See results of the Central Section cross country championships held at Woodward Park

If Thursday’s Central Section high school cross country championships are any indication, the Buchanan High girls are poised for another California Interscholastic Federation state title.

The Bears ran away from the field on the Woodward Park course with a perfect 15 points for their 25th Division I section title.

Clovis North finished with 62 points, followed by Sanger (117).

“They did great,” Buchanan coach Brian Weaver said. “We’ve been working on a few things. A perfect score is impressive and says a lot about how much time and energy these young ladies have put in.”

Leading the way for Buchanan was junior Elle Lomeli. She won the 5,000-meter race in 17:44.05.

Last season, Lomeli wasn’t healthy as she fell 400 yards from the finish as she had been dealing with a knee sprain. In the state meet, she finished 158th.

She’s ready to lead the way for the Bears at the state meet next Saturday.

“It’s definitely been a definitely a challenging season so far,” she said. “I’ve had my fair share of hardships and it’s just been really frustrating some of the races because this is my junior year. I want to be as much of an asset to the team as I can.”

Weaver admits his runners faced obstacles this season with illnesses, but felt confident about his team’s chances and health going into the state championship.

It’s a full-go for his team.

“We’re trying to get everyone healthy,” he said. “I think what they did today just showed the direction they’re going. I think it’s a lot of credit to them that they’re out there supporting each other and it doesn’t matter what place they are for the team number. They are for the team.”

Division I boys: Two strong showing for state contenders

Carter Spradling of Clovis East and Teg Pandher of Clovis North appear primed for a strong showing next weekend.

That is because they finished 1 and 2, respectively.

Spradling finished with a time of 15:20.45 and Pandher came in at 15:25.65. Clovis East captured its first section title.

Both runners have had strong seasons.

Spradling has the 12th-best time in the state, while Prandher following at 14th.

“This title means everything. I’ve been working for this for the last four or five years,” said Spradling, who has committed to the University of Missouri.

The senior kept behind the lead pack until pulling away in the final mile.

Other top finishers

Devin Ibarra of El Diamante and Evan Torres of Parlier could be knocking on the state podium, too.

Ibarra took first in the Division II race.

He was clocked in at 15:49.61, about five seconds better than Mauricio Herrera of Reedley (15:46.63).

In Division V, Torres was also dominant.

His time was 15:53.23. No other runner in the division came close.

Yosemite boys looking strong

Yosemite had five runners finishing in the top 10 to claim the D-V race with 22 points.

Central Valley Christian placed second with 53 points.

In the state meet last season, the Badgers finished third behind Crystal Springs and Menlo.

Central Section championships

Boys

Division I

Teams: 1. Clovis East 58, 2. Buchanan 86, 3. San Luis Obispo 96, 4. Clovis West 134, 5. Clovis North 150, 6. Bakersfield 174, 7. Sanger 186, 8. Paso Robles 187, 9. Clovis 196, 10. Madera South 240, 11. Arroyo Grande 249, 12. Redwood 269, 13. Stockdale 269, 14. Liberty-Bakersfield 433.

Individuals: 1. Carter Spradling, Clovis East, 15:20.45; 2. Teg Pandher, Clovis North, 15:25.65; 3. Tyler Daillak, Paso Robles, 15:29.77; 4. Luke Sanders, Buchanna, 15:35.73; 5. Conor Lott, Clovis North, 15:37.48; 6. Weston Greeneish, San Luis Obispo, 15:40.34; 7. Sam Dresick, Clovis West, 15:40.93; 8. Sawyer Pugliese, Sanger, 15:41.33; 9. Jordan Herrera, Clovis East, 15:43.71; 10. Mark McAleenan, Clovis East, 15:51.29.

Division II

Teams: 1. Monache 51, 2. Reedley 52, 3. Atascadero 73, 4. Tulare Western 90, 5. Bullard 149, 6. Roosevelt 173, 7. Roosevelt 173, 8. El Diamante 196, 9. Frontier 204, 10. Centennial 237, 11. Ridgeview 259, 12. Highland 276, 13. Shafter 327, 14. Central 383, 15. Mt. Whitney 394.

Individuals: 1. Devin Ibarra, El Diamante, 15:49.61; 2. Mauricio Herrera, Reedley, 15:56.63; 3. Oscar Allen, Atascadero, 16:25.31; 4. Alberto Andrade, Monache, 16:27.30; 5. Andrew Miranda, Atascadero, 16:27.38; 6. Conner Machado, Monache, 16:27.48; 7. Monte Moore, Monache, 16:32.10; 8. Brett Mitchell, Reedley, 16:40.41; 9. Julian Valdivia, Tulare Western, 16:42.54; 10. Jose Segura, Tulare Western, 16:46.10.

Division III

Teams: 1. Torres 37, 2. Porterville 121, 3. Lompoc 126, 4. Templeton 131, 5. Pioneer Valley 135, 6. Wasco 193, 7. Arvin 210, 8. Tulare Union 272, 9. Edison 293, 10. Righetti 317, 11. Independence 333, 12. Strathmore 364, 13. Corcoroan 379, 14. Dinuba 390, 15. Madera 398, 16. Cabrillo 419, 16. Sunnyside 457, 17. Golden Valley-Bakersfield 460, 18. Lindsay 513, 19. Fresno 542, 20. North 544, 21. Foothill 549, 22. Golden West 552.

Individuals: 1. Joshua Bell, Templeton, 15:12.70; 2. Benjamin Fernandez, Torres, 15:48.99; 3. Tyler Speir, Fresno, 16:05.52; 4. Noah Felix Andrade, Torres, 16:12.39; 5. Hunter Hannah, Torres, 16:14.65; 6. Alessandro Escarzaga, Porterville, 16:15.69; 7. Noel Huato, Arvin, 16:18.39; 8. Aidan Ransom, Edison, 16:19.48; 9. Juan Sanitago, Pioneer Valley, 16:27.83; 10. Ozzy Hernandez, Torres, 16:39.15.

Division IV

Teams: 1. Del Oro 60, 2. Garza 88, 3. McFarland 108, 4. Nipomo 160, 5. Tulare Union 212, 6. Morro Bay 246, 7. Kerman 249, 8. Orange Cove 263, 9. Caruthers 267, 10. Farmersville 342, 11. Avenal 343, 12. Mission Oak 346, 13. South 352, 14. Sierra Pacific 416, 15. Hoover 417, 16. Washington Union 456, 17. Rosamond 466, 18. East Bakersfield 475, 19. Mendota 490, 20. Kingsburg 490, 21. West 509, 22. Sanger West 546, 23. Hanford West 569, 24. Liberty-Madera Ranchos 595, 25. Tehachapi 601, 26. Chowchilla 593, 27. Bakersfield Christian 748, 28. Fowler 777.

Individuals: 1. Evan Torres, Parlier, 15:53.23; 2. Otis Kelly, Morro Bay, 16:07.71; 3. Israel Gutierrez, Delano, 16:28.25; 4. Kade Fetterman, Tulare Union, 16:45.26; 5. Jose Delgadillo, McFarland, 16:51.51; 6. Alex Garcia, Delano, 16:53.45; 7. Drake Murrill, Garza, 16:56.01; 8. Mandeep Bhatti, Garza, 17:05.39; 9. Jose Valenzuela, Tulare Union, 17:08..20; 10. Antonio Torres, Delano, 17:11.85.

Division V

Teams: 1. Yosemite 22, 2. Central Valley Christian 53, 3. Immanuel 65, 4. Fresno Christian 122, 5. Riverdale 146, 6. Tranquillity 152, 7. San Joaquin Memorial 171, 8. Mission Prep 213, 9. Frazier Mountain 243.

Individuals: 1. Blake Bay, Fresno Christian, 16:11.17; 2. Noah Graffigna, Yosemite, 16:15.48; 3. Jack Olney, Yosemite, 16:31.51; 4. Ford Stegge, Yosemite, 16:34.55; 5. Anthony Ruiz, Yosemite, 16:57.94; 6. Brayden Soerens, Central Valley Christian, 17:04.46; 7. Nathan Walhof, Central Valley Christian, 17:04.46; 7. Nathan Walhof, Central Valley Christian, 17:20.36; 8. Ben Olney, Yosemite, 17:22.42; 9. Jayden Forsyth, Central Valley Christian, 17:28.58; 10. Reid Bishel, Immanuel, 17:29.59.

Girls

Division I

Teams: 1. Buchanan 15, 2. Clovis North 62, 3. Sanger 117, 4. Madera South 121, 5. San Luis Obispo 133, 6. Stockdale 160, 7. Clovis West 163, 8. Clovis 173, 9. Clovis East 181, 10. Arroyo Grande 254.

Individuals: 1. Elle Lomeli, Buchanan, 17:44.05; 2. Stefania Sesock, Buchanan, 18:18.35; 3. Molly Sundgren, Buchanan, 18:25.50; 4. Tayler Torosian, Buchanan, 18:26.60; 5. Avery Hutchison, Buchanan, 18:33.79; 6. Kaitelyn Emmons, Clovis North, 18:45.26; 7. Hannah Pacheco, Stockdale, 18:50.70; 8. Sierra Cornett, Buchanan, 18:555.79; 9. Kinsley Allan, Sanger, 18:57.56; 10. Alexa Vaca, Sanger, 19:09.

Division II

Teams: 1. Highland 57, 2. Bakersfield 113, 3. Edison 119, 4. Tulare Western 120, 5. Ridgeview 149, 6. Liberty-Bakersfield 154, 7. Foothill 170, 8. Bullard 175, 9. Centennial 192, 10. Golden West 221, 11. Frontier 243, 12. Ridgeview 267.

Individuals: 1. Mia Torrecillas, Highland, 18:10.42; 2. Isabella Ramirez, Bullard, 19:02.37; 3. Carly Herrera, Tulare Western, 19:04.33; 4. Aubrey Thompson, Liberty-Bakersfield, 19:08.76; 5. Mia Lorigo, Centennial, 19:22.44; 6. Emily Flores, Tulare Western, 19:36.35; 7. Nicole Bridges, Liberty-Bakersfield, 19:39.24; 8. Miranda Rojas-Perez, Ridgeview, 20:08.49; 9. Joanna Tobon, Golden West, 20:13.14; 10. Liliana Monsibais, Highland, 20:19.67.

Division III

Teams: 1. Monache 69, 2. Wasco 94, 3. Atascadero 144, 4. El Diamante 192, 5. Mt. Whitney 204, 6. Strathmore 210, 7. McFarland 225, 8. Cabrillo 282, 9. Shafter 285, 10. Templeton 290, 11. Central 301, 12. Hanford West 304, 13. Pioneer Valley 317, 14. East Bakersfield 326, 15. Reedley 326, 16. Righetti 332, 17. Lindsay 365, 18. Lompoc 392, 19. Independence 429, 20. Porterville 526, 21. Porterville 526, 22. Sunnyside 580.

Individuals: 1. Frannie Perry, Templeton, 19:00.87; 2. Keira Sorenson, Central, 19:13.39; 3. Natalie Flores, Independence, 19:24.60; 4. Brooklyn Bawanan, El Diamante, 19:35.40; 5. Magdaelena Marcelo, Monache, 19:41.73; 6. Arianna Diaz, Mt. Whitney, 20:09.88; 7. Yasmine Lachino, Monache, 20:11.91; 8. Nieves Alvarez, Wasco, 20:12.70; 9. Bella Tomasini, Atascadero, 20:14.04; 10. Gabby Ramsey, Atascadro, 20:16.34.

Division IV

Teams: 1. Kerman 91, 2. Morro Bay 101, 3. Arvin 134, 4. Torres 157, 5. Bakersfield Christian 162, 6. Roosevelt 163, 7. Orange Cove 171, 8. Liberty-Madera Ranchos 198, 9. Tulare Union 206, 10. Garza 273, 11. Fresno 300, 12. Farmersville 311, 13. Nipomo 341, 14. Dinuba 374, 15. Kingsburg 400, 16. Corcoran 416, 17. Strathmore 422, 18. South 427, 19. Washington Union 459, 20. Golden Valley-Bakersfield 501, 21. Chowchilla 503, 22. Avenal 565.

Individuals: 1. Shelby Taylor, Morro Bay, 19:09.03; 2. Anna Villavicencio, Woodlake, 19:13.66; 3. Alyana Chavez, Roosevelt, 19:34.33; 4. Jaslyn Rodriguez, Liberty-Madera Ranchos, 19:47.61; 5. Irene Martinez, Torres, 19:57.44; 6. Ashley Villafana, Kerman, 20:06.56; 7. Julissa Leon, Arvin, 20:33.36; 8. Jade Zaldivar, Tulare Union, 20:40.95; 9. Mia Bennett, Morro Bay, 20:49.83; 10. Gianna Romanini, Bakersfield Christian, 20:51.54.

Division V

Teams: 1. Immanuel 15, 2. Mammoth 60, 3. Fresno Christian 63, 4. Garces 107, 5. St. Joseph 142

Individuals: 1. Clara Riddle, Immanuel, 19:04.89; 2. Aspen Hacker, Kern Valley, 19:38.23; 3. Gaby Ramirez, Immanuel, 19:38.45; 4. Ainsley Jackson, Immanuel, 20:02.30; 5. Lexi Schartmann, Immanuel, 20:28.19; 6. Macie Riddle, Immanuel, 20:35.66; 7. Norah Kostelyk, Central Valley Christian, 20:46.46; 8. Tenaya Keogler, Mammoth, 20:46.46; 9. Bailey Robb, Immanuel, 21:07.08; 10. Sarah Larger, Immanuel, 21:11.57.