Southern/Coastal Calvin boys win big; Dieguito girls first Holtville boys, Julian girls take Southern; Petersen, Holland are triumphant

Calvin Christian's boys are still looking for a challenge after finishing off a championship year in the Coastal League. Despite a rare off day by team leader Bart Conner, the Crusaders easily won the Coastal final meet with 29 points. Conner, the race favorite, paid for a fast early pace and faded to fourth in the race. The individual win went to Bishop's junior Peter Holland, who won a thriller against Army Navy frosh Will Kraemer. The girls race, won by Francis Parker soph Angela Petersen, was relatively close, as San Dieguito Academy frosh Jenna Timinsky finished second, and within 0:11 seconds. Petersen, who is currently the state's top-ranked girl in Division V, and who is running as well as any girl in this section, had a bigger margin during the race, but actually had to stop and shake out a brief cramp. San Dieguito's girls won the league title, behind Timinsky and senior Jessica Bray (fourth). In the Southern meet, held concurrently, Holtville's boys put together a winning effort with four in the first eight. The Julian girls pulled off a win in the girls team competition, thanks to the threesome of freshman Erin Calloway (third), soph Elizabeth Smith (fourth), and senior Arielle Damron (fifth). It was Smith's first race in more than a year, and it was also the first time that Julian has fielded a full team this year. The race for the Southern girls individual title was very close, with Holtville's Liz Robinson just edging Mountain Empire's Lily Dowlatshahie.

The Results: At Morley Field, Friday, November 13. Teams ran the new CIF courses.