San Marcos Boys, Girls Qualify for CIF-SS Cross Country Finals

Led by Elsie Tuttle and August Singer, the San Marcos girls and boys cross teams advanced to the CIF-SS Division 2 Finals at Saturday’s Prelims Meet at Mt. San Antonio College. The Royals girls had three top-15 finishers and scored 82 points to finish third in their heat behind El Toro (41) and Woodbridge (62). The San Marcos boys placed five runners in the top 30 of their heat to score 74 points, finishing behind a deep Woodbridge squad, which scored 30 points as its five scoring runners placed in the top 10; its non-scorers placed 9th and 12th. “CIF Finals has been a big goal of ours all year long,” said San Marcos coach Marilyn Hantgin. “They all should be very proud of what they have done throughout the season and now we get one more chance to show what we can do.” Singer came in second place in the heat with a time of 14:54.3 on the flatter rain course at Mt. SAC. “August ran very controlled in the front pack.

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