Overcast skies in Huntington Beach kept our runners cool and confident on Saturday, allowing them to post fantastic scores at the 43rd Annual HB Central Park XC Invitational. The three-mile course consisted of grass, dirt, asphalt, a killer hill and a loop around the lake.
Boys and girls varsity races were at 12:30 pm and 1 pm. Our varsity girls placed first as a team overall in Small School Girls Varsity! Congratulations, ladies! Isabella Wroblewski achieved 3rd place with 18:01, with senior Olivia Reed taking 4th seconds later at 18:08. Senior Penelope Fournier’s 18:58 time brought her across the finish line in 10th place, putting three Mustangs among the top 10 finishers. Brooke Boyd and Emily Maurer also finished with sub-20-minute times. Freshman Danela Felix competed in her first varsity race and posted a time of 20:08, and Kathryn Thompson rounded out the team effort with an excellent time as well.
In the Small School Varsity Boys race, our men placed third as a team. Congratulations, gentlemen! Senior Dante Maldonado took 2nd place overall with 15:12 followed by Toren Habbestad, who came in 6th place with a 15:37 clock time. Senior Ky Savalia came in at 16:15. Rio Maldonado also finished in under 17 minutes (16:40). Ryan Olivas, Michael Kowalyshyn, Jacob Ortillano and Riley Yoon rounded out the men’s race with excellent effort.
In the JV girls category, our Mustangs had two top-ten rankings: Senior Rory Hartzheim took 2nd place overall, followed by Lorelai Pohl in 8th place. Beautiful finishes, Rory and Lorelai! Noosha Hassanian, Kiley Kawaja, Alyssa Felix and Arianna Colin also competed in this race and posted impressive times.
Sydney Van Stralen and Ella Do both had top-ten finishes in the SS Freshman Girls category, taking 5th place with 21:41 and 8th place with 22:13, respectively. Lizzie Clark and Luna Gu also finished with impressive times. Freshman Boys took fifth place as a team in their race, with Carlos Barry finishing in 5th overall with a time of 17:08, a new PR for him! Great job, Carlos! Congratulations to Ryan Wang, Christopher Chiu, Oscar Barajas, Carson Black, Seth Block and Landon Dreyfus in this race.
PRs
Carlos Barry
Michael Kowalyshyn
Ryan Wang
Seth Block
Alyssa Felix
Arianna Colin
Ella Do
Keep crushing it, Yorba Linda Mustangs! Our next meet is the OC XC Championships on October 19.
Official race results
Finish photos
Team photo pool
Jimmy Su photos
