LIONS SWEEP TRINITY HONORS: The @jserra.tfxc Girls and Boys Cross Country teams were without peers against their league rivals on Friday, as both teams claimed team titles at the Trinity League Finals at Central Park in Huntington Beach.
In the girls’ race, the Lions extended their season-long dominance with another strong display of pack running that has defined their undefeated campaign to date.
The Lions impressively swarmed at the front of the lead pack and stayed connected throughout duration of the race.
Freshman Maya Pawlowicz (17:41.7) and senior Chloe Elbaz (17:42.2) were the first Lion runners to step across the finish line, placing second and third place in the race.
Junior Hutton Nelligan produced a stellar effort in the lead pack and finished in fifth place in 17:47.6, followed by freshman Brooklyn Tennant, who was sixth in a time of 17:51.5.
Freshman Sierra Harden was the fifth and final scoring runner to cross the finish line, as she placed eighth in a time of 17:54.4.
JSerra’s 13-second scoring gap produced a meet-winning total of 24 points, with Santa Margarita placing second with 37 points.
Coupled with their undefeated record in the league preview meet in September, JSerra claimed their 15th league title in the last 16 years.
It was a similar effort in the boys’ race, as the Lions grouped themselves at the front of the race, and remained tight throughout the race.
Senior Cole Carlson moved up impressive in the second mile and used that key surge to finish in second place in a time of 15:11.9.
Junior Zac O’Leary stepped across the finish line in third place in a time of 15:25.
Senior Alden Morales (15:27.3), senior Luke Friedl (15:29.3), and senior Jack Burnett (15:33.8) gave the team five runners in the top eight and closed out a 22-second scoring gap that propelled the Lions to a meet-winning total 28 points.
JSerra’s victory (along with their undefeated mark at the league preview meet), sealed the team’s second league title in three years and the seventh in school history.
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