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2019 Titan Cross Country Season Calendar

DATE

TIME

EVENT

LOCATION

9/7/19

Evening TBD

Rosemead Invitational

Rosemead High School

9/20/19

TBD

Woodbridge Classic

Silverlakes Sports, Norco

9/26/19

3:15

Rio Hondo Meet 1

Lacy Park

9/28/19

TBD

Dana Hills Invitational

Dana Hills High School

10/15/19

3:15

Rio Hondo Meet 2

Crescenta Valley Park

10/25/19

TBD

Mt. SAC XC Invitational

Mt. SAC, Walnut

11/1/19

TBD

Apache Invite

Legg Lake Park

11/7/19

1:30 pm

Rio Hondo Finals

Lacy Park

11/16/19

TBD

CIF Prelims (must qualify)

Riverside XC Course

11/23/19

TBD

CIF Finals (must qualify)

Riverside XC Course

Recent Season Highlights
(click on the year or result to jump to page)

Year

Girls

Guys

2018

Rio Hondo 3rd
CIF Prelims

Rio Hondo 5th

2017

Rio Hondo 3rd
CIF Prelims

Rio Hondo 5th

2016

Rio Hondo 3rd
CIF Finals

Rio Hondo 3rd
CIF Prelims

2015

Rio Hondo 3rd
CIF Prelims

Rio Hondo 2nd
CIF Prelims

2014

Rio Hondo 2nd
CIF Prelims

Rio Hondo Champs
CIF Prelims

2013

Rio Hondo Champs
CIF-SS 8th

Rio Hondo 2nd
CIF-SS 13th

2012

Rio Hondo 2nd
CIF-SS 9th

Rio Hondo 2nd
CIF-SS 14th

2011

Rio Hondo 3rd
CIF-SS 14th

Rio Hondo 2nd
CIF-SS 12th

2010

Rio Hondo 3rd
CIF Prelims

Rio Hondo 3rd
CIF-SS 14th

Note: in 2014, CIF-SS realigned the divisions and D4 became much tougher with perennial D3 powers dropping into D4.

CIF-SS Finals
November 23, 2019 -- Riverside Cross Country Course

The Lady Titans reached the CIF-SS XC Finals for the first time since 2016.  The team placed 22nd with a score of 546 points.  Senior Puja Balaji led the Titans with a 19:53 performance (68th), followed by Juniors Peyton Talt (88th, 20:24), Karen Lee (127th, 21:18), and Lily Tong (141st, 21:45).  Senior Katie Wong was the 5th scorer, placing 152nd (22:04).  Each athlete improved over their time the previous week at Prelims.  Links to results and the CIF race video are below.

D4 Girls Results

CIF-SS Finals Race Video

CIF-SS Prelims
November 16, 2019 -- Riverside Cross Country Course

The Lady Titans competed in the second of two CIF-SS Division 4 prelims races and qualified for CIF Finals by placing 8th as a team with 204 points (1:47:04).  Steady senior Puja Balaji led the team with a 17th place finish at 20:12.  The remaining scorers were soph Anya Tang (34th, 21:02), junior Peyton Talt (35th, 21:08), junior Karen Lee (65th, 22:15) and senior Katie Wong (73rd, 22:25).

Junior Jonathan Karkafi competed in Heat 1 of the Boys D4 prelims as an individual, placing 93rd with a time of 18:45.  Links to results and the CIF race video are below.

D4 Girls, Heat 2 Results

D4 Boys, Heat 1 Results

CIF-SS Prelims Race Video

Rio Hondo League Finals
November 7, 2019 -- Lacy Park

The Lady Titans earned a trip to CIF-SS Prelims by placing 3rd with 62 points (to La Canada’s 42 andSouth Pas’ 50).  Senior Puja Balaji earned league first team honors by placing 6th in a time of 19:28.  Soph Anya Tang (10th, 20:21), junior Peyton Talt (12th, 20:23) and junior Lily Tong (14th, 20:35) all earned league second team honors.  The remaining scorer was junior Karen Lee (20th, 21:17).

In the Boys Varsity race, the team placed 4th with a score of 87 points (1:29:31) and missed qualifying for CIF competition.  Junior Jonathan Karkafi earned league first team honors placing 7th (17:09) and frosh Thai Villaluna earned second team honors by placing 14th (17:46).  The remaining scorers were Neil Chen (18th, 17:58), Gavin O’Malley (21st, 18:01), and Leighton McBryde (27th, 18:37).

In the JV Boys race, the Titans placed 4th with a score of 126 points.  The top JV athletes were senior Ranjin Repetti (18th, 19:29) and Caleb Lian (23rd, 19:57).  The Titans also placed 4th in the Frosh-Soph Boys race, scoring 96 points.  Soph Ethan Foong paced the squad with a 18:53 time, good for 7th place. The next finishers were Aiden Ye (29th, 20:00) and Michael Yuratich (30th, 20:00).  The Titans did not field any athletes in the girls JV race.  Links to results and race video are below:

Varsity Boys Results

Varsity Girls Results

JV Boys Results

JV Girls Results

Frosh-Soph Boys Results

Rio Hondo League Race Videos

2019 Rio Hondo League Meet #2
October 15, 2019 - Crescenta Valley Park

Rio Hondo League Meet #2 was held at Crescenta Valley Park.  In Varsity Boys competition, South Pasadena, led by senior standout Sam Clark, won the team competition with 26 points (going 1, 3, 4, 7, 11) over La Canada with 39 points.  On the girls’ side, La Canada edged South Pasadena 33 pts to 34 pts.  La Canada was paced by Ellaney Matarese and Sarah Auther, who went 1-2, and South Pas by Sydney Morrow in 3rd.  Should be an interesting League Finals meet in November.  Links to complete results below (NOTE: the results title indicates for League Meet # 1 at Lacy, but title is in error):

Varsity Boys Results

Varsity Girls Results

JV Boys Results

JV Girls Results

Frosh-Soph Boys Results

2019 Rio Hondo League Meet #1
September 26, 2019 - Lacy Park

Rio Hondo League Meet #1 was held at Lacy Park on the same day that Presidential candidate Joe Biden had a fundraiser down the street.  Local authorities closed the St. Albans parking lot exit, and host La Canada coach Andy DiConti had to do a last minute revise on the course layout.  Kudos to Andy for coming up with an alternate 3 mile course on short notice!  With the new course, all winners are course record holders (likely in perpetuity)!  A revised course layout used at the meet is HERE

In Varsity Boys competition, South Pasadena, led by Sam Clark, won the team competition with 30 points (going 1, 2, 5, 9, 13) over La Canada with 36 points.  Temple City came in third with 92 points.  On the girls’ side, La Canada just beat South Pasadena 40 pts to 43 pts.  La Canada was paced by Ellaney Matarese and Sarah Auther, who went 1-2, and South Pas by Sydney Morrow in 3rd.  San Marino was third with 70 pts.  Links to complete results below:

Varsity Boys Results

Varsity Girls Results

JV Boys Results

JV Girls Results

Frosh-Soph Boys Results

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