CROSS COUNTRY ROUNDUP 10-29-08: Sultana stays perfect

HESPERIA • The Sultana girls cross country team swept up the first four spots in its dual meet against Serrano to win 18-37 on Friday and finish undefeated in Mojave River League dual meets.

Shayna Robinson led the way for Sultana (6-0, 4-0 MRL) finishing in a time of 18 minutes, 32 seconds. She was followed by teammates Hannah Munyan, Jane Higuchi and Cassie Bird across the finish line.

Defending league champion Serrano (3-1 MRL) dropped its first league dual meet of the season. Lauren Minnick (19:20) led the D’backs.

On the boys side, Nathan Lamb won the race in 16:27 and helped the D’backs defeat the Sultans 24-31. Sultana’s (1-4, 1-3 MRL) Jesse Lopez finished second to pace the Sultans.

BOYS
Serrano 24, Sultana 31
Serrano
1. Lamb 16:27; 4. Demel 17:13; 5. Silva 17:15; 6. Orozco 17:25; 8. Steinmann 17:33.
Sultana
2. Lopez 16:34; 3. Carrell 17:02; 7. Torres 17:30; 9. Rosas 17:40; 10. Minton 17:41.
GIRLS
Sultana 18, Serrano 37
Serrano
5. Minnick 19:20; 6. Feuerstine 19:22; 7. Coe 19:26; 9. Busam 19:35; 10. Quarton 19:38.
Sultana
1. Robinson 18:32; 2. Munyan 18:59; 3. Higuchi 19:05; 4. C. Bird 19:15; 8. L. Bird 19:34.

SUN DEVILS SWEEP: At Hesperia, the Apple Valley boys finished off their Mojave River League dual season undefeated, while Hannah Valenzuela set the course record in leading the girls past Hesperia.

Sam Nunes paced the Sun Devils boys (4-0 MRL) in 17 minutes, 21 seconds. Hesperia’s (0-4 MRL) Daniel Gonzales finished second.

Valenzuela ran the course in 19:01, which broke the old course record set at 19:38 earlier this season by Serrano’s Lauren Minnick. Apple

Valley (2-2 MRL) swept the top five spots in the race. Joanna Flores finished in sixth for the top spot for the Scorpions (0-4 MRL).

BOYS
Apple Valley 21, Hesperia 35
Apple Valley
1. Nunes 17:21; 3. Reeves 17:49; 4. Stine 17:54; 6. Reynolds 18:23; 7. Aranda 18:24.
Hesperia
2. Gonzales 17:41; 5. Otto 18:09; 8. Martinez 18:44; 9. Saldana 18:47; 11. Avina 19:06.
GIRLS
Apple Valley 15, Hesperia 46
Apple Valley
1. H. Valenzuela 19:01; 2. M. Valenzuela 21:27; 3. Verduzco 22:45; 4. Clark 23:01; 5. Espinoza 23:12.
Hesperia
6. Flores 23:14; 7. McCollum 23:16; 10. Green 24:37; 11. Garcia 24:47; 12. Keledjian 25:10.

AZTECS, COUGARS SPLIT: At Barstow, the Granite Hills girls swept and the Barstow boys won easily to both finish undefeated in the Desert Sky League.

Ian Barba and Andrew Romano finished in identical times to pace the Aztecs (4-0 DSL), while Chris Rivera paced the Cougars.

“I thought there was a possibility that we would lose today,” Barstow coach Jim Duarte said. “A couple kids were nursing injuries, not major injuries, but we were starting to get concerned.”

Jzsanette Lindstrom led Granite Hills to the girls win.

BOYS
Barstow 16, Granite Hills 43
Barstow
1. Barba 17:45; 2. Romano 17:45; 3. Gomez 17:46; Chavez 17:46; Trujillo 18:14
Granite Hills
5. Rivera 18:00; 7. Jordan 18:23; 9. McManus 18:44 ; 11. Lindstrom 19:16; 12. Maloof 19:34.
GIRLS
Granite Hills 15, Barstow 50
Barstow
6. Akkerman 25:11; 12. Rodriguez 30:18; 13. Alexis 33:33; 14. Dickey 36:13; 15. Manzanaress 39:58
Granite Hills
1. Lindstrom 22:30; 2. Roberts 24:28; 3. McManus 24:31; 4. Lacey 24:34; 5. Davis 24:41

BURROS HAVE EASY DAY AT VICTOR: At Victor Valley, the Burros swept the first five places in the boys race, while Victor Valley only had one female runner and had to forfeit the girls race.

Caleb Rosales led the boys, while Jennifer Speer and Jenny Durtschi each crossed the finish line with the same time for Burroughs.

BOYS
Burroughs 15, Victor Valley 49
Burroughs
1. Rosales 17:03; 2. Glantz 17:22; 3. Malone 17:27; 4. Haugen 17:49; 5. Christman 17:57.
Victor Valley
7. Snedegar 18:08; 9. Valdovinos 19:20; 10. Flores 20:05; 11. Soles 21:17; 12. Matthies 21:41.
GIRLS
Burroughs won by forfeit
Burroughs
1. Speer 20:36; 2. Durtschi 20:36; 4. Schnell 24:46; 5. McNamara 24:49; 6. Johnson 23:05.
Victor Valley
3. Hall 23:26