Middletown’s Hill covers Anderson Marsh State Park course in 19 minutes, 58 seconds
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LOWER LAKE >> It was high school cross country with a bit of a Halloween theme Wednesday as North Central League I runners wrapped up their regular season with a fast-paced 2.84-mile tour of the Anderson Marsh State Park course near Lower Lake.
Middletown’s boys and Cloverdale’s girls scored team wins. The Mustangs’ fastest five runners placed in the top 12 in the 53-strong boys field while Cloverdale’s Malia McGrath led the Eagles in the 38-strong girls race.
A handful of runners, both girls and boys, dressed up for the occasion with Halloween only a few days away.
Boys
For the second week in a row, Fort Bragg’s Johann Garcia and Walker Aycock finished 1-2 in the boys race. Garcia crossed the finish line in 16 minutes, 34 seconds to Aycock’s 16:52. Aycock held off Middletown’s Tucker West (16:56) for second place.
Charlie Watson of St. Helena (17:36) came in fourth and Jace Pindell of Kelseyville (17:54) rounded out the top five.
Other top-10 finishers were St. Helena’s Raul Ramirez (18:07), Middletown’s Isael Haro (18:09), Willits’ Nick Cramer (18:42), St. Helena’s Nick Zuniga (18:48) and Middletown’s Gerardo Rodriguez (18:53).
Right behind Rodriguez were teammates Kai Sooy (18:55) and Gabe Aispuro (19:02).
Daniel Zamora of Lower Lake came in 13th (19:09) and Maverik Watson of Kelseyville finished 14th (19:10). Ethan Silva of Middletown was 19th in 20:03.
Girls
Charlee Hill of Middletown won the girls race in 19:58, sprinting down the final stretch in a successful attempt to break 20 minutes.
Cloverdale’s McGrath was next at 21:27 while Amara Willner of Willits took third in 21:46. Middletown’s Lupita Cabrera finished fourth in 22:44, and Dottie Palmer of Fort Bragg came in fifth in 22:51, just three seconds in front of teammate Sadie Sanderson (22:54).
Rounding out the top 10 were Kelseyville’s Aylin Aguilar, seventh in 23:06; Frida Friend of Willits, eighth in 23:32; Frida Diaz of Cloverdale, ninth in 24:01; and Alexis Silva of Cloverdale, 10th in 24:52.
Madison May of Clear Lake was 17th in 28:06, Kelseyville’s Sophia Chisholm was 18th in 28:08, Shayla McGrath of Lower Lake was 20th in 29:02, and Aubrey Wiser of Kelseyville was 21st in 29:11.
Schedule
NCL I runners join NCL II runners Thursday at the Coastal Mountain Conference Championships at Spring Lake in Santa Rosa. Team champions, both boys and girls, in both leagues will be crowned at that time. Top finishers earn All-Conference honors.