MEET THE GREATEST REMAINING 16 CIF-STATE BOYS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONS
(Remaining athletes are listed alphabetically.)
Liam Anderson (Redwood/NC) - Two-time champion, winning Division III titles in 2017 and '18. ... Broke 15:00 to win in '18, clocking 14:56 to become one of just 17 boys to ever win a State title while running sub-15. ... Ran 15:11 to win in '17. ... Placed second, by two seconds, as a sophomore, running 15:06. ... Winning time in '18 ranks 12th among State Meet champions. ... A 44-vote winner over Mohamed Trafeh (Duarte/SS) in the first round.
Bryan Dameworth (Agoura/SS) - First three-time champion, winning Division I titles in 1987, '88 and '89. ... One of only four to ever win three division titles. ... Ran 14:45 to win in '89, one of only eight to ever win a title running sub 14:50. ... A 45-vote winner over Phillip Reid (Rio Mesa/SS) in the first round.
German Fernandez (Riverbank/SJ) - Two-time champion, winning Division IV titles in 2005 and 2007. ... Ran 14:24 to win in '07, the fastest ever at the State Meet and by a high school runner on the 5K Woodward Park course. ... Ran 15:14 to win as a sophomore in '05. ... Placed second in D-III in '06 as a junior, running 15:37. ... A 79-vote winner over Jeffery Wilson (Newbury Park/SS) in the first round.
Galvin Gonzalez (McFarland/CS) - Two-time champion, winning Division IV titles in 1993 and '94. ... A 43-vote winner over Matt Strangio (Jesuit/SJ) in the first round.
Anthony Grover (JSerra/SS) - One of just four three-time champions, winning the Division IV title in 2017, '18 and '19. ... Fastest winning time came in '19, when he ran 15:03.20 to win by 14.30 seconds. ... Placed fifth as a freshman in '16. ... A 42-vote winner over Samuel Pons (South Pasadena/SS) in the first round.
Ryan Hall (Big Bear/SS) - Two-time champion, winning Division IV titles in 1999 and 2000. His winning time in '00 of 14:50 was No. 1 in the merge that year and ranks as the ninth-fastest among State Meet champions. ... Ran 15:24 to win in '99, a time that still ranked No. 2 in the merge. ... A 113-vote winner over Yong-Sung Leal (San Lorenzo Arroyo/NC) in the first round.
Scott Hempel (Walnut/SS) - Two-time champion, winning the first two Division II titles in 1987 and '88. ... Led Walnut to the first State D-II team title. ... A three-vote winner over Trevor Reinhart (Marin Academy/NC) in the first round.
Mark Matusak (Loyola/SS) - Two-time champion, winning Division II titles in 2003 and '04. ... A two-vote winner over Elias Gedyon (Loyola/SS) in the first round.
Ammar Moussa (Arcadia/SS) - Two-time champion, winning Division I titles in 2009-10. ... Ran 14:43 to win in 2010 and 14:59 to win in '09. ... One of only eight to win while running sub-14:50 and one of 17 to win while running sub-15:00. ... One of only two to win two titles while running sub-15 for both. ... Moussa is tied with another Arcadia product, Phillip Rocha, with the third-fastest State-title winning time ever. ... A 36-vote winner over Daniel Milechman (Tamalpias/NC) in the first round.
Tim Nelson (Liberty Christian/NS) - One of only four three-time champions, winning the Division V title in 2000, '01 and '02. ... Fastest winning time was in 2000 when he was clocked in 15:31, Viewpoint's Tom Kubler was also clocked in 15:31 but Nelson was credited with the victory. ... A 26-vote winner over Aidan Goltra (Campolindo/NC) in the first round.
Louie Quintana (Arroyo Grande/CS) - Division I champion in 1990 running 14:47, which stood as the second-fastest time of a State Meet champion until Arcadia's Ammar Moussa ran 14:43 in 2010 to surpass Bryan Dameworth's record set in 1989. ... Quintana ran second to Dameworth in '89, crossing in 14:59, one of only 25 to ever run sub-15 at the State Meet. ... A 45-vote winner over Isaiah Festa (Morro Bay/CS) in the first round.
Phillip Rocha (Arcadia/SS) - Two-time champion, winning Division I titles in 2014-15. ... Ran 14:43 to win in 2015 and 14:58 to win in '14. ... One of only eight to win while running sub-14:50 and one of 17 to win while running sub-15:00. ... One of only two to win two titles while running sub-15 for both. ... Rocha is tied with another Arcadia product, Ammar Moussa, with the third-fastest State-title winning time ever. ... A 61-vote winner over Billy Gaudreau (St. Margarets/SS) in the first round.
Austin Tamagno (Brea Olinda/SS) - Two-time champion, winning Division III titles in 2014 and '15. ... Ran 14:46 to win in '15 and is one of just eight boys to ever win a State title while running sub-14:50. ... Ran 15:09 to win in '14 a year after running 15:03 to place third as a sophomore in '13. ... Placed sixth as a freshman (15:34) in '12. ... Winning time in '15 is the seventh-fastest to win a State Meet title. ... A 42-vote winner over Jason Balkman (Lynbrook/CC) in the first round.
Cooper Teare (St. Joseph Notre Dame/NC) - Two-time champion, winning Division V titles in 2015 and '16. ... Winning time in '16 of 14:59 is one of 17 to ever win a State title running sub-15, and ranks tied for 15th among all-State champions. ... Ran 15:08 to win in '15. ... A 58-vote winner over Callum Bolger (San Luis Obispo/CS) in the first round.
Caleb Webb (Big Bear/SS) - Two-time champion, winning Division IV titles in 2013 and '14. ... Fastest winning time was 15:05 in '14. ... A 135-vote winner over Luis Grijalva (Armijo/SJ) in the first round.
Nico Young (Newbury Park/SS) - Two-time champion, winning Division II titles in 2018-19. ... Ran 14:29 to win in 2019, the second-fastest ever run at the State Meet. ... Ran 15:00 to win in 2018. ... One of only eight to ever win a title running sub-14:50 and one of only two to win while running sub-14:30. ... A 69-vote winner over Austin Fritzke (Mt. Shasta/NS) in the first round.