Flashes boys cross country team as they warm up before their race held in Riverside this past weekend.

On Saturday, November 10th the boys and girls cross country teams competed at the CIF Southern Section Division 4 Championships in Riverside California. Both races were run over a relatively flat dusty course, formerly home of the Riverside Golf Course. The team's goals was to qualify for next Saturday’s CIF Finals held on the same course. Two heats competed in each race with 20 teams in the boy’s heat and 23 teams in the girl’s heat. The Flashes goal was to finish among the top 12 teams in their respective race and move on to next week's final.

The first race of the day featured 21 teams and 158 runners. In this race the girls were led by front running Carissa Rodriguez who finished in 7th place in a time of 18:16.6. She was followed by Diana Perez 19th in 19:02, Giselle Perez 72nd in 20:05.6, Vanessa Avila 76th in 20:12.4, Anahi Pascual 87th in 20:38.1, Nicole Gonzalez 92nd in 20:51.8, and Cecilia Cisneros 108th in 21:37.6. In the team competition, the girls finished in 10th place thereby earning a place in Saturday’s CIF Finals Meet.

The second race of the featured 20 teams and 141 runner. This week the team was led by Everardo Garcia Magana who finished in 7th place and posted an excellent time of 15:51.3. He was followed by Michael Sanchez 10th in 16:01.2, Jesse De La Cruz 49th in 16:46.6, Rey Laureano 61st in 17:00.7, Fabian Del Villar 66th in 17:06.8, and Juan Ramirez 74th in 17:18. In the team competition, the boys finished in 7th place earning a space on the starting line for this weekend’s CIF Finals competition.

Both boys and girls cross country teams will return to Riverside on Saturday, November 18 and race in the CIF Division 4 Southern Section Finals. To qualify for and advance to the State Final in Woodward Park in Fresno, on November 25th, they must finish among the top 7 teams in their respective race.

Fillmore Flashes girls gross country team huddle together before their race begins.

Flashes goys cross country team as they warm up before their race held in riverside this past weekend.