Sports
Beaumont Cross Country Runners Advance to CIF Competition
The six high school cross country teams from the Mountain Pass League came together Thursday afternoon to compete for the league finals.
When all was said and done, the varsity boys from Beaumont and the varsity girls from San Jacinto came out on top.
Boys Varsity
The 2.95-mile course is situated on the east side of Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet. The weather was near perfect and the course conditions prompted the athletes to push for excellent times and personal records.
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Beaumont senior Doug Palmer won his varsity race with a time of 15:10.8. His teammates senior Scott Oseguera and sophomore Andres Vizcarra finished second (14:54.9) and third (15:38.5).
Hemet’s top finisher was Jayden Emerson in fourth place (15:58.5) followed by San Jacinto’s Justin Vega in fifth (16:00.6). The top runners for West Valley, Tahquitz and Citrus Hill were Bryan Sanchez in eleventh (16:38.8), Art Hernandez in eighteenth (17:13.8) and Giobani Martinez in twenty-eighth, respectively.
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As a team the top five Beaumont runners scored a combined 25 points to beat out Hemet’s squad who finished with 39 points (low score wins). West Valley finished third with 92 points, San Jacinto came in fourth (98), Tahquitz was fifth (124) and Citrus Hill tallied 172 points for their sixth-place finish.
Of significant note was Vega’s fifth-place. Runners finishing in positions one through six who aren’t otherwise a member of a CIF playoff-bound team are rewarded with a place at the starting line at next week’s CIF-SS Prelims. Vega will get that opportunity.
The top three varsity teams advance to next Saturday’s CIF-Southern Section Prelims at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.
Boys Varsity Team Scores:
Beaumont 25
Hemet 39
West Valley 92
San Jacinto 98
Tahquitz 124
Citrus Hill 172
Girls Varsity
Beaumont’s girls varsity team, led by freshman Kailie Grimes’ second-place finish in 18:08.1, narrowly finished second with 35 points behind San Jacinto’s 32 points. Taylore Cantu of Hemet finished first (18:03.8).
Girls Varsity Team Scores:
San Jacinto 32
Beaumont 35
Hemet 79
West Valley 106
Tahquitz 116
Citrus Hill 182
Boys JV
Top finisher from each school:
Bodie Murray – 1st place (17:14.0); Beaumont
Austin Jackson – 3rd place (17:25.4); Hemet
Sammy Salinas – 15th place (18:16.9); West Valley
Elias Cortez – 21st place (18:30.8); San Jacinto
Isaiah Partida – 41st place (19:48.6); Tahquitz
Sergio Gaytan – 54th place (20:31.5); Citrus Hill
Boys JV Team Scores:
Beaumont 20
Hemet 40
San Jacinto 89
West Valley 104
Tahquitz 149
Citrus Hill 181
Girls JV
Top finisher from each school:
Larissa Perez – 1st place (20:33.0); Beaumont
Cheyenne Darrow – 2nd place (21:34.9); Hemet
Joanna Parra – 14th place (23:02.4); San Jacinto
Vanessa Mendoza – 17th place (23:44.2); West Valley
Lucine Loresto – 20th place (24:01.1); Tahquitz
Ana Beltran – 34th place (25:54.8); Citrus Hill
Girls JV Team Scores:
Beaumont 19
Hemet 44
San Jacinto 84
West Valley 103
Tahquitz 142
Citrus Hill 167
