Cross-Country team sets personal best at Inland Empire Challenge

Jeremiah Dollins, Pepper Bough AdviserOctober 10, 2021

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The Colton High Cross-Country team enjoys their outstanding day at SWARM. The team had three top 15 finishers. The junior girls took second place overall in their race. And all the new runners finished their first official 3.1 mile race.

SWARM takes over CHS!

Briana Jimenez is the only Colton runner this Cross-Country season to qualify for CIF. Here she is, turning the corner onto Rancho Avenue during Saturdays San Andreas League Finals at CHS.

Jimenez qualifies for CIF at Cross-Country finals

Daniel Montes, Diana Vera, and Brianna Jimenez earned medals at the 2022 Fleet Feet Inland Empire Challenge, held in Ontario at Cucamonga-Guasti Park on Oct. 15.

Inland Empire Challenge met and exceeded by Yellowjackets

Diana Ruvalcaba enjoys the run at Jerry Eaves Park in Rialto for the third San Andreas League Meet of the season. She finished in 11th place with a time of 23:58.7.

Cross-Country nears season finish line with solid showing at third league meet

Brianna Jimenez came in 4th in her race at Andulka Park in Riverside.

Cross-Country continues to finish strong

Mateo Cisneros

The Cross-Country crew prepares to board the bus before their Saturday morning meet at Glen Helen’s Inland Empire Challenge.

San Bernardino, CA—Glen Helen Park hosted the Inland Empire Challenge meet on Saturday morning, and Colton’s Cross-Country athletes made a strong showing on the three-mile course.

Four runners—Luis Garay, Sara Lopez, Jennifer Puga, and Vincent Solis—medaled at the event, placing in the top 40 in their race. Nearly every runner of the team, however, set a personal record at the event.

“I’m really proud of every athlete,” head coach Mateo Cisneros said. “It was cold Fall weather, but was perfect for our athletes.”

Standouts at the event include the medalists, but also junior Daniel Montes, who came in at 24:51, shaving nearly two minutes off his previous best, and sophomore Natalie Solis, who ran the track in 32:44, which marked a six minute improvement on her time at Swarm in early September.

Cross-Country season continues next Wednesday for their next Arrowhead Conference meet at Jerry Eaves Park.

Colton High School Times (Personal Records denoted by “PR”)

Name	Grade	Time
Juan Barron	10	19:37.0
Osvaldo Contes	11	20:15.0
Christopher Acero (PR)	9	22:37.0
Luis Garay (PR)	11	23:00.0
Diana Vera (PR)	11	23:06.0
Adrian Negrete	12	23:58.0
Marcus Perez (PR)	10	24:12.0
Vincent Solis	9	24:44.0
Daniel Montes (PR)	11	24:51.0
Brianna Jimenez (PR)	9	24:59.0
Alanna Anderson	12	25:47.0
Anthony Garcia	11	28:11.0
Elizabeth Hernandez (PR)	9	29:16.0
Carlos Marariegos	9	29:36.0
Briana Ortiz	10	30:39.0
Natalie Solis (PR)	10	32:44.0
Sara Lopez (PR)	10	33:19.0
Jennifer Puga (PR)	10	34:51.0

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Jeremiah Dollins, Adviser

Jeremiah Dollins is in his third year as adviser for the award-winning Pepper Bough, Colton High School’s official source of news and entertainment....