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Turlock runners wrap up team titles at third CCAL meet
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The Turlock High varsity girls cross country team celebrated a CCAL championship after the third and final meet of the regular season last Wednesday at the Tuolumne River Regional Park (Photo courtesy of StanCo. Distance).

MODESTO — The varsity cross country teams of Turlock High School completed a dominant regular season with team and individual victories at the third and final Central California Athletic League meet of the year Wednesday at Tuolumne River Regional Park.

On the boys side, the Bulldogs won the team competition with a low score of 28, clearing runner-up Modesto by 33 points. The girls posted a winning score of 34, which was 10 points better than second-place Gregori.

Turlock sophomore Porter Petty paced the boys’ 5,000-meter race and its field of 58 runners with a time of 15:57.3, followed by senior teammate Gavin Martin and his mark of 16:10.9. Pitman senior Eli Pimentel finished third in 16:14.9, Modesto senior Ivan Rodriguez was fourth in 16:23.4, and Turlock senior Zayn Hamilton rounded out the top five in 16:44.0.

The remaining Turlock finishers were senior Austin Hall, ninth in 17:23.4; sophomore Cylus Costa, 11th in 17:28.0; junior Logan Oliveira, 13th in 17:42.8; junior Joey Barragan, 14th in 17:43.7; junior Jackson Blood, 15th in 17:50.1; junior Jacob Myers, 32nd in 19:38.1; junior Caleb Staley, 49th in 21:56.5; and senior Luis Santillanes, 50th in 22:11.6.

Pitman’s remaining finishers were senior Eli Scott, 10th in 17:27.1; sophomore Octavio Colunga, 18th in 18:24.2; senior Corbin Fisher, 19th in 18:28.9; junior Rowan Montes, 20th in 18:30.9; junior Adam Mumford, 21st in 18:31.9; sophomore Dominic Moreno, 22nd in 18:39.2; junior Moises Rosales Valladares, 27th in 19:08.8; junior Victor Sanchez, 30th in 19:24.7; senior Kael Rogers, 35th in 19:45.2; senior Christian Howard, 36th in 19:47.3; junior Grayson Turley, 40th in 19:58.5; junior Lucas Kiriakou, 44th in 21:27.0; senior Toben Persons, 47th in 21:47.6; junior Josias Martinez, 52nd in 23:39.0; senior Braden Rowell, 55th in 25:06.7; senior Jude Killian, 56th in 25:12.0; junior Tyler Barragan, 57th in 27:12.1; and senior Jose Campa, 58th in 31:39.4.

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The Turlock High School varsity boys cross country team celebrate with their conference championship plaque Wednesday after the third and final CCAL meet of the regular season at Tuolumne River Regional Park (Photo courtesy of StanCo. Distance).

Modesto sophomore Roselynn Dominguez won the girls’ race of 48 runners with a time of 18:10.1. Turlock senior Mylie Olson finished second in 20:26.5, immediately followed by senior teammate Gretchen Nass in 20:29.9. Gregori sophomore Evelyn Avalos Amaya placed fourth in 20:32.4, and Turlock freshman Isabel Richter completed the top five in 20:43.7.

The remaining Turlock finishers were junior Samira Salem, seventh in 20:54.2; sophomore Paige Andrews, 17th in 23:03.3; junior Amrit Kaur Sahota, 18th in 23:05.7; senior Grace Nass, 21st in 23:51.6; and junior Adaline Walsh, 22nd in 23:56.6.

Pitman’s Melanie Delgado, a senior, finished 19th in 23:43.1. The school’s remaining runners were junior Ruth Noemi Arellano, 26th in 24:42.9; senior Andrea Diaz Topete, 28th in 25:12.6; senior Sophia Tran, 30th in 25:29.6; junior Kayla Fuentes, 34th in 27:40.5; junior Angelica Silva, 35th in 28:12.0; and junior Isabella Stepanovich, 40th in 30:15.3.

Bret Harte High School will be hosting the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Sub-Section Cross Country Meet for Division I-II-III-IV-V on Saturday, Nov. 7 at Frogtown, which is located on the Calaveras County Fairgrounds. The meet is scheduled to start at 9:00 a.m.