Mira Costa girls run to Bay League cross country title
Abby Hong’s third-place finish led Mira Costa to the girls Bay League cross country championship. Photo Running on its home course at Polliwog Park, Mira Costa’s girls cross country team won the Bay League title upsetting rival Redondo for its fourth league championship in five years. Redondo’s Kayla Ferron crossed the finish line first with a time of 17 minutes, 39.66 seconds beating teammate Amber Gore (17:39.88). Mira Costa’s Abby Hong placed third at 17:48 ahead of Redondo’s Cara Ulizio (18:10). The remaining Mira Costa runners turned in fine performances for the Mustangs who finished with 40 points. Redondo (46), Palos Verdes (64), Peninsula (88) and West (100) rounded out the scoring. Lauren Hagedorn (7th, 18:25), Emma Lautanen (8th, 18:25), Natasha Brunstein (10th, 18:44), Lauren Inouye (12th, 18:45), Kelli Jeong (14th, 18:49) and Sarah Locke-Henderson (26th, 19:31) scored big for Mira Costa entered the meet ranked No. 7 in the CIF Southern Section Division 2 poll but with the win, moved up to the second spot. Redondo was ranked No. 2 and dropped to No. 4 in Division 2 and Palos Verdes fell to the second spot in Division 3. Also running for Redondo were Nicole Pederson…
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