Vista View leads pack

Mike Sciacca

Vista View Middle School became the top dog for the 2003 Ocean View

School District cross country season during the season finale at

Huntington Beach Central Park.

Vista View and Marine View each won two divisions but Vista View

finished with an overall score of 131 -- Marine View scored 207 -- to

win the overall title.

Vista View seventh-grade girls’ began the meet on the 1 1/2 mile

course by sweeping the first three spots.

Dawn Hatfield won the race in 8:36 and was followed by teammates

Vanessa Calderon (9:00) and Elvi Delgado (9:06).

Marine View’s Brittany Irvin just missed claiming a trophy as she

finished a second out of third-place.

In the boys’ seventh-grade competition, Spring View’s Francisco

Talavera capped an undefeated season by winning the race in 7:52.

Second-place went to Marine View’s Raul Robles at 8:33 and Vista

View’s Pablo Oratan ran an 8:35, good for third-place.

Marine View won the seventh-grade boys’ division by edging Vista

View in points, 35-30.

Mesa View’s Katie Welch also capped an undefeated season by

winning the girls’ eighth-grade race in 9:06. Marine View’s Shelby

Stanfield was second at 9:13 and last year’s girls’ seventh-grade

champion, Clarissa Holz of Spring View, ran a 9:14.

Marine View claimed the eighth-grade girls’ crown by getting past

Vista View in total points, 43-50.

Marine View’s Celso Arcos won the boys’ eighth-grade competition

and Vista View’s Raul Torres and Jonny Braun claimed second- and

third-place, respectively, although each finished the race in 7:49.

Mesa View’s Greg Baca trimmed 30 seconds off his previous best

time and finished in fourth-place.

Vista View won the boys’ eighth-grade division by outdistancing

Mesa View, 26-40, and in the process avenged a regular season dual

meet defeat to the Eagles.

In the sixth-grade girls’ race, Vista View’s Brianna Wilson won in

9:22 and was followed by Spring View’s Alexis Grieve (9:25), Vista

View’s Justina Ibach (9:43) and Mesa View’s Kelly Mitsumori (9:53).

Mesa View’s Gabriel Rodriguez won the boys’ sixth-grade event in

8:45. Second-place went to Rodrigo Rodriguez, Marine View’s Trevor

Dunbar was third and Mesa View’s Evan Kane was fourth.