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The CIF-Southern Section held its divisional championships on Saturday, Nov. 18 at the 3-mile Riverside City Championship Course, a flat track that can get dry and dusty when the weather turns warm and breezy, like it did as the morning grew old. Here's a recap of the day's events.
We put the top 1000 boys and girls performances together and scored them like a single meet to determine the best overall teams from Riverside yesterday!
CIF-Southern Section Division 1 Boys Championship, where Loyola's Shane Bissell emerged from a near-race-long lead pack to win the individual title in a division course record and the Great Oak boys defended their title in the Nov. 18 final on the three-mile Riverside City Championships Course.
Riverside King junior Lauren Peurifoy, who set a Division 1 course record in prelims, dishes on her third-place finish at finals, an ill-advised wrong turn and her joy over the Wolves' second-consecutive CIF-State final qualifying performance.
Walnut Chloe Arriaga, a two-time CIF-Southern Section Division 1 individual champion, talks about her runner-up finish and her goals going forward.
Great Oak junior Fatima Cortes overcame the two favorites to win the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 girls championship on Saturday at the three-time Riverside City Championship Course.