Bree Barajas captures a first-place win; girls all achieve top-10 finishes!
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, MT. SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE, WALNUT: Our YLHS XC Mustangs returned to Mt. SAC last Friday, posting strong performances across the freshman and junior varsity divisions. Highlighting the meet was sophomore Breanna “Bree” Barajas, who captured first place in her race, along with four top-10 finishes for the girls’ team!
The girls junior varsity team turned in the standout performance of the day, led by Bree Barajas, who raced to victory in the D3 Junior Varsity Yellow race with a time of 20:32.6. Sophomore Anya Bharadwaj followed with an impressive fifth-place finish in 21:58.8, while junior Lizzy Clark placed eighth (22:14.4) and sophomore Aubrey Maurer finished ninth (22:14.7). Our Lady Mustangs claimed four of the top nine spots in the race!
In the boys freshman D3 Blue race, Nathaniel Lynch led Yorba Linda with a 12th-place finish in 18:20.6, followed by Caleb Kay in 36th (19:17.6). Fellow freshmen Hudson Pohl (21:44.3), Mete Yal (22:09.1), Aiden Vo (22:28.4), Gary Stone (23:37.6), Neil Stone (24:15.6), and Ty Peterson (25:21.3) rounded out the Mustangs’ freshman squad.
In the boys D3 Junior Varsity Red race, sophomore Makai Barnett led Yorba Linda with a 20:57.5 finish, followed closely by teammate Andrew Nguyen, who finished in 21:02.8.
Congratulations to all our Mustangs on another weekend of competitive racing, with an individual race champion and four top-10 finishes!
Next week: League Finals on Tuesday, November 3!
