SWARM Celebrates It’s 55th Anniversary

Colton, CA—On August 31, 2024, SWARM celebrated its 55th annual Cross-Country event on Colton High School’s track. For this special occasion, event organizers included: guest race starters, SWARM anniversary t-shirts, and snacks.

One of Colton’s school board members, Patt Haro stated, “This program is so important to the community. This is the fifty-fifth year that we have held this event, and it’s a lot about all our kids participating together, but it’s also about the pride in the school. Fifty-five years of doing this is amazing. It truly is.”

The race consisted of a three mile run which led the runners around the track and all over Colton High before running to the track for the finish line. Any high school cross-country teams across California were invited to attend by registering through the SWARM Website. This year, 23 schools and approximately 600 runners attended the event. 

Runners are separated into groups by grade and gender, with individual awards given to the top 25 runners of each group.

Colton had a strong showing with runners placing in the top 25 in both senior races, both junior races and both sophomore races. Brianna Jimenez and Diana Ruvalcaba placed seventh and eighth respectively in the senior girls race. Christopher Acero placed 17th and Joel Lemus placed 25th in the senior boys event. For the juniors, Allyson Mejia placed 25th. And in the sophomore races, Sebastian Carlos placed seventh for the boys and Regina Flores placed 11th for the girls.

For Sebastian Carlos, this was his first SWARM run. “It’s crazy, you know, the coaches are really like the biggest motivators, I couldn’t do it without them. I really wouldn’t be where I am so I’m really thankful to have them and my teammates. I put in all I could and all I gave.”

Hemet was the only high school to have two first place winners in the freshman boys and junior girls divisions: Christopher Phillips and Gabriella Loza. Oak Hills’ Sadie Sherrod won the sophomore girls division, and as a school, Oak Hills consistently placed a runner in the top 5 in all divisions except junior boys.

The event was organized by Colton High’s cross-country head coach Mateo Cisneros, who shared that “as the Meet Director for the Colton SWARM I oversee all aspects of the event leading up to the event which is usually about a year long process as well as on SWARM day.”

The event was supported by Dynasty V, a local family-owned business, who had a tent where they sold 55th anniversary SWARM t-shirts. A Kona Ice truck was provided by Colton High’s HEAL pathway, and Colton High’s Girls Soccer team hosted the snack bar. 

Special guests were also invited to be guest race starters. The guest racers consisted of CJUSD board members Israel Fuentes, Patt Haro and Frank Ibarra; Colton High principal John Abbott; Activities Director Alexandra Buskirk; Athletic Director Mike Reh; former coach Pat Contreras; and current coaches Mateo Cisneros, Isela Bocanegra and Roxana Lopez.

Another supporter of the event was SWARM volunteer manager Dejah Nodal, who had a personal connection to the event. “I ran Cross-Country in high school. I loved it. We didn’t have a ton of help to put these events on, because SWARM is an annual thing you know. In the past, we haven’t had so many volunteers, so you know it’s overwhelming, but it’s also really nice to see everybody come out.”

SWARM was one of the two Cross-Country events that will take place in Colton. The second will be League Finals on Nov. 2. Cross-Country’s next meet will be against Rialto on Sep. 18.

 

Race Results

Colton High Results

Eric Barron
Colton
9
26:39.7
50/54

Dorian Rodriguez
Colton
9
31.53.8
53/54

Sebastian Carlos
Colton
10
18:40.2
7/72

Andres Vasquez
Colton
10
20:45.8
29/72

Carlos Moreno
Colton
10
27:14.0
67/72

Regina Flores
Colton
10
25:15.1
11/42

Leah Quinones
Colton
10
29:01.7
33/42

Cesar Anaya
Colton
11
23:04.3
40/69

Allyson Mejia
Colton
11
25:15.0
25/61

Cailin Marcial
Colton
11
26:29.5
30/61

Christopher Acero
Colton
12
20:03.6
17/71

Joel Lemus
Colton
12
20:49.2
25/71

Saul Miranda
Colton
12
21:18.9
28/71

Phillip Mugica
Colton
12
22:52.6
42/71

Carlos Mazariegos
Colton
12
24:32.5
53/71

Anthony Davalos
Colton
12
27:59.2
63/71

Brianna Jimenez
Colton
12
22:25.6
7/49

Diana Ruvalcaba
Colton
12
22:29.8
8/49

Angelique Rodriguez
Colton
12
29:51.3
31/49

Denise Moncada
Colton
12
30:09.8
32/49

Camila Alvarez
Colton
12
31:39.7
36/49

Ximena Jimenez
Colton
12
32:44.8
38/49

Adamaris Rodela
Colton
12
38:21.4
45/49

Kayla Quinones
Colton
12
39:40.5
48/49

Freshman Boys

Christopher Phillps
Hemet
17:37.3
1

Josemaria Ramirez
Rialto
18:01.9
2

Anthony Sanchez
Oak Hills
18:15.2
3

Emmanuel Tecozautla
Pomona
18:24.7
4

Evans Aguilar
Fontana
19:17.1
5

Manuel Baca
Eisenhower
19:18.0
6

Anthony Ramirez Vazquez
Desert Hot Springs
19:26.4
7

Brady Yodites
Hemet
19:46.4
8

Ethan Lundberg
Canyon Springs
19:57.7
9

Brandon Escobedo
Indian Springs
20:02.2
10

Freshmen Girls

Caelyn Brown
Serrano
20:51.3
1

Alison Pacheco
Eastside
21:09.6
2

Sophia Pratt
Serrano
23:07.1
3

Natalie Diaz Armenta
Hillcrest
24:12.2
4

Melanie Mejia
Oak Hills
24:16.8
5

Camille Le Vezu
Hemet
24:27.6
6

Kaylee Vigil
Pacific
25:09.1
7

Jamine Mena
San Bernardino
25:24.7
8

Samantha Meneses
San Bernardino
25:31.2
9

Laysha Regalado
Rialto
25:40.3
10

Sophomore Boys

Daniel Cisneros
Hillcrest
17:18.1
1

Ayden Flores
Hillcrest
17:50.6
2

Cade Buckhoff
Oak Hills
17:50.7
3

Brandon Badillo
Fontana
18:10.1
4

Curren Gomez
Eastside
18:24.1
5

Eduardo Gudino
Fontana
18:27.1
6

Sebastian Carlos
Colton
18:40.2
7

Jacob Vasquez
Serrano
18:52.4
8

Raul Garza
Canyon Springs
19:01.9
9

Jacoby Lachappa
Hemet
19:08.6
10

Sophomore Girls

Sadie Sherrodd
Oak Hills
19:56.2
1

Milagros Martinez
Oak Hills
19:57.9
2

Rose Conner
Serrano
20:12.7
3

Mila Schmidt
Hemet
21:34.8
4

Sophia Lopez
San Gorgonio
22:42.3
5

Candice Sanchez
Oak Hills
23:41.6
6

Katharine Flores
Rialto
23:47.2
7

Joselyn Lopez
Canyon Springs
24:03.6
8

Adurdey Funk
Oak Hills
24:38.6
9

Kate Castillo
San Bernardino
25:14.5
10

Junior Boys

Muniz Nathaniel
San Gorgonio
17:23.5
1

Xavier Cendejas
Serrano
17:25.3
2

Roberto Torres
Carter
17:30.6
3

John Mark Reyes
Rialto
18:40.0
4

Dylan Regalado
Rialto
18:47.6
5

Josiah Gonzalez-Quinonez
Moreno Valley
18:57.0
6

Edgar Lopez
Eisenhower
19:08.9
7

Alejandro Esqueda
Carter
19:09.6
8

Solomon Hernandez
Serrano
19:10.3
9

Luis Moreno
Serrano
19:10.6
10

Junior Girls

Gabriella Loza
Hemet
20:12.8
1

Abigail Fischer
Serrano
21:55.4
2

Valeria Ramirez
Jurupa Hills
22:05.0
3

Alyssa Segura
Hemet
22:23.5
4

Irene Ochoa
Oak Hills
22:28.9
5

Valeria Pineda
Carter
22:34.8
6

Flor Castanon
Notre Dame Riverside
22:39.6
7

Micaela Cortes
Serrano
22:40.0
8

Doreena Hernandez
Serrano
22:42.1
9

Dorian Torreblanca
Fontana
22:42.1
10

Senior Boys

Marcos Aparicio
San Bernardino
17:04.4
1

Jorge Melara
Fontana
17:31.0
2

Aiden Ramirez
Oak Hills
17:51.0
3

Oscar Hernandez
Serrano
17:56.4
4

Matthew Barrera
Fontana
18:02.9
5

Christofer Ramirez
San Bernardino
18:34.8
6

Maximiliano Resendis
Arroyo Valley
18:37.9
7

Julian Duarte
Pacific
18:45.0
8

Aidan Keo
Eisenhower
18:55.6
9

Jose Zuniga
Eisenhower
19:02.6
10

Senior Girls

Victoria Loyo
Bloomington
20:34.9
1

Wyoming Arocha
Oak Hills
21:01.7
2

Gabriela Rodriguez
Rialto
21:27.5
3

Callie Frias
Rialto
21:47.9
4

Alexsandra Vera Hernandez
Desert Hot Springs
21:50.5
5

Xyrie Goeson
Oak Hills
21:55.4
6

Brianna Jimenez
Colton
22:25.6
7

Diana Ruvalcaba
Colton
22:29.8
8

Mollie Zielke
Oak Hills
22:43.3
9

Lilliana Torres
Rialto
22:45.3
10