Even though Corona del Mar’s boys...

Even though Corona del Mar’s boys and girls cross country teams

call CIF Southern Section Division III home, they both showcased

their talent in winning their Division II races Saturday at the Sunny

Hills Invitational at Craig Park.

The girls team, ranked No. 1 in Division III and the boys team,

ranked seventh in Division III, blitzed foes on the three-mile

course.

“We had a pretty good day, we did very well,” said CdM Coach Bill

Sumner.

Senior Becky Cummins led the girls charge with the fourth-best

time of the day, winning her individual race by 100 yards with an

18:39 followed by Keelan Cuyler’s 19:35 and Taryn Kawata’s 20:16.

Ahlia Kattan finished in 20:31 while sophomore Melissa Swigert ran

to a 20:51, followed by Jennifer Logan (21:11) and Devon Ahearn

(21:46).

“Becky had a great performance and is looking forward to Stanford

next week,” Sumner said, alluding to his team’s participation at the

Stanford Invitational.

On the boys side, senior Blake Dillion ran to a fifth-place finish

overall at 16:40, one of his best times since late last season,

Sumner said. Dillion was followed by senior Bo Widener’s 16:56 and

junior J.C. Turner, who came in at 17:03.

Junior Kevin Artz finished at 17:19 as junior Danny Quinlan ran to

a 17:23 followed by freshman Jack Turner (17:25) and junior Brandon

Borcoman (17:33), to lead the Sea Kings over 24 teams that included

Artesia, Servite, Rosary and Lakewood.

Senior Mike Rudinica, who Sumner said was a solid top-three runner

in the summer, had to leave the race at the 1 1/2-mile mark when he

suffered a shin injury.

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At the Woodbridge Invitational:

Lauren Paul of Newport Harbor High finished 18th overall with a

19:00 on the three-mile course at Woodbridge High as sophomore

Courtney Marshal ran in 19:23 to place 32nd with sophomore Caitlin

Mai in at 21:04, senior Andi Sarris (21:06), freshman Courtney Hanson

(21:18) and sophomore Allison Hochwald (22:09).

“I’m happy with all six girls who showed great improvement,” said

Sailor Coach Eric Tweit. “Courtney Marshall beat her fastest time by

30 seconds so I was pleased with that, but all the girls improved

from last week.”

Newport finished 15th out of 30 teams in Division II as Santa

Margarita and Woodbridge finished 1-2, respectively, in the meet that

attracted teams from San Diego, Las Vegas, Redding, Indio and Beverly

Hills.

Alec Urtusuastegui was Harbor’s best in the seniors race with a

15:57 (18th) and Nick Miller led the juniors with a 16:13 (13th).

Nick St. Andre was Harbor’s top sophomore (11th at 16:41) and Kenny Rakestraw was the leading freshman (14th in 17:45).

Also with notable runs were junior Martin Bernard (18:19),

freshman Robert Khoury (18:26) and senior Wes Pohlmann (18:35.

* Sage Hill High boys freshman cross country team finished 15th

out of 49 teams, the best for a Sage Hill team in their respective

division at the Woodbridge Invitational Saturday.

Junior Chris Chiboucas ran to an 18:30 for 53rd place followed by

Ian Livingston’s 19:41, but Sage Hill didn’t have five finishers to

qualify for a team score in the junior division.

Freshman Zack Chandy placed 14th out of 200 freshmen runners with

an 18:41 followed by Tim Lefler’s 55th-place run of 20:18.

Sophmore Tristan Cordier placed 91st with 20:06, the top sophomore

finisher, as Sage Hill sophomores finished 19th out of 46 teams.

Lightning girls raced at the junior varsity level Saturday with

freshman Kelsey Rose placing 100th out of 204 runners with a 24:47.

Junior Alis Brito ran to a 24:48, good for 102nd place as Sage Hill

placed 21st out of 41 teams.