Fillmore Distance Runners Compete in Races
On Saturday, February 7, Fillmore athletes competed and placed at the Moorpark Groundhog Day 5K/1M Pictured (l-r) are brothers Jacob Santa Rosa from Fillmore Middle School and Damian Santa Rosa from Fillmore High School. Photo credit Kitzia Santa Rosa. Above right is Angel Garcia, former cross country and track at Fillmore High School, who competed in the Men’s 3000-kilometer for Moorpark College track team’s two-day event. Photo credit Reyes Gonzales.
On Saturday, February 7, Fillmore athletes competed and placed at the Moorpark Groundhog Day 5K/1M Pictured (l-r) are brothers Jacob Santa Rosa from Fillmore Middle School and Damian Santa Rosa from Fillmore High School. Photo credit Kitzia Santa Rosa. Above right is Angel Garcia, former cross country and track at Fillmore High School, who competed in the Men’s 3000-kilometer for Moorpark College track team’s two-day event. Photo credit Reyes Gonzales.
By Epi Torres — Thursday, February 12th, 2026

On Saturday, February 7, two Fillmore athletes toed the start line of the Moorpark Groundhog Day 5K/1M. The course started and finished on the high school track. Both Damian Santa Rosa, a student at Fillmore High School, and his brother Jacob Santa Rosa, a student at Fillmore Middle School competed in the 5 Kilometer run (3.1 miles). Damian finished 8th overall in 17:35.52. Damian was the winner of the 12-15 age group division. Jacob finished 26th overall and was the second-place finisher in the 8-11 age group division in a time.
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On Friday, the Moorpark College track team hosted a two-day event that kicked off their 2026 track and field season. The running events took place on Saturday and were run at Griffin Stadium. Angel Garcia, a former cross country and track standout at Fillmore High School competed in the Men’s 3000-kilometer run. This is a run of about seven and a half revolutions of the 400-meter oval. Angel’s personal best time in this event was at 9:35.19. On Saturday, Angel shattered his old personal record with a well-executed 9:20.5 second run.