Carpinteria High cross country qualified both the boys and girls teams for the CIF-SS prelims with strong showings at the Citrus Coast League finals on Friday at Lake Casitas in Ojai.
The Warrior girls took first place to capture the CCL championship, while the boys team came in second place.
“The girls team took command from the beginning and raced to win today,” Carpinteria High head coach Angel Silva said. “They were in a nice battle against Fillmore and ran aggressively. I am proud of the way they all pulled together as a team to win the CCL Championship.”
The Carpinteria trio of Jacqueline Guadian (2nd, 20:31.1), Mila Martins (3rd) and Belen MacMurray (7th, 21:38.6) each registered top-10 finishes. They were followed by Victoria Martinez (11th, 23:04.0), Stacie Miranda (16th, 24:12.4), Summer Ziegler (17th, 24:12.6) and Anisleidy Bernal (22nd, 24:59.2).
On the boys side, Max Soto crossed the finish line in second place overall to lead the Warriors with a time of 16:52.9.
Soto was joined by teammates Ronnie Rosales Bui (14th, 18:04.5), Brody Pozzebon (17th, 18:21.0), Liam Killen (18th, 18:21.6), Christian Dominguez (23rd, 18:55.9), Rio Espinosa (27th, 19:13.0) and Christian Hernandez Ortiz (28th, 19:35.8).
