Each year, the Cool Breeze Invitational produces incredible performances at the Pomona Fairplex, and this year was no different. Even with a few changes to the 3-mile course, the early-season cross country meet produced several personal records.
Alexander Gomez of Montebello HS made the most significant leap from last season, with an over 6-minute improvement. The senior finished 203rd in the Large School Boys' varsity race with a finishing time of 19:41.70. He also helped Montebello finish 15th overall as a team, which got their season off to a strong start.
The fastest improving runner from Cool Breeze was Jace Deledonne, who ran 14:20 to win the Boys Sundown Showdown race. Last year, Deledonne finished in sixth place, but a 31-second improvement propelled him to the top of the mountain. The Riverside Poly senior is no stranger to the fast times, but getting the win at a big invitational makes a big difference for Deledonne.
Check out the top improvers from the 2025 Cool Breeze Invitational down below. The top 10 fastest runners from 2025 are highlighted in bold.
| Ranking | Athlete | CIF SS Prelims | CIF SS Finals | Difference |
| 1 | Alexander Gomez - Montebello (SS) | 19:14.70 | 25:51.80 | ( 6:37.10 ) |
| 2 | Ryan Carter - Burroughs Ridgecrest (SS) | 17:25.60 | 22:32.80 | ( 5:07.20 ) |
| 3 | Oliver Bjorkman-Tracy - Sage Creek (SD) | 19:04.00 | 24:09.00 | ( 5:05.00 ) |
| 4 | Anthony Alexander - Arlington (SS) | 17:47.50 | 21:58.70 | ( 4:11.20 ) |
| 5 | Jonathon Arana - West Ranch (SS) | 16:28.00 | 20:26.50 | ( 3:58.50 ) |
| 6 | Aaron Montano - Santee EC (LA) | 17:24.30 | 21:14.20 | ( 3:49.90 ) |
| 7 | Izeyah Villa - Etiwanda (SS) | 15:53.70 | 19:21.50 | ( 3:27.80 ) |
| 8 | Edgar Cervantes - La Serna (SS) | 17:03.10 | 20:20.90 | ( 3:17.80 ) |
| 9 | Caden Bollenbach - Polytechnic - Riverside (SS) | 15:54.50 | 19:03.40 | ( 3:08.90 ) |
| 10 | Donovan Carlson - California (SS) | 17:08.50 | 20:15.30 | ( 3:06.80 ) |
| 11 | Max Olivas - West Ranch (SS) | 17:26.60 | 20:28.80 | ( 3:02.20 ) |
| 12 | Zackerie Buensuceso - Oak Park (SS) | 16:48.00 | 19:43.90 | ( 2:55.90 ) |
| 13 | Isaac Rabadi - Flintridge Prep (SS) | 17:05.50 | 19:55.00 | ( 2:49.50 ) |
| 14 | Daniel Hernandez - Yorba Linda (SS) | 18:08.30 | 20:56.40 | ( 2:48.10 ) |
| 15 | Isaac Barlow - Beaumont (SS) | 17:33.70 | 20:21.00 | ( 2:47.30 ) |
| 16 | Flynn Gardner - La Serna (SS) | 15:23.10 | 18:06.00 | ( 2:42.90 ) |
| 17 | Aiden Guerrero - Claremont (SS) | 15:54.10 | 18:33.70 | ( 2:39.60 ) |
| 18 | Israel Avalos - West Ranch (SS) | 16:39.10 | 19:15.00 | ( 2:35.90 ) |
| 19 | Trennan Lange - Sage Creek (SD) | 17:49.10 | 20:21.20 | ( 2:32.10 ) |
| 20 | Nathan Segoviano - South Torrance (SS) | 16:59.90 | 19:28.00 | ( 2:28.10 ) |
| 21 | Jackson Bunteman - Canyon - Anaheim Hills (SS) | 15:07.40 | 17:30.80 | ( 2:23.40 ) |
| 22 | Gabriel Shaw - Flintridge Prep (SS) | 17:40.30 | 20:02.90 | ( 2:22.60 ) |
| 23 | Thomas Lomeli - Simi Valley (SS) | 18:50.80 | 21:11.40 | ( 2:20.60 ) |
| 24 | Caleb Heuer - Granite Hills (SS) | 18:55.70 | 21:09.20 | ( 2:13.50 ) |
| 25 | Jeremy Sands - Alta Loma (SS) | 18:01.10 | 20:12.80 | ( 2:11.70 ) |
| 26 | Garrett Sparks - Marshall Fundamental (SS) | 17:28.90 | 19:39.10 | ( 2:10.20 ) |
| 27 | Ethan Holaday - Claremont (SS) | 17:37.00 | 19:40.90 | ( 2:03.90 ) |
| 28 | Braden Drewitz - ML King (SS) | 16:56.10 | 18:59.90 | ( 2:03.80 ) |
| 29 | Nicolas Zamora - Hart (William S.) (SS) | 15:08.50 | 17:11.00 | ( 2:02.50 ) |
| 30 | Myles Lewis - Marshall Fundamental (SS) | 18:35.20 | 20:36.90 | ( 2:01.70 ) |
| 31 | Marc Gonzalez - ML King (SS) | 16:04.20 | 18:05.30 | ( 2:01.10 ) |
| 32 | Orion Suarez - Beaumont (SS) | 18:34.60 | 20:35.20 | ( 2:00.60 ) |
| 33 | Vincent McPhee - Polytechnic - Riverside (SS) | 17:02.30 | 19:00.10 | ( 1:57.80 ) |
| 34 | Koen Bayreuther - Notre Dame - Sherman Oaks (SS) | 17:44.30 | 19:41.50 | ( 1:57.20 ) |
| 35 | Wei Lim - Claremont (SS) | 18:24.40 | 20:19.30 | ( 1:54.90 ) |
| 36 | Aaron Carrillo - La Serna (SS) | 18:50.70 | 20:45.40 | ( 1:54.70 ) |
| 37 | Joshua Aguirre - Hart (William S.) (SS) | 17:27.60 | 19:21.70 | ( 1:54.10 ) |
| 38 | Christopher Ramos - Belmont (LA) | 19:01.60 | 20:55.50 | ( 1:53.90 ) |
| 39 | Joseph Torres - Cathedral City (SS) | 17:38.10 | 19:27.90 | ( 1:49.80 ) |
| 40 | Noah Smith-Lewis - Troy (SS) | 16:21.00 | 18:08.70 | ( 1:47.70 ) |
| 41 | Jhony Mejia - Belmont (LA) | 18:26.10 | 20:12.20 | ( 1:46.10 ) |
| 42 | Julian Zamora - Hart (William S.) (SS) | 16:40.80 | 18:26.40 | ( 1:45.60 ) |
| 43 | Simon Barrera - La Serna (SS) | 15:17.60 | 17:01.30 | ( 1:43.70 ) |
| 44 | Paul Martinez - Liberty (SS) | 17:01.30 | 18:43.50 | ( 1:42.20 ) |
| 45 | Carter Browning - West Ranch (SS) | 17:40.10 | 19:20.00 | ( 1:39.90 ) |
| 46 | Terrence Becker - Claremont (SS) | 16:10.40 | 17:46.80 | ( 1:36.40 ) |
| 47 | Ved Patel - Troy (SS) | 17:20.90 | 18:57.00 | ( 1:36.10 ) |
| 48 | Gordon Chow - Calabasas (SS) | 17:52.00 | 19:27.70 | ( 1:35.70 ) |
| 49 | Orlando Santos - Mountain View (SS) | 15:56.50 | 17:29.20 | ( 1:32.70 ) |
| 50 | William Quatro - La Serna (SS) | 15:06.10 | 16:37.70 | ( 1:31.60 ) |
| 51 | Nate Yoo - Sage Hill (SS) | 15:52.20 | 17:23.60 | ( 1:31.40 ) |
| 52 | Cole Johnson - South Torrance (SS) | 14:52.30 | 16:22.50 | ( 1:30.20 ) |
| 53 | Chase Collopy - ML King (SS) | 16:21.90 | 17:49.90 | ( 1:28.00 ) |
| 54 | Kensuke Ohshima - North Hollywood (LA) | 16:17.40 | 17:45.20 | ( 1:27.80 ) |
| 55 | Logan Veit - South Torrance (SS) | 18:57.20 | 20:24.50 | ( 1:27.30 ) |
| 56 | Abraham Gustafson - Polytechnic - Riverside (SS) | 18:02.90 | 19:26.30 | ( 1:23.40 ) |
| 57 | Benjamin Solis - Polytechnic - Riverside (SS) | 15:52.00 | 17:13.50 | ( 1:21.50 ) |
| 58 | Patrick Peysack - Canyon - Anaheim Hills (SS) | 16:03.50 | 17:21.90 | ( 1:18.40 ) |
| 59 | Daniel Catano - Polytechnic - Riverside (SS) | 17:04.70 | 18:21.20 | ( 1:16.50 ) |
| 60 | Nate Nicoletti - Marshall Fundamental (SS) | 16:23.50 | 17:37.80 | ( 1:14.30 ) |
| 61 | Heyab Benyam - South Torrance (SS) | 16:51.30 | 18:05.50 | ( 1:14.20 ) |
| 62 | Jonathan Diaz - Highland (SS) | 17:40.30 | 18:53.30 | ( 1:13.00 ) |
| 63 | Kristian Barragan - Liberty (SS) | 17:04.60 | 18:16.40 | ( 1:11.80 ) |
| 64 | Milo Labor - Oak Park (SS) | 17:28.30 | 18:38.50 | ( 1:10.20 ) |
| 65 | Bridger Leith - Oak Park (SS) | 16:16.70 | 17:26.70 | ( 1:10.00 ) |
| 66 | Colin Brun - Viewpoint (SS) | 16:44.30 | 17:54.00 | ( 1:09.70 ) |
| 67 | Yeshua Escalante - Claremont (SS) | 16:34.70 | 17:43.60 | ( 1:08.90 ) |
| 68 | Mario Miranda - Claremont (SS) | 15:49.30 | 16:58.00 | ( 1:08.70 ) |
| 69 | Amir Washington - Liberty (SS) | 17:01.80 | 18:10.00 | ( 1:08.20 ) |
| 70 | Tyler Schnore - Polytechnic - Riverside (SS) | 18:26.90 | 19:34.80 | ( 1:07.90 ) |
| 71 | Braulio Castillo - West Ranch (SS) | 14:42.30 | 15:48.80 | ( 1:06.50 ) |
| 72 | Owen Calima - Oak Park (SS) | 17:30.80 | 18:36.10 | ( 1:05.30 ) |
| 73 | Jacob Riggs - La Serna (SS) | 15:26.10 | 16:29.50 | ( 1:03.40 ) |
| 74 | Jamari Eisenberg - Claremont (SS) | 15:44.50 | 16:47.70 | ( 1:03.20 ) |
| 75 | Keller Nespoli - South Torrance (SS) | 16:05.50 | 17:08.40 | ( 1:02.90 ) |
| 76 | Matthew Dondiego - El Rancho (SS) | 17:45.40 | 18:44.50 | -59.1 |
| 77 | Alex Stetina - Sonora (SS) | 18:24.40 | 19:22.60 | -58.2 |
| 78 | Nick Perez - Oak Park (SS) | 19:07.10 | 20:04.50 | -57.4 |
| 79 | Isaiah Garcia - La Mirada (SS) | 17:18.90 | 18:14.00 | -55.1 |
| 80 | Josiah Himsl - Hart (William S.) (SS) | 15:04.20 | 15:58.80 | -54.6 |
| 81 | Ramon Dorado - Cajon (SS) | 14:56.60 | 15:51.00 | -54.4 |
| 82 | Arthur Theule - Trinity Classical Academy (SS) | 16:50.70 | 17:44.00 | -53.3 |
| 83 | Edwin Gomez - Belmont (LA) | 16:47.30 | 17:38.20 | -50.9 |
| 84 | Toren Habbestad - Yorba Linda (SS) | 14:57.00 | 15:47.60 | -50.6 |
| 85 | Issac Avila - El Rancho (SS) | 17:49.90 | 18:38.80 | -48.9 |
| 86 | Kaden Batcheller - Alta Loma (SS) | 15:31.20 | 16:19.40 | -48.2 |
| 87 | Ayden Ramirez - Cajon (SS) | 14:52.50 | 15:38.90 | -46.4 |
| 88 | Dante Santos - Notre Dame - Sherman Oaks (SS) | 18:41.20 | 19:26.70 | -45.5 |
| 89 | Austin Duenas - West Ranch (SS) | 15:33.00 | 16:18.00 | -45 |
| 90 | Ulysses Cano - La Serna (SS) | 17:15.10 | 17:58.70 | -43.6 |
| 91 | Ares Grez - Polytechnic - Riverside (SS) | 15:15.40 | 15:57.90 | -42.5 |
| 92 | Thomas Boyle V - Canyon - Anaheim Hills (SS) | 15:54.60 | 16:37.00 | -42.4 |
| 93 | Santiago Ambriz - Polytechnic - Riverside (SS) | 17:10.90 | 17:52.90 | -42 |
| 94 | Adam Schneider - Marshall Fundamental (SS) | 18:21.30 | 19:02.20 | -40.9 |
| 95 | Carson Rawls - Liberty (SS) | 15:46.40 | 16:27.10 | -40.7 |
| 96 | Elijah Light - Beaumont (SS) | 15:48.10 | 16:28.70 | -40.6 |
| 97 | Charles Sanchez - Highland (SS) | 16:06.90 | 16:47.50 | -40.6 |
| 98 | Jack Parker - West Ranch (SS) | 16:45.30 | 17:25.80 | -40.5 |
| 99 | Jiroe Delgado - Cajon (SS) | 17:49.20 | 18:28.80 | -39.6 |
| 100 | Jibril Dadabhoy - Canyon - Anaheim Hills (SS) | 16:41.50 | 17:20.50 | -39 |
| 101 | Adrian Aguirre - Santee EC (LA) | 16:46.10 | 17:24.20 | -38.1 |
| 102 | Nathan Harris - ML King (SS) | 18:48.50 | 19:25.10 | -36.6 |
| 103 | Wyatt Holmes - Polytechnic - Riverside (SS) | 16:19.00 | 16:54.60 | -35.6 |
| 104 | Wayne Hampton - Beaumont (SS) | 19:06.80 | 19:42.40 | -35.6 |
| 105 | Aaron Fimbres - Sonora (SS) | 16:52.30 | 17:27.70 | -35.4 |
| 106 | Tyler White - Murrieta Valley (SS) | 15:07.20 | 15:41.70 | -34.5 |
| 107 | Gabriel Beaumont - Troy (SS) | 15:21.70 | 15:54.70 | -33 |
| 108 | Jace Deledonne - Polytechnic - Riverside (SS) | 14:20.80 | 14:52.50 | -31.7 |
| 109 | Ian Twisselmann - La Serna (SS) | 16:35.10 | 17:06.40 | -31.3 |
| 110 | Cameron Povletich - West Ranch (SS) | 15:31.10 | 16:02.20 | -31.1 |
| 111 | Samuel Cortez - Servite (SS) | 16:38.90 | 17:09.30 | -30.4 |
| 112 | Rio Maldonado - Yorba Linda (SS) | 16:14.60 | 16:43.10 | -28.5 |
| 113 | Elijah Rocha - Etiwanda (SS) | 17:15.60 | 17:43.50 | -27.9 |
| 114 | Josh Verdan - Liberty (SS) | 16:04.60 | 16:30.60 | -26 |
| 115 | Tristan Sievers - Burroughs Ridgecrest (SS) | 15:00.10 | 15:25.90 | -25.8 |
| 116 | Sergio Villeraldo - Montebello (SS) | 15:57.90 | 16:23.70 | -25.8 |
| 117 | Lyle Mideiros - Claremont (SS) | 14:46.20 | 15:11.50 | -25.3 |
| 118 | Royce Lui - La Canada (SS) | 17:11.70 | 17:34.30 | -22.6 |
| 119 | Darryl Leogo - Castaic (SS) | 17:19.00 | 17:41.30 | -22.3 |
| 120 | Jacob Bulis - Beaumont (SS) | 16:22.40 | 16:44.30 | -21.9 |
| 121 | Tommy Corral - La Serna (SS) | 17:24.80 | 17:46.70 | -21.9 |
| 122 | Ethan Yan - Troy (SS) | 18:24.00 | 18:44.90 | -20.9 |
| 123 | Noah Reed - Sonora (SS) | 16:27.10 | 16:47.10 | -20 |
| 124 | Andrew Sampson - Tesoro (SS) | 16:18.10 | 16:37.00 | -18.9 |
| 125 | Caelan Shelton - ML King (SS) | 17:28.60 | 17:46.70 | -18.1 |
| 126 | Hunter Prince - Carlmont (CC) | 17:34.40 | 17:51.20 | -16.8 |
| 127 | Proshanto Kladopoulos - Oak Park (SS) | 17:46.10 | 18:02.60 | -16.5 |
| 128 | Nathan Schlosser - Etiwanda (SS) | 15:53.00 | 16:08.80 | -15.8 |
| 129 | Wyatt Huebner - Simi Valley (SS) | 18:37.80 | 18:52.90 | -15.1 |
| 130 | Caden Guo - Troy (SS) | 17:37.00 | 17:52.00 | -15 |
| 131 | Matthew Gonzalez - Oak Park (SS) | 19:08.70 | 19:20.90 | -12.2 |
| 132 | Nikhil Iyer - South Torrance (SS) | 17:04.10 | 17:10.70 | -6.6 |
| 133 | Quinn Foster - Oak Park (SS) | 15:47.20 | 15:52.10 | -4.9 |
| 134 | Joshua Baxter - Sonora (SS) | 16:04.10 | 16:07.80 | -3.7 |
| 135 | Charlie McDermott - San Marino (SS) | 17:41.40 | 17:45.00 | -3.6 |
Each year, the Cool Breeze Invitational produces incredible performances at the Pomona Fairplex, and this year was no different. Even with a few changes to the 3-mile course, the early-season cross country meet produced several personal records.