Carpinteria’s Joel De Lira placed second in the boys’ race with a time of 16:53.43 at the Citrus Coast League Finals Friday held at Lake Casitas in Ojai.
He helped the boys to a fourth place team finish, which qualified the team for the CIF prelims. Fillmore was the winner, ahead of Santa Paula, Channel Islands and Carpinteria.
Belen Herrera was the highest finish for the Warrior girls’ team, finishing eighth, and she also qualified for the CIF prelims as an individual. The team finished fifth in the league. Fillmore was the team winner of the girls’ race.
“Our boys team ran head to head with Santa Paula, and were able to qualify after being tied with Nordhoff High School in the overall team standings,” Carpinteria coach Angel Silva said.
Carpinteria finishers were:
Girls
Belen Herrera 8th place, 21:37.32 (Individual CIF Qualifer)
Carel Bautista 28th place, 24:11.70
Iltze Alvarado 35th place, 25:22.26
Ruby Cluderay 31st place, 24:22.91
Audrey Kramer 32nd place, 24:31.62
Giarys Gomez 43rd place, 28:06.12
Mika Mullikin 44th place, 28:33.35
Boys
Joel De Lira 2nd place, 16:53.34
Hugo Alvarado 16th place, 18:09.97
Marvin Lujano 18th place, 18:19.78
Edwin Hernandez 26th place, 19:00.88
Pedro Campuzano 32nd place, 19:30.17
Ben Smith 35th place, 19:52.51
Andriy Alvarado 39th place, 20:43.00