Dublin senior Christopher Middleton-Pearson won the CIF-North Coast Section Division I championship running 14:36.60 over the 3-mile course at Hayward HS to beat Amador Valley senior Aidan McCarthy by 34.20 seconds and lead his team to a narrow victory. It was the first NCS individual title for Middleton-Pearson, placed second by 6.90 seconds last year to now-graduated teammate Loic Scomparin.