Natalie Solis
Colton's runners work their way up the hills at Martin Tudor Park for their first Cross-Country League Meet of the season.
Fontana, CA—Martin Tudor is well-known for its intense and challenging hilly 3-mile course that runs along the outside of Jurupa Hills Regional Park. On Wednesday, Colton’s Cross Country team took to the Martin Tudor course for their first league meet of their season.
With the recent heat wave that baked Southern California over the past two weeks finally tuning down, Colton’s cross country runners were at an advantage with lower temperatures during their race time.
“I’m beyond proud of the performances we saw today out on the hilly course,” said head coach Roxana Lopez. “We’ve been working really hard the past few weeks on hill workouts in order for the kids to feel the best prepared today. And I believe it paid off.
“We had a few kids PR (set personal records) today, which is rare given the nature of the course. So as a coach it makes me excited to see what’s to come, especially since we just began our season.”
Sophomore Christopher Acero led the varsity boys with the time 20:09.2, placing 10th. For the girls, Sophomore Brianna Jimenez placed 6th in her race, coming in at 24:33.2.
As a team, the girls varsity came in 3rd place overall, while the boys placed 7th.
The next Cross Country event will be this Friday, September 16th at the Woodbridge Invitational in Irvine.
Colton High School Times
Christopher Acero
Colton
10
20:09.2
10/48
Abran Ramirez
Colton
12
23:54.0
36/48
Daniel Montes
Colton
12
23:54.5
37/48
Brianna Jimenez
Colton
10
24:33.2
6/39
Carlos Mazariegos
Colton
10
25:25.8
43/48
Marcus Perez
Colton
11
25:32.9
44/39
Diana Vera
Colton
12
26:24.4
11/39
Anthony Davalos
Colton
10
26:25.4
21/47
Sebastian Tabares
Colton
10
26:50.0
25/47
Diana Ruvalcaba
Colton
10
26:55.3
15/39
Yara Vera
Colton
10
27:21.3
18/39
Dominic Rodriguez
Colton
11
28:32.9
47/48
Denise Moncada
Colton
10
29:04.5
27/39
Logan Martinez
Colton
9
29:56.7
48/48
Sara Lopez-Lopez
Colton
11
35:04.8
38/39
Lamar Hanford
Colton
10
45:21.1
47/47
Top Finishers
Varsity Boys – 3.1 Mile
Javier Villegas Ma
Rialto
Var. Boys
18:18.9
1
Manuel Perrez
Eisenhower
Var. Boys
18:25.0
2
Oscar Castellanos Garcia
Eisenhower
Var. Boys
19:10.5
3
Aiden Keo
Eisenhower
Var. Boys
19:15.9
4
Benny Magana
Eisenhower
Var. Boys
19:38.8
5
Diego Sanchez
Notre Dame
Var. Boys
19:41.8
6
Octavio De La Cruz
Rialto
Var. Boys
19:42.0
7
Noah Navarez
Eisenhower
Var. Boys
20:04.1
8
Matthew Romero
Eisenhower
Var. Boys
20:05.6
9
Christopher Acero
Colton
Var. Boys
20:09.2
10
Varsity Girls – 3.1 Mile
Gabriela Rodriguez
Rialto
Var. Girls
22:39.4
1
Guadalupe Calderon
Eisenhower
Var. Girls
24:16.7
2
Zyani Perez
Jurupa Hills
Var. Girls
24:21.0
3
Sara Jaquez
Grand Terrace
Var. Girls
24:24.1
4
Breana Guerrero
Eisenhower
Var. Girls
24:24.4
5
Brianna Jimenez
Colton
Var. Girls
24:33.2
6
Victoria Jimenez
Grand Terrace
Var. Girls
24:35.1
7
Brianna Machuca
Rialto
Var. Girls
24:46.3
8
Janine Betcher
Kaiser
Var. Girls
25:08.2
9
Lilliana Torres
Rialto
Var. Girls
26:07.2
10
JV Boys – 3.1 Mile
Travis Monroe
Eisenhower
JV Boys
21:45.7
1
Isaac Garcia
Eisenhower
JV Boys
22:15.4
2
Edgar Lopez
Eisenhower
JV Boys
22:53.9
3
Jorge Gonzalez
Eisenhower
JV Boys
23:03.5
4
Jordan Acuna
Jurupa Hills
JV Boys
23:05.3
5
Lorenzo Rodriguez
Jurupa Hills
JV Boys
23:20.7
6
Christian Ruiz
Eisenhower
JV Boys
23:51.6
7
Daniel Lopez
Eisenhower
JV Boys
24:05.7
8
Jessi Perez
Rialto
JV Boys
24:08.6
9
Luis Borjas
Eisenhower
JV Boys
24:52.9
10
JV Girls – 3.1 Mile
Jocelyn Bautista
Eisenhower
JV Girls
27:55.6
1
Andrea Ruelas
Eisenhower
JV Girls
29:40.0
2
Brianna Luis
Rialto
JV Girls
30:08.1
3
Kimberly Soto
Eisenhower
JV Girls
30:45.4
4
Leila Armendariz
Grand Terrace
JV Girls
32:06.9
5
Desire Flores
Grand Terrace
JV Girls
32:12.2
6
Alyssa Meza
Eisenhower
JV Girls
32:24.2
7
Kimberli Gutierrez
Eisenhower
JV Girls
32:25.0
8
Haily Garcia
Eisenhower
JV Girls
32:28.1
9
Jessica Hernandez
Jurupa Hills
JV Girls
32:57.5
10