The Los Alamitos High girls cross country team posted an 11th place finish amongst a field of 35 teams and runners from more than 10 other schools that did not have enough runners to post team scores.
The Griffins were led by sophomore Caris Honma, who finished 53rd overall with a time of 19 minutes, 15.9 seconds. Senior Trista Candiotty was right behind her with a time of 19:18. Freshman Mio Emi was the third Griffin runner with a time of 19:39. Senior Alejandra Reyburn was fourth for the Griffins with a time of 19:46.8.
In the varsity boys race, junior Matthew Mayhue led the Griffins with a time of 15:56.6. He was followed by Sully Pareti, who finished in a time of 16:08.7. The Griffins’ JV team brought in a seventh place team finish, led by Sicely Johnston and Amina Farki, who were the top two runners for the team.
The Los Al girls sophomore team took second place in their division, with Remy Hoang leading the way with a 16th place overall finish. Bella Castellon was 21st overall and Audrey Delgaldillo was 27th overall for the Griffins top 3. Lauren Criscione and Hailey Mellott rounded out the Griffins’ scoring runners.
Caris Honma led the Los Al varsity girls, finishing 53rd overall
The Los Al freshman boys team took third place in their race with all five scoring runners finishing in the top 50 scoring places. Dylan Lobo led the way with a 15th place finish in a time of 17:19.9. Sam Berry took 25th and Tyler Tanimura was 28th to lead the Griffins. Will Thomas and Sebastian Martinez were the final two scoring runners.
Among those individual runners was Irvine High’s Summer Wilson, who led the girls varsity field with a first-place finish in a time of 16 minutes, 19.4 seconds. The junior was more than 16 seconds faster than Millie Bayles of Trabuco Hills, who led the Mustangs to the team title with a time of 16:36.1.
Trabuco Hills won the team title, followed by Woodbridge High and Redondo Union High. Another individual runner, Sophie Hufton, of St. Catherine’s High School, took fourth overall.