
Mayfield -- (123/102:25)
Laguna Beach -- (126/102:40)
El Segundo -- (149/102:52)
Ridgecrest Burroughs -- (152/103:26)
Foothill Technology -- (154/103:07)
South Pasadena -- (158/104:01)
Oaks Christian -- (193/105:21)
Laguna Hills -- (218/106:31)
San Dimas -- (219/105:41)
Bishop Montgomery -- (225/106:17)
Nordhoff -- (237/106:46)
Notre Dame Academy -- (266/107:47)
Heat 1 Individuals -- Danielle Hollander (Fr., Beverly Hills) 19:36.3, Angela Adelantar (Sr., Paraclete) 19:38.0.
Heat 2 Teams (12 advance)
Covina -- (71/99:48)
Costa Mesa -- (122/102:05)
La Canada -- (133/103:22)
Bishop Amat -- (147/104:36)
Orange Lutheran -- (149/103:45)
Hacienda Heights Wilson -- (165/104:57)
JSerra -- (193/105:47)
San Marino -- (204/107:04)
Ocean View -- (249/108:19)
St. Lucy's -- (266/108:40)
Flintridge Sacred Heart -- (295/110:21)
Big Bear -- (311/111:15)
Heat 2 Individuals -- Angelina Vasquez (Fr., Barstow) 19:14.5 2, Cadence Youngman (So., Yucca Valley) 19:26.1, Kaydee Inouye (Sr., Louisville) 19:30.5, Vanessa Avila (Sr., Fillmore) 19:59.9.
Division 4 Boys Qualifiers
Heat 1 Teams (12 advance)
Hacienda Heights Wilson -- (73/83:00)
Fillmore -- (98/84:25)
Cathedral -- (101/84:15)
St. Francis -- (136/85:33)
Ridgecrest Burroughs -- (162/85:52)
Foothill Technology -- (167/85:58)
Yucca Valley -- (187/86:23)
El Segundo -- (193/86:43)
Orange Lutheran -- (240/88:08)
Bishop Amat -- (261/88:57)
LaSalle (295/89:51)
Sherman Oaks Notre Dame -- (329/90:57)
Heat 1 Individuals -- Thomas Long (Jr., Riverside Prep) 16:16.6, Sergio Martin (Sr., Pioneer) 16:33.2.
Heat 2 Teams (12 advance)
JSerra -- (98/84:54)
Barstow -- (107/85:12)
Ocean View -- (114/85:37)
Oaks Christian -- (123/85:50)
South Pasadena -- (142/86:01)
Laguna Beach -- (178/87:23)
Laguna Hills -- (185/88:00)
Salesian -- (233/88:56)
La Canada -- (241/89:04)
Nordhoff -- (280/90:02)
Marshall -- (287/90:16)
Big Bear -- (300/90:38)
Heat 2 Individuals -- Nicolas Castillo-Davidson (Sr., Edgewood) 16:24.7, Alexis Castillon (Jr., Bassett) 16:48.4.
Division 5 Girls Qualifiers
Heat 1 Teams (12 advance)
St. Margarets -- (116/104:58)
Pasadena Poly -- (128/106:44)
Xavier Prep -- (153/105:59)
Village Christian -- (156/105:12)
Valley Christian -- (158/107:34)
Woodcrest Christian -- (184/108:03)
Sierra Canyon -- (210/108:09)
Ramona Convent -- (234/110:53)
Geffen Academy -- (254/117:23)
Viewpoint Christian -- (262/110:07)
Brentwood -- (280/111:58)
Hawthorne Math & Science -- (317/113:58)
Heat 1 Individuals -- Adele Carcano (Sr., Wildwood) 20:20.4, Maddie Doi (So., Windward) 20:23.2, Kaitlyn Ray (So., La Reina) 20:31.7, Avery Webster (So., Beacon Hill) 20:34.3, Madeline Hott (So., Riverside Notre Dame) 20:34.8.
Heat 2 Teams (12 advance)
Linfield Christian-- (60/101:20)
Cate -- (79/104:05)
Chadwick -- (141/107:27)
Flintridge Prep -- (142/108:05)
Thacher -- (160/108:52)
Academy of Academic Excellence -- (166/108:40)
Sage Hill -- (176/108:21)
Sacred Heart of Jesus -- (195/110:15)
Vivian Webb -- (246/112:05)
St. Paul -- (281/115.01)
St. Genevieve -- (324/117:54)
Trinity Classical -- (327/117:21)
Heat 2 Individuals -- Claire Babbitt (Fr., Mary Star of the Sea) 19:50.9, Alexis Tsethlikai (Sr., Silver Valley) 20:29.0, Majella Carrera (Sr., St. Matthias-Pius X) 20:39.6.
Heat 1 Teams (8 advance)
Midland -- (38/82:10)
St. Margarets -- (92/86:50)
Lancaster Desert Christian -- (117/87:45)
Chadwick -- (145/88:45)
Pasadena Poly -- (164/89:26)
St. Matthias-Piux X -- (179/89/48)
Windward -- (196/92:47)
Sage Hill -- (223/91:48)
Heat 1 Individuals -- Xander Penaflor (So., Burbank Providence) 16:22.2, Alejandro Ayala (Jr., Aquinas) 16:54.0.
Heat 2 Teams (8 advance)
Pacifica Christian -- (69/85:00)
Thacher -- (99/86:39)
Viewpoint -- (100/86:28)
Valley Christian -- (127/88:16)
Xavier Prep -- (127/88:16)
Ontario Christian -- (143/88:15)
Hawthorne Math & Science -- (174/90:13)
Academy of Academic Excellence -- (222/92:08)
Heat 2 Individuals -- Aidan Jones (Sr., Sierra Canyon) 16:17.4, Gavin Comartin (Jr., Buckley) 16:37.5, Morgan Sinnock (So. Geffen Academy) 16:49.7.
Heat 3 Teams (8 advance)
Crossroads Christian -- (82/87:44)
Linfield Christian -- (100/88:26)
Woodcrest Christian -- (106/89:26)
Webb -- (107/88:45)
Heritage Christian -- (112/89:26)
Flintridge Prep -- (119/89:56)
Public Safety Academy -- (164/91:56)
Cate -- (178/92:04)
Heat 3 Individual -- Matthew Fitch (Sr., Silver Valley) 17:03.2.