Cross country: Eagles win invitational

HUNTINGTON BEACH - Humberto Rojas (15:39) finished in second place

to help lead Estancia to a first-place finish with 100 points in the

Central Park boys cross country invitational on Saturday.

Norwalk took second with 112 points and Burroughs (Ridgecrest) placed

third with 115.

Damion Nieves of Sonora placed first in 15:26.

Estancia’s Mike Casillas (16:09) placed ninth, Abel Flores (16:32)

placed 20th, Aaron Van Geem (16:37) placed 26th and Panfillo Elias

(17:00) placed 50th. Gerardo Orozco (17:05) took 54th place and Francisco

Morales (17:52) was 90th for the Eagles.

Elias’ performance helped the Eagles take the lead in points. Estancia

won the tournament for the first time in school history.

The event featured two schools with former Estancia runners as head

coaches. Tony Barnes, head coach for Burroughs, and Jim McCarthy, head

coach for University City, are former Eagles.

boys cross country

Central Park Invitational

At Central Park (Huntington Beach)

3 miles

Team results - 1. Estancia, 100; 2. Norwalk, 112; 3. Burroughs (Ridgecrest), 115; 4. Sonora (Fullerton), 136; 5. La Jolla, 202; 6.

University City, 206; 7. Parris, 232; 8. Point Loma, 238; 9. Lampoc

(Santa Barbara), 243; 10. Pasic (Nevada), 298. Others: 11. Costa Mesa,

313.

Individual results: 1. Nieves (Sonora), 15:26; 2. Rojas (E), 15:39; 3.

Dunn (Point Loma), 15:54; 4. Lindstrom (Granite Hills), 16:01; 5.

Kleinjan (Ontario Christian), 16:02. Others: 9. Casillas (E), 16:09; 20.

Flores (E), 16:32; 26. Van Geem (E), 16:37; 50. Elias (E), 17:00; 54.

Orozco (E), 17:05; 90. Morales (E), 17:52.