On Saturday, Oct. 22, the Crescenta Valley Falcons cross-country team traveled to Mount San Antonio College for the 74^th annual running of the Mt. SAC cross-country invite. Over two days the meet saw 13,000 runners compete from 500 schools.

Falcon senior Parker Simmons came away with the fastest time of the meet running the fabled course in 14:46 leading the Falcons to a third place finish behind top seeded San Clemente and second seeded Great Oak in the boys Division 1-2 Team Sweepstakes Race. Crescenta Valley boys finished third overall in the entire two-day meet.

Simmons was joined by Harrison Connors who placed 17^th in 15:29, Jamie Cartnal, 29^th in 15:41, Josh Chambers, 38^th in 15:51, Eddie Sion, 52^nd in 16:01, Liam Zadoorian, 62^nd in 16:11 and Ryan Becker, 76^th in 16:27.

Crescenta Valley boys’ cross-country team is ranked third in Division 1 Southern Section and third in state Division 1 and fifth in the state regardless of division.

In the girls’ varsity race, junior Ava Martin led the way in a third place team finish. Martin finished second in the race at 18:44, with Emilia Greenway seventh in 10:02, Emma Haworth, 11^th in 19:18, Julia Linney, 53^rd in 21:02, Madeleine Cho, 55^th in 21:04 and Samantha Talbot 56^th in 21:06.

The Falcons are back in action on Thursday, Nov. 3 at Arcadia Park for the Pacific League finals. Races start at 2 p.m. with the varsity girls at 3:30 p.m. and the varsity boys at 4 p.m. Frosh/soph, JV and varsity boys and girls are in contention to sweep League finals by winning all divisions.

Submitted by CVHS Cross-Country