This past Saturday, September 2, 2023, FHS Cross Country team traveled to Santa Barbara to compete in the Gaucho Invitational. Pictured above are Fillmore Cross Country teams top performers for the day Joseline Orozco and Martin Manzo.

On Saturday, September 2, 2023, the Fillmore Cross Country teams traveled to Santa Barbara and ran in their first meet this season. The meet was contested on the UCSB Campus near and around the Campus Lagoon. Athletes ran over a 1.43 course or a 3 mile course.

The girls 3 mile race was the first event contested by the Flashes. Leading the Fillmore girls team was sophomore Miley Tello. Miley finished in 48th place in a time of 24:20.71. She was followed by Jacqueline Olivares 50th in 24:25.45 and Jannet Vega 71st in 25:38.72.

In the boys’ 3 mile race, Nicholas Cabrales a first year cross country runner for Fillmore finished in 56th place in 19:14.60. He was followed by teammates Juan Cumatz 61st in 19:30.97, Vicente Lopez, 73rd in 19:30.97, and Juan Castro 146th in 22:48.11.

Our largest group of competitors and our only scoring team, ran in the girls 1.43 mile race. The girls finished 7th in the team competition. They were led by newcomer Joseline Orozco who finished in 7th place and posted a time of 9:48.92. Joseline was our lone medal winner for Fillmore in this race. She was followed by Julissa Mendoza 28th in 10:54.69, Michelle Setty 52nd in 11:40.26, Natalie Perez 61st in 11:52.53, Xitlaly Guerrero 70th in 12:07.67, and Cassandra Mendoza 76th in 12:25.84.
The final contestants were the boys in the 1.43 mile race. First year cross country runner Martin Manzo led the three Fillmore finishers by capturing 7th place in a time of 7:55.15. He was followed by Damian Castaneda 75th in 10:26.35, and Alexander Diaz 95th in 11:18.14. Martin was the lone medal winner for the boy team.

The Fillmore Cross Country teams will next travel to Oxnard and compete in the first of 3 Citrus Coast League meets. This meet will be run at College Park on September 12, 2023, and will commence at 3:30p.m.