Local cross country teams advance to CIF Southern Section championships
Seven cross country teams from the Bay League qualified for the CIF Southern Section/Ford Championships to be held Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College. Photo Redondo’s boys and girls teams will join the Mira Costa’s girls as part of a 12-team contingency from the South Bay that will compete in the CIF Southern Section/Ford Cross Country Championships Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College. Runners from Redondo and West took the top four spots in the same Division 2 heat helping both teams qualify for the finals. Redondo’s William Tait won the heat in 15 minutes, 29 seconds edging West’s Grant Lapovich (15:31) followed by Redondo’s Evan Malone-White (15:37) and West’s Michael Nakahara 15:38). The Redondo and West boys qualified from the same Division II heat. Dustin Herold (10th, 15:45), Garrett Klatte (24th, 16:03), Takehiro Yamaya (27th, 16:10) and Tomohiro Yamaya (30th, 16:16) and Carlos Suarez (47th, 16:43), who fell at the beginning of the race, completed Redondo’s team which finished second (65 points) to Righetti (51). Bay League representatives Palos Verdes and Peninsula also qualified for the boy’s finals. Palos Verdes won its Division 3 heat and Peninsula finished third in…
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