The Mt. SAC Invitational began in earnest on Friday in Walnut, California, as thousands of athletes and hundreds of teams toed the line at Mt. San Antonio College.
The Division 3 Boys Sweepstakes race took center stage, with Cathedral Catholic (CA) High's Joaquin Martinez De Pinillos earned his first win of the season and his second sub-15 minute performance at 3 miles, winning in 14:48.00.
He out kicked second-place Moises Medrano of Highland High Bakersfield, who finished in 14:55.00.
It was a tighter team contest, as the Palos Verdes boys earned the team title with 112 points, splitting an average of 15:48 across their scores, three of which came in the top 25.
Brea Olinda was second with 149 points and West Torrance was third with 151 points.
Coverage:
| BOYS THREE MILE RUN FINALS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLACE | ATHLETE | TEAM | RESULT | POINTS | ||||
| 1 | Joaquin Martinez De Pinillos | 12 | Cathedral Catholic (SD) | 14:48.00 | 1 | |||
| 2 | Moises Medrano | 12 | Highland High Bakersfield (CS) | 14:55.00 | 2 | |||
| 3 | Anthony Benitez | 12 | Serra High School (SD) | 15:04.00 | 3 | |||
| 4 | Jacob Stanford | 11 | La Costa Canyon (SD) | 15:11.00 | 4 | |||
| 5 | Garrett Stanford | 11 | La Costa Canyon (SD) | 15:11.00 | 5 | |||
| 6 | Rory Abberton | 12 | West Torrance (SS) | 15:21.00 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Finn Waters | 12 | Cathedral Catholic (SD) | 15:23.00 | 7 | |||
| 8 | Sean Byrne | 12 | Santa Margarita Catholic High (SS) | 15:24.00 | 8 | |||
| 9 | Nate Lantz | 11 | Palos Verdes High (SS) | 15:26.00 | 9 | |||
| 10 | Eduardo De Paz | 10 | Baldwin Park High School (SS) | 15:28.00 | 10 | |||