Mt.Sac Boys Wrap-up: Kelly and the Tartans on Top

Mt. Sac is the standard for cross country in the Southern Section, and this past weekend two thirds of the local schools tested themselves against the course’s three huge hills and the intensity of the big meet atmosphere.

Glendora had the top team performance, with their 80:27 effort earning them a #2 CIF-SS Div 2 ranking in the polls released Monday.  The Tartans had 4 of the top 6 local performers and 5 of the top 9.  In a merge of all 21 local schools, the Tartans lead with only 22 points, meaning that if they had raced against the 7 best performers from all of the other ESGV schools, Glendora would win 22-33. Los Altos, led by soph Joshua Sanchez, also put in a strong performance team performance and showed a big upside.

Individually, Glendora’s Kelly Hernandez and Austin Mendoza led the locals with the only sub 16:00 performances, while Johnny Flores of South Hills had a big PR.  The expeted showdown between ESGV’s top performers coming into the meet, South El Monte’s Jayson Perez and Glendora’s Anthony Castro and Austin Goodheart, didn’t materialize when they all underperformed to expectations, but they still ran relatively fast times.

The top performers and a merge of all the ESGV schools after the jump

Boys Top Teams

1. 22   Glendora
2. 89   Los Altos
3. 140   West Covina
4. 158   South El Monte
5. 166   South Hills
6. 183   Arroyo
7. 210   Damien
8. 224   Walnut
9. 248   Northview
10. 278   Rowland
11. 309   Baldwin Park
12. 319   Azusa
13. 352   Rosemead
14. 355   La Puente
15. 364   Ganesha
16. 424   Bonita
17. 444   Duarte
18. 500   San Dimas
19. 503   Wilson
20. 532   Bassett
21. 564   Charter Oak

Boys Top Performers

1. 15:42   Kelly Hernandez – Glendora
2. 15:49   Austin Mendoza – Glendora
3. 16:10   Jayson Perez – South El Monte
4. 16:13   Austin Goodheart – Glendora
5. 16:14   Joshua Sanchez – Los Altos
6. 16:18   Anthony Castro – Glendora
7. 16:24   Johnny Flores – South Hills
8. 16:29   Fabian Velasco – Duarte
9. 16:32   Shin Yamamura – Glendora
10. 16:37   John Garcia – Damien
11. 16:41   Isaias Hinojosa – South El Monte
12. 16:41   Miguel Gonzalez – Los Altos
13. 16:52   Kevin Gomez – West Covina
14. 16:52   Israel Orosco – Azusa