Saturday morning at the Mt.SAC Invitational has been historic for San Gabriel Valley teams and athletes, with two huge wins, one record, and eight All-Time performances.
Sweepstakes Results:
Boys Team: Arcadia senior Phillip Rocha dominates to win in 14:24, one second off the all-time course record, and tying the San Gabriel Valley All-Time best of Diego Mercado (West Covina, 2005) & Ammar Moussa (Arcadia, 2010.  California senior Cisco Cuellar is 9th/15:08 – 30th best All-Time SGV. California ran an outstanding 78:05 to finish 4th among Div. I schools.
Boys Individual: Ayala was the top Div. II team at 79:56, led by Stephen Kahn 4th/15:10
Girls Team: Arcadia Junior Holly Lung had a huge win! Her 17:17 finish is second best All-Time SGV. Her teammate Jasmine He made an even bigger breakthrough with a 17:41 for 4th, and she now ranks =11th A-T SGV.  Soph Eryca Yamane also jumped into the All-Time list, her 18:15 ranks her =#32. The Apaches were 3rd at 91:16 in Div. I, despite running without two of their expected top five girls.  Claremont were 3rd/93:48 in Div. II, and were led by an outstanding 18:13/11th performance from Kiana Cavanaugh, who now ranks 30th A-T SGV.
Girls Individual: Walnut frosh Chloe & Emma Arriaga made a great debut at the Mt.SAC Invite. Chloe was 4th in 17:28 and Emma, with a huge step up, was 5th in 17:37, and they now rank, respectively, 7th and 10th All-Time SGV.
After the jump is the SGV Top Ten performers for Saturday. Â Div. II is still to come but the heat will probably prevent anyone from running their way onto the list. Â We’ll update if they do.
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