Mira Costa’s boys cross country team captured its first Bay League title since 2006 when all seven of its runners placed in the top 11 snapping Palos Verdes’ six-year championship streak.
Ranked No. 3 in CIF-Southern Section Division 2, Mira Costa’s 26 points easily bested Redondo (44) and Palos Verdes (72).
Redondo’s boys are ranked No. 13 in Division 1 while Palos Verdes, who was missing two of its top runners in the Bay League finals, is ranked No. 3 in Division 3 heading into the CIF Prelims to be held Saturday, Nov. 14 at Riverside Golf Club.
Redondo’s Ethan Comeaux won the individual Bay League title finishing the 3-mile Peninsula Course in 16 minutes, 16 seconds.
Mira Costa’s Ethan Williams (16:32) and Ty Garrett (16:40) placed second and third, respectively.
Also running for the Mustangs were Caleb Llorin (6th, 16:50), Cole Lewis (7th, 16:51), Michael Yaskowitz (8th, 16:57), Quinn Satow (10th, 17:13) and Scott Healy (11th, 17:18).
Redondo also had top-ten finishes from Harrison Fox (5th, 16:42) and Nick Elias (9th, 17:08). Also running for the Sea Hawks were Andrew Zavala (14th, 17:26), Benjamin Tait (15th, 17:29), Brian Adler (23rd, 18:21) and Etienne Doidic (26th, 18:58).
Girls competition was much closer with Jacquelyn Smith setting a school-record time on the course at 18:52 to lead Palos Verdes to its second straight Bay League crown.
Palos Verdes had four girls finish in the top ten, Following Smith were Alex Regan (3rd, 19:34), Camille Hines (6th, 19:55) and Olivia Polischeck (10th, 20:20).
The Sea Kings tallied 34 points to edge Mira Costa (38) and Redondo (45). Palos Verdes is ranked No. in CIF-SS Division 3, Mira Costa holds the No. 4 spot in Division 2 and Redondo is No. 8 in Division 1.
Mira Costa was led by Melia Chittenden, who finished second at 18:58. Helping the Mustang’s cause were Alexis Johnson (4th, 19:40), Emily Jones (7th, 20:06), Brooke Inouye (12th, 20:24), Amanda Han (13th, 20:26), Ellie Lee-Morrow (22nd, 21:21) and Jessie Gregson-Williams (23rd, 22:02).
Running for Redondo were Taylor Beaudoin (5th, 19:49), Isabella Landry (8th, 20:09), Jean Echavarria-Herrera (9th, 20:10), Nicole Beaudoin (11th, 20:22), Trinity Leonard (16th, 20:49), Isabel Ramirez (17th, 20:55) and Sara Bilotta (20th, 21:15).
CIF Championships will be held Saturday, Nov. 21 at Mt. San Antonio College followed by the CIF State Championship on Saturday, Nov. 28 at Woodward Park in Fresno.
Cross country meet results available at prepcaltrack.com.
