CIF Prelims Recap

Sat, Nov 14th – The Lions boys and girls cross country teams travelled to the 2009 CIF Southern Section Division 4 Prelims at Mount San Antonio College. There were 13 personal best performances on the Mt SAC course from the 14 athletes that raced.

The girls raced first in heat one of three. Fallon Cislo led the team with a 5th place 19:21, the third fastest OC performance ever and the #2 senior time. Cristina Garcia racing in her second race since coming back from an injured posted a 20:23. Niki MacWhirter posted a 20:41. Cristy and Niki rank #5 and #7 on the all time OC junior list. Kahala Bonsignore at 22:04 and Amy Anderson at 22:36 were next posting the #7 and #11 freshman times in OC history. Jackie Brody ran 22:52 for #12 on the OC junior list and Madagan Riley ran 24:!1 for #15 on the OC sophomore list. The seven girls combined time was 17 minutes and 41 seconds faster than at the Mt SAC Invitational three weeks earlier (the top 5 ran 6:24 faster than MSAC). The girls team time is #5 all time in OC history. The girls place third as a team and comfortably advanced to this week’s CIF Southern Section Finals. This is the 9th consecutive year that OC has had a female individual or team compete at CIF Finals.

The Boys raced next in heat one of two. Vincent Colarossi led the team with a 16:52 and third fastest OC sophomore in school history. Ryan Huning is the #5 junior with his 16:55. Vince and Ryan became the 7th and 8th runners in OC history to dip under the 17:00 barrier. Derek Stoutland is now #9 OC Junior with a 17:29. Jacob White ran 17:51 for #10 OC junior. Taylor Losi leaped to #5 OC sophomore with his 17:34 and Arthur King climbed to #8 OC Sophomore with his 17:45. Andrew Levine made the most of his opportunity racing as an alternate following Nick Colarossi’s injury. Andrew posted the largest individual improvement with an 18:17 good for #12 on the OC sophomore list. The seven boy’s combined time was 3 minutes and 47 seconds faster than at MSAC (the top 5 improved by 1:31). The boys team time is #6 all in OC history. The boys placed 6th and advanced to their 7th consecutive CIF SS Finals.

Next Step….
Sat, Nov 21th @ Mt SAC
Both teams compete for Southern Section Finals honors and a position in the State Finals (top 7 teams advance).