Dos Pueblos cross country turned in a solid showing in the CIF Division 2 championship meet, with the boys squad finishing in 11th place while the girls came away with a 16th-place finish.
Boys
At the Mt. San Antonio College course, five of the Chargers’ seven boys runners registered personal best times.
They were led by Cullen Gully, who registered an 18th-place finish with a time of 14:45.6. He also set a one and two-mile personal record throughout the race, finishing as the second-best sophomore in the division.
Following Gully was Eamon Gordon, who crossed the finish line in 14:53.7 for 28th place and a season-best time.
Dominic Corral (73rd, 15:43.3, PR), Oliver Saleh (74th, 15:44, PR), Willam Matthews (91st, 16:06.9, PR), Andy Brennan (95th, 16:13, PR) and Finn Wright (96th, 16:18.6) rounded out the finishers for Dos Pueblos.
“Though our boys team was unable to advance to the State Championship, ending our season with five PRs isn’t a bad way to go out,” Chargers coach David Jackson said.
Girls
The girls team also found plenty of individual success, with five of seven runners also turning in personal-best performances.
Vienza Machuca’s personal record time of 18:19.3 was good for 39th place to lead the Chargers finishers.
Machuca was followed up by Sophie Saleh (54th, 18:43.7, PR), Eloise Shea (64th, 18:49.9, PR), Maddy Myers (100th, 19:56.8, PR), Cate Bishop (105th, 20:08.4), Torrey Beckstrand (107th, 20:18.2, PR) and Selah Blackwell (114th, 21:10.2).
“The girls improved throughout the race and finished strong on the incredible Mt. SAC track,” Jackson said. “We look forward to making our way to CIF Finals next year, as we only graduate one senior, our captain, Sophie Saleh.”
