Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Jags sweep top five to down Canyon Crest in cross-country

The Valley Center varsity boys cross-country team ran to another win this week against Canyon Crest Academy to remain undefeated in league so far this season, while the varsity girls team posted some strong individual performances but couldn’t get its first win of the year.
The Jaguars captured the top five spots in the race in taking a 15–44 win on the 3.1-mile course at Kit Carson Park on Friday.
Nicasio Westlund won the race for the Jaguars with a time of 16:45, followed by Stephen Lopez in second (17:09), Daniel Henderson in third (17:19), Nick Vanderpoel in fourth (17:33) and Travis Robey in fifth (17:37). Also placing in the top ten for the Jags was Genaro Rodriguez in eighth place (18:24).
For the Lady Jaguars, top finisher Kaylee Hudson took second place with a time of 16:03 on the 2.6-mile course, just one second behind the race winner. Meanwhile, Dani Lettice took sixth (17:53) and Bama Velasquez finished seventh (18:05).
The boys JV team also ran well to take a win, as Jon Larson, Logan Fiddler and Daniel Caballero took the top three spots in the race.
The boys varsity team is now 2–0, while the girls varsity team is 0–2 and the boys JV team is 1–1. The next meet is the Kit Carson Invite on Oct. 22.

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