{"id":7428,"date":"2026-10-16T00:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T00:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=7428"},"modified":"2026-10-16T00:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T00:29:12","slug":"mtown-boys-win-cross-country-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=7428","title":{"rendered":"M’town boys win cross country race"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Even minus one of their top runners, Mustangs top field at Asti course<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lake County Sports on Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASTI >> The depth of the Middletown High School boys cross country team came in handy Wednesday after as the Mustangs, minus one of their top runners, still managed to land their fastest five runners in the top 15 and easily win a North Central League I meet on the 2.9-mile Asti modified sheep course just south of Cloverdale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middletown finished with 46 points to beat out Fort Bragg (59), Willits (70), St. Helena (77), Lower Lake (135) and Kelseyville (139). All other schools were incomplete (fewer than five runners).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a struggle of a meet for us overall,\u201d Middletown head coach Taylor Tiraterra said. \u201cRen Ueno is nursing a soccer injury and is out indefinitely, and Pita Cabrera was pulled from racing as she was too ill to run. She should be fine for next week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boys<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even minus Ueno, the Mustangs turned in a strong showing. While Fort Bragg\u2019s Walker Aycock (18 minutes, 20 seconds) and Johann Garcia (18:24) dominated the boys field, Middletown\u2019s strength in numbers won the day on the team side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading the Mustangs were Isael Haro, third in 19:47, and Tucker West, fourth in 20:00. Gabe Aispuro also managed a top-10 finish in the 55-run field, placing 10th<\/sup> in 21:26. Gerardo Rodriguez was 14th<\/sup> overall in 22:06 while teammate Ethan Silva was right behind in 15th<\/sup> place at 22:07.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other top-10 finishers were St. Helena\u2019s Charlie Watson (fifth in 20:16), Ravil Ramirez (sixth in 20:59) and Lucas Zuniga (seventh in 21:16). Jace Pindell of Kelseyville came in eighth in 21:23, and Nick Cramer of Willits was ninth in 21:24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other top finishes by Lake County boys had Lower Lake\u2019s Daniel Zamora 16th<\/sup> in 22:17, Middletown\u2019s Kai Sooy 18th<\/sup> in 22:19 and Lower Lake\u2019s Emiliana Rivero 20th<\/sup> in 22:32. Maverick Watson of Kelseyville was 23rd<\/sup> in 22:57 while Ryker King of Upper Lake was 26th<\/sup> in 24:14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Girls<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cloverdale\u2019s fastest five runners finished in the top eight of the girls race as the Eagles finished with 23 points to 49 for Willits, 75 for Middletown and 79 for Kelseyville. All other teams were incomplete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malia McGrath of Cloverdale won individual honors in 23:56, nearly a minute ahead of runner-up Amara Willner of Willits (24:54). Frida Diaz of Cloverdale (26:06), Ruby Davies of St. Helena (26:23) and Liz Silva of Cloverdale (27:28) rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lake County\u2019s top finisher, Charlie Hill of Middletown, ran an extra half mile after getting lost on the course and still cracked the top 10 with a ninth-place finish of 28:50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clear Lake\u2019s Madison Max finished 12th<\/sup> overall in 30:59 and Kelseyville\u2019s Aylin Aguilar was 15th<\/sup> in 32:07. Another Kelseyville runner, Aubrey Wiser, was 16th<\/sup> overall in 32:47, and Middletown\u2019s Nick Lopez was 17th<\/sup> in 33:25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shayla McGrath of Lower Lake claimed 19th<\/sup> place in 36:15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clear Lake hosts the NCL I teams next Wednesday at the Highland Springs course south of Lakeport. Action begins at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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