Skyler Wallace of Sage Creek, Caleb Niednagel of La Costa Canyon and Carlie Dorostkar of Cayon Crest Academy are among the top individuals heading into the CIF-San Diego Section Championships.
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SAN DIEGO -- With invitational and league championships in their rearview mirror, San Diego Section athletes will set their sights on section championships Saturday over Morley Field's tough 2.96-mile course.
For a handful of teams and individuals, though, it will simply be another hurdle en route to what they hope is a state championship a week later in Fresno.
QUALIFYING TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The San Diego CIF XC Championships also serves as a qualifying meet for the CIF-State Meet (Nov. 30 at Woodward Park in Fresno). The following chart indicates the number of teams that will advance to State per division, per gender.
Team Qualifying
Division | Boys | Girls |
I | 2 | 2 |
II | 3 | 3 |
III | 3 | 4 |
IV | 3 | 3 |
V | 3 | 2 |
Individual Qualifying
Individual qualifying criteria is based on the number of qualifying teams per divisions. Up to five (5) individuals not on a qualifying team will advance the the State Championships if they place among the top:
- 12 in divisions where two (2) teams automatically advance
- 14 in divisions where three (3) teams automatically advance
- 16 in divisions where four (4) teams automatically advance
CIF-SAN DIEGO SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
RACE | EVENT/DIVISION | AWARDS |
8:30 a.m. | GIRLS II | 10:00 a.m. |
9:05 a.m. | GIRLS III | 10:30 a.m. |
9:40 a.m. | BOYS II | 10:40 a.m. |
10:15 a.m. | BOYS III | 11:10 a.m. |
10:40 a.m. | GIRLS IV | 11:20 a.m. |
11:10 a.m. | BOYS V | 11:50 a.m. |
11:45 a.m. | GIRLS I | 12:25 p.m. |
12:20 p.m. | BOYS IV | 12:55 p.m. |
12:50 p.m. | GIRLS V | 1:30 p.m. |
1:25 p.m. | BOYS I | 1:55 p.m. |
Here is a division-by-division look at Saturday's meet: