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The Paly varsity boys (with Dan) qualified for the CCS championships. Photo taken Nov. 2, 2021 by Malcolm Slaney. -
Mountain View is headed to the CCS meet after finishing second to Palo Alto. Photo taken Nov. 2, 2021 by Malcolm Slaney. -
Gunn placed fourth to advance into the CCS championships. Photo taken Nov. 2, 2021 by Malcolm Slaney. -
Los Altos won the El Camino Division title. Photo taken Nov. 2, 2021 by Malcolm Slaney. -
Palo Alto placed second to Los Altos. Photo taken Nov. 2, 2021 by Malcolm Slaney. -
The Gunn girls advance into the CCS championships. Photo taken Nov. 2, 2021 by Malcolm Slaney. -
Mountain View will compete in the CCS championships after finishing third. Photo taken Nov. 2, 2021 by Malcolm Slaney. -
The top five individual finishers (l. to r) Elizabeth Fetter, Hilary Studdert, Fiona Bodkin, Riley Capuano, Lauren Soobrian. Photo taken Nov. 2, 2021 by Malcolm Slaney. -
Fiona Bodkin (left), poses with JV girls winner Sasha Anderson and varsity runner Maddie Randall. Photo taken Nov. 2, 2021 by Malcolm Slaney.
The Palo Alto boys cross country team placed five runners among the top 12 and won the El Camino Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League Tuesday at the Crystal Springs Cross Country Course.
The Los Altos girls placed five runners among the top 11 to win the title and advance into the Central Coast Section meet on Saturday, Nov. 13, also at Crystal Springs.
The top four teams advance into the CCS meet. Gunn, Wilcox and Mountain View join the Paly boys while Palo Alto, Gunn and Mountain View join the Los Altos girls.
Mountain View’s Emmanuel Leblond set the pace for the boys, racing the 2.95 mile course in a time of 15:19.4, about 23 seconds ahead of Palo Alto’s Grant Morgenfeld (15:42.7).
Mateo Fesslmeier was fourth in 15:52.9, John Bard was eighth in 16:13.2, Eoin O’Connell finished 11th in 16:19.0 and Kenja Tella placed 12th in 16:21.4.
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Mountain View’s Emmanuel Leblond won the individual title. Photo taken Nov. 2, 2021 by Malcolm Slaney. -
Mountain View’s Evan Marelz. Photo taken Nov. 2, 2021 by Malcolm Slaney. -
Paly’s Eoin O’Connell tries to keep Gunn’s Joshua Gehring at bay. Photo taken Nov. 2, 2021 by Malcolm Slaney. -
Los Altos Riley Capuano. Photo taken Nov. 2, 2021 by Malcolm Slaney.
Evan Markelz ran third overall in 15:46.1 and Nicholas Trepanier came in sixth in 15:56.9 as Mountain View finished second behind Paly 37-54.
Gunn was fourth, just behind Wilcox and ahead of Los Altos.
Joshua Gehring was Gunn’s top finisher and was timed in 16:16.9 to record a 10th place finish. Jake Seley was 14th overall in 16:28.3 and Andrew Schoenen was 17th in 16:43.8.
While Los Altos did not advance as a team, the Eagles will be represented by Boden Sirey, who placed 20th in 16:52.3 to earn a spot in CCS.
On the girls side, Palo Alto’s Elizabeth Fetter and Hillary Studdert finished first and second in 18:01.6 and 18:19.7, respectively. While still a nice time, Fetter broke the 18 minute mark in her last race at Crystal Springs.
Palo Alto finished second behind Los Altos 32-55. Four Los Altos runners were among the top nine. Fiona Bodkin was third in 18:42.3, followed by Riley Capuano in 18:49.6 and Lauren Soobrian in 18:54.1. Maddy Randall was ninth in 19:12.0 and Jasleen Sidhu followed in 11th in 19:31.6.
Julia Gentin raced 19:23.1, to finish 10th as Mountain View’s top runner. Eliana Montgomery was 12th in 19:34.0 and Carly Heltzel followed in 19:34.1.
Paly freshman Kinga Czajkowska finished seventh in 19:09.1, just ahead of Gunn’s Lauren Lee, who placed eighth in 19:11.7. Amy White was 16th in 19:50.9 for the Titans.
By Rick Eymer
By Rick Eymer
By Rick Eymer
