WEST VALLEY PREVIEW
THURSDAY, August 26th, 2021
Girls Results
In the first City XC meet in 21 months at Pierce College the Granada girls didn’t miss a beat, winning all 3 races with perfect scores. The girls Varsity team beat their team-time at the ‘19 West Valley League Cluster #1 by over a minute. Junior Jocelyn Pacheco won in convincing style, leading the race from start to finish and recording a course PR of 20:11.3. Isabel Castagnola ran a course PR on her way to 2nd place with the fastest last mile on the day. The biggest surprise was freshman Meztli Velasquez who placed 5th in the Varsity race and easily broke 22 minutes on her first run at Pierce. Incumbent City champion Sofia Abrego, who continues to rebuild from a 2020 ankle injury, took 3rd.
Sophia Richardson was Cleveland’s top runner in 8th place and Leta Squier led the ECR Royals with a 9th place finish.
Race Winners
Best times by Grade
*Finish times proved by EMT
**Pace based on course length of 2.87 miles.
Isabel Castagnola had the fastest senior time on the day and the fastest final mile to finish in 2nd place in the girls varsity race. Her time of 20.22.1 is a course PR for her and should set her up for a sub-20 min performance.
Sophia Richardson passes through mile-2 atop Chalk Hill on her way to an 8th place finish in her 1st race on the Pierce course.
WEST VALLEY PREVIEW MEET
Girls Varsity Race
August 19th, 2019
Pierce College
Jocelyn Pacheco wins the first race in 21 months on the Pierce Course taking the girls Varsity race at the West Valley Preview meet on August 19th, 2021.
9th grader Meztli Velasquez had the fastest freshman time placing 5th in the girls varsity race with a time of 21:14.4.
Leta Squier continues to be ECR’s top runner in her 1st outing on the Pierce Course. Leta finished in 9th place.
<— The Taft team walks the Pierce course prior to the start of the West Valley Preview Meet.
*Finish times proved by EMT
**Pace based on course length of 2.87 miles.
Girls Varsity - Granada Hills Dominates
The Varsity girls’ results are presented in the table below. For the other girls’ races results scroll down and click on a button.
