Santa Barbara High cross country participated in the Ojai Invitational on Saturday, with the boys team finishing in fourth place as a team and the girls ending in seventh.
“For a variety of reasons we’ve yet to run our full lineups at full strength on either side,” Dons coach Olivia Perdices said. “There’s a lot of room for us to grow as the season progresses.”
On the boys side, Andreas Dybdahl led the way in seventh place overall after a time of 16:19. Following Dybdahl were Cainan Birchim (25th, 17:10), Bode Andrulaitis (27th, 17:10), Nico Tassos (31st, 17:15) and Magne Henriques (38th, 17:35).
“That’s a nice opener for Andreas, and Magne stepping in and scoring some points for us in his first cross-country season is big for our team depth,” Perdices said.
The girls were led by Madeleine Van Brebber’s 15th-place finish with a personal best time of 20:43. Other Santa Barbara High finishers were Ailey Alexander (35th, 21:45), Ridley DeSoto (50th, 22:23), Mackenna Show (56th, 22:34) and Jaia Beall (70th, 23:23).
“Maddy is having a great start to her season,” Perdices said. “Ojai is a tough course, it’s not a place you typically see PRs early in the year.”
The Dons will be back in action at the Raider Invitational in Oxnard next Friday.
