Fillmore Cross Country Team Competes at UCSB Lagoon
Junior Cecilia Cisneros who placed 64th in 22:47.51 at the UCSB Gaucho Invite. Photo Courtesy Kim Tafoya.
Junior Cecilia Cisneros who placed 64th in 22:47.51 at the UCSB Gaucho Invite. Photo Courtesy Kim Tafoya.
Freshman Emma Ortiz who placed 87th in 13:07.87 at the UCSB Gaucho Invite. Photo Courtesy Kim Tafoya.
Freshman Emma Ortiz who placed 87th in 13:07.87 at the UCSB Gaucho Invite. Photo Courtesy Kim Tafoya.
Freshman Andres Gonzalez at the UCSB Gaucho Invite. Photo Couresty Kim Tafoya.
Freshman Andres Gonzalez at the UCSB Gaucho Invite. Photo Couresty Kim Tafoya.

On a hot day, Fillmore’s Cross Country teams competed in their first meet of the season at the UCSB Gaucho Invitational. Runners competed in one of two distances, a short course of 1.43 miles for the novice runners and a longer 2.99 course.

Fillmore girl newcomers started out the morning running the short course and finished well. They were led by Isabela de la Cruz 21st in 10:53.58, followed by Paulina Fernandez 31st in 11:04.51, Aliyah Heredia 62nd in 12:05.23, Soraya Negrete 63rd in Liliana Felix 69th in 12:22.62, Emma Ortiz 87th in 13:07.87 and Marisol Ramos 95th in 13:47.92.

In the longer girls race, the Flashes were led by Giselle Perez who finished in 44th place in 21:34.19, followed by Allison Recancoj 54th in 22:12, Nicole Gonzalez 59th in 22:27.12, Cecilia Cisneros 64th in 22:47.51, Emma Orozco 77th in 23:30.79, Jacqueline Chavez 83rd in 24:01.66, and Michele Reyes 103rd in 25:06.43.

In the boys short race, Fillmore finished in 9th place. Top finisher was Matthew Munoz 18th in 8:50.1, followed by Erick Gutierrez 47th in 9:36.98, David Bustos 59th in 10:03.17, Jesus Cadena 67th in 10:23.81, and Andres Gonzalez 84th in 12:17.77.

The final race of the day was run over the long course. Top performer for the Flashes was freshman Rey Laureano, who recorded a 42nd place finish in a time of 17:54.6. He was followed by Davis Flores 59th in 18:34.01, Jess de la Cruz 63rd in 28:40.91, Sergio Perez 72nd in 19:01.89, Jesse Martinez 91st. in 19:31.67, Antonio Villalobos 92nd in 19:32.91, Alex Manzo 94th in 19:36.02, Joseph Magdaleno 108th in 19:55.84, Alex Recancoj 117th in 20:10.71, Andrew Otineru 129th in 20:21.81, Eric Hernandez 133rd in 20:33.51, Gustavo Valdez 135th in 20:35.38, Jorge Acevedo 146th in 20:50.91, Juan Ramirez 172nd in 21:46.89, Sam Kafka 178th in 22:37.85, and Daniel Cruz 189th in 24:33.03.

The Flashes will next compete on Friday 9/08 at the Rosemead Invitation.