The prime two returners from final yr battled for 3 miles earlier than Lily Alder of Timpview (Utah) handed La Jolla’s Chiara Dailey in the ultimate yards to win the Bob Day Girls Sweepstakes race on Saturday night time in the 44th Woodbridge Cross Country Classic at Great Park in Irvine.
Alder received by 1.6 seconds in 15:40 flat after putting third in 2024 in 15:28.9 — seven-tenths of a second behind runner-up Dailey. Jaelyn Williams of Chula Vista Eastlake was third in 15:52 and taking fourth individually in 15:54.1 was Irvine’s Summer Wilson.
“My coach told me I could go 15:39 and I know I’m a lot better than I performed today,” stated Wilson, a senior dedicated to Duke. “I found myself leading in the first two miles but my strength is my kick, so in retrospect it would’ve been smarter to stay back.”
Wilson’s former college JSerra (she transferred earlier than her junior yr) received the crew title with 196 factors.
Corona Santiago’s Rylee Blade, now a freshman at Florida State, set the meet file of 15:20.3 final fall. Her former Sharks teammate, Arkansas-bound senior Braelyn Combe, who received the state 1,600-meter title in the spring was seventh Saturday in 16:11.1.
Herriman (Utah) senior Jackson Spencer received the Doug Speck Boys Sweepstakes in 13:42.1, nicely off the meet file of 13:30.3 set a yr in the past on the similar course by Owen Powell of Mercer Island (Wash.). Spencer, who was sixth in final yr’s sweepstakes race, led the Mustangs to their fourth straight crew championship.
Oak Park (203) received the Gold Varsity A boys race. Canyon Country Canyon senior Owen Souther was second individually in 14:41.8. Norwalk senior Leo Diaz received the Gold Varsity B race in 14:50.3 and El Toro was second in the crew standings with 228 factors.
Joaquim Sandoval, a junior from Warren, was first in the Blue Varsity B boys race in 14:28.6. “I’m feeling pretty good,” he stated afterward.
Oaks Christian senior Delaney Napierala ran a personal-best 17:01.6 to outlast Jenna Murray of Moorpark (17:03.8) and win the Gold Varsity A ladies race. In the Gold Varsity B race, Westlake freshman Sabina Cruz edged Autumn Banks of Tahoe-Truckee by one second in 16:50.7 whereas pacing the Warriors to the crew title.