Rosemead Invite: Arroyo Boys Confirm, Arriagas Dominate

A big win by senior Noah Hibbard led Arroyo to a breakthrough team performance at Friday & Saturday’s Rosemead Invitational, while Walnut’s Chloe and Emma Arriaga turned in two outstanding performances. The meet was run under the lights on a flat, three-mile course on the school campus and the next-door park. Sixty-four schools raced over two days, with nearly half of the field coming from the San Gabriel Valley.

Noah was the easy, 14 second winner of the senior race on Saturday, and the overall best performer in the meet. His 14:29 finish was one of the best ever here, and best ever by an Arroyo athlete, breaking the standard set by junior teammate Joshua Orrellana just 45 minutes before in winning the Junior race with a huge 14:58 – over a minute improvement over his previous best. The CIF D2 #8 Knights (76:36) finished narrowly second overall to #3 Loyola, and had life-time bests from all seven men, with the biggest gain from #4, soph Saket Sama who improved from 17:16 to 15:47. Arroyo now appears to have the depth to contend for a high finish at CIF and for their first return, after many years, to the State Meet.

Walnut was the next best SGV team – 10th overall at 80:54 and they were paced by two nice perfomances from Jesse Alvarado (Jr) – 12th/15:18, and Chris Razo (So) – 36th/15:49. Also among the SGV’s Ten Best were Nicolas DiConti (Gabrielino, So) – 29th/15:43, Connor Parker (Diamond Ranch, Jr) – 44th/15:53, and Luke Francis (Los Altos, Jr) – 46th/15:55 – all with big improvements over their previous bests.

Walnut senior Chloe Arriaga was the big winner, in a course record 16:41 with her sister Emma just behind in 16:57 and it was nearly a minute back to the next runner. SGV runners dominated the meet’s Top Performers with Poly’s Sophie Phinney winning the Junior race (4th overall/17:49) just steps ahead of Lauren Nettels (FSHA) in 17:52. Walnut’s Anastasia Sloan, after missing last week’s opener, won the soph race in also in 17:52 and was 6th overall.

The rest of the SGV’s best on the weekend were Amanda Ghibaudo (Walnut, Jr) – 11th/18:20, Melanie Mach (Rosemead, Sr) – winner of Fridays’ senior race and 12th overall/18:31, Molly Hake (Arroyo, Sr) -13th/18:32, Olivia Ruiz (San Marino, Sr) – 16th/18:40 and Cameron Gomez (Mayfield, Jr) – 18th/18:41.

Walnut was the overall team winner and SGV Best at 89:35. Adding Sloan in after the first week was huge help but their 1:23 gap from their #4 Ghibaudo back to their #5 will hamper their CIF and State hopes. Mayfield, running an incomplete team, were the SGV’s second best team and 5th overall at 96:59

Complete Results & Coverage

SGV Top 10 Performers, Team Rankings and the Top Performer for each team after the jump.

SGV Boys Top Performers (3 miles, flat & fast)

  1. Noah Hibbard (Arroyo, Sr) – 1st overall/14:29
  2. Joshua Orrellana (Arroyo, Jr) – 5th/14:58
  3. Jesse Alvarado (Walnut, Jr) – 12th/15:18
  4. Jonathan Lopez (Arroyo, Sr) – 20th/15:32
  5. Nicolas DiConti (Gabrielino, So) – 29th/15:43
  6. Saket Sama (Arroyo, So) – 33rd/15:47
  7. Nicholas Martinez (Arroyo, Jr) – 34th/15:48
  8. Chris Razo (Walnut, So) – 36th/15:49
  9. Connor Parker (Diamond Ranch, Jr) – 44th/15:53
  10. Luke Francis (Los Altos, Jr) – 46th/15:55
  11. George Castillo (El Rancho, Sr) – 47th/15:56
  12. Angel Medrano (Azusa, So) – 49th/15:56
  13. Fernando Padilla (Los Altos, Sr) – 55th/16:00
  14. Lionel Moreno (Arroyo, Jr) – 57th/16:01

SGV Teams  (time, overall place & top performer)

  1. Arroyo – 76:36 (2nd overall)
  2. Walnut – 80:54 (10th)
  3. El Rancho – 82:17 (14th)
  4. Rosemead – 84:02 (17th – Fausto Reyna, Jr – 75th/16:19)
  5. Don Bosco Tech – 84:16 (18th – Casey Reynolds, Jr – 80th/16:21)
  6. Azusa – 84:32 (19th)
  7. Schurr – 85:30 (22nd – Armando Morales, So – 76th/16:19)
  8. Temple City – 85:44 (23rd – Philycius Tjong, Jr – 63rd/16:09)
  9. Gabrielino – 85:27 (24th)
  10. South El Monte – 86:16 (25th – David Aguilar, Sr – 72nd/16:18)
  11. Bassett – 86:31 – (27th – Alexis Castellon-Leon, So – 71st/16:17)
  12. San Marino – 87:40 (31st – Sean Chen, Sr – 113th/16:38)
  13. La Salle - 88:59 (37th – Daniel Piesik, So – 87th/16:24)
  14. Pasadena – 89:53 (40th – Isaiah Givens, Fr – 73rd/16:19)
  15. Diamond Ranch – 91:15 (42nd)
  16. Polytechnic – 91:48 (44th)
  17. Bell Gardens – 91:10 (45th – Emmanuel Valencia, Sr – 304th/17:49)
  18. San Gabriel – 92:03 (46th – Jason Phung, So – 162nd/16:56)
  19. Northview – 92:32 (47th – Matthew Garcia, Sr – 148th/16:53)
  20. Sierra Vista – 91:42 (48th – Alejandro Arenas, Sr – 315th/17:52)
  21. Blair – 95:01 (50th – Asa Burton, Sr – 65th/16:13)
  22. John Glenn – 102:45 (53rd - Alfredo Salcedo, Sr – 262nd/17:34)
  23. Cantwell-SHM – 127:00 (59th – Josue Banuelos, So – 859th/20:54)
  24. Gladstone – NT (3 runners - Jake Baena, Jr – 290th/17:44)

 

SGV Girls Top Performers (2 miles, flat & fast)

  1. Chloe Arriaga (Walnut, Sr) – 1st overall/16:41
  2. Emma Arriaga (Walnut, Sr) – 2nd/16:57
  3. Sophie Phinney (Poly, Jr) – 4th/17:49
  4. Lauren Nettels (Flintridge SHA, Jr) – 5th/17:52
  5. Anastasia Sloan (Walnut, So) – 6th/17:42
  6. Amanda Ghibaudo (Walnut, Jr) – 11th/18:20
  7. Melanie Mach (Rosemead, Sr) – 12th/18:31
  8. Molly Hake (Arroyo, Sr) -13th/18:32
  9. Olivia Ruiz (San Marino, Sr) – 16th/18:40
  10. Cameron Gomez (Mayfield, Jr) – 18th/18:41
  11. Hannah Eubanks (Gladstone, Sr) – 22nd/18:48
  12. Emma Cadena (Mayfield, Jr) – 23rd/18:49
  13. Marai Atanacio (Schurr, Sr) – 35th/19:10
  14. Cassandra Chin ( Rosemead, Sr) – 42nd/19:18

SGV Teams  (time, overall place & top performer)

  1. Walnut – 89:35 (1st overall)
  2. Mayfield - 96:59 (5th)
  3. Arroyo – 97:31 (6th)
  4. Rosemead – 97:40 (7th)
  5. Flintridge Sacred Heart – 97:28 (9th)
  6. Polytechnic – 100:58 (14th)
  7. Bell Gardens – 104:11 (20th – Jimena Vasquez, Jr – 55th/19:34)
  8. El Rancho – 104:51 (22nd – Jessica Hernandez, Sr – 59th/19:40)
  9. Temple City – 105:16 (23rd – Clarissa Hong, So – 84th/20:04)
  10. Gabrielino – 105:26 (24th – Kristin Song, Fr – 121st/20:40)
  11. San Marino – 105:51 (26th)
  12. South El Monte  – 106:57 (28th – Ashley Hernandez, Sr – 100th/20:20)
  13. Pomona Catholic – 107:20 (29th – Brooke Burciaga, Jr – 65th/19:43)
  14. Schurr – 108:26 (32nd)
  15. Bassett – 110:01 (33rd – Ana Tecuanhuehue, Jr – 97th/20:16)
  16. Westridge – 110:58 (35th – Reese Owen, Jr – 159th/21:04)
  17. San Gabriel – 111:51 (36th – Vanessa Hong, Sr – 157th/21:02)
  18. Azusa  – 112:27 (38th - Jacqueline Campos, Jr – 128th/20:46
  19. Diamond Ranch – 112:52 (39th – Alyssa Blanco, So – 172nd/21:12)
  20. Ramona Convent – 114:18 (41st – Emily Silva, Fr – 296th/22:32)
  21. Sierra Vista – 118:25 (43rd – Carla Cabamongan, Jr – 272nd/22:20)
  22. La Salle - 119:20 (44th - Maggie O’Hagan, Jr – 323rd/22:41)
  23. Blair – 132:52 (47th – Yarely Franco, Jr – 372nd/23:04)
  24. San Gabriel Mission (48th – Ashley De La Cruz, Sr – 561st/25:04)
  25. Cantwell-Sacred Heart (49th – Kylee Daley, Sr – 562nd/25:04)
  26. Gladstone (DNP – 4 runners)
  27. Northview (DNP – 3 runners – Charlie Arellano, Jr – 43rd/19:19)
  28. Pasadena (DNP – 3 runners – Carina Langley, Jr – 82nd/20:04)
  29. Los Altos (DNP – 2 runners - Denise Rodriguez, Jr – 166th/21:08

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