At Heartwell Park on Saturday, over 450 LBUSD Middle School-ers ran the 2-mile course in the 4th Annual City Cross Country Championships—and we’ve got results and photos! For more of Long Beach’s great middle school athletes, be sure to check out our coverage of the Century Club’s Middle School Athletics Banquet on Tuesday night.
First, for the team results: Hughes swept the girls’ team titles in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, and DeMille posted huge wins in the 6th and 7th grade boys’ races. Rogers took the 8th grade race. The Division 1 overall title went to DeMille on the strength of those boys’ races (they also took second in the 6th and 7th grade girls’ races)—Hughes was just two points back. The Division 2 title went to Lindsey, followed by Monroe just one point back.
Two students from Monroe, Kristyn Nold and Miguel Bautista set new course records—Nold beating the all-time course record for girls while winning the 8th grade individual title, and Bautista (a seventh grader) shattering the all-time course record by running two miles in 10:28. The old record was 10:49, held by Rory Baerga of Rogers.
Check out the great photos and results below—thanks to Jim Lineberger for putting this all together for us and making sure these great athletes get the recognition they deserve. For a full list of results click this link.
Boys’ And Girls’ Overall Champions
DeMille, with their narrow two point victory
Lindsey, with the even narrower one-point win!
Sixth Grade Girls’ And Boys’ Individual And Team Winners
Top 6th Grade Girls (R-L): Marissa McCullough (winning time: 13:41/Hughes), Jaime Monaco (Hughes), Jacqueline Nava (Marshall), Kirisina Holbrook (Rogers), Savannah Christensen (Stanford), Montserra Gorostieta (DeMille)
6th Grade Team Results: 1) Hughes, 2) DeMille, 3) Rogers, 4) Monroe, 5) Marshall, 6) Robinson, 7) Franklin
Top 6th Grade Boys (R-L): Francisco Garcia (winning time: 12:22/Jefferson), Edward Lee (Newcomb), William Duran (DeMille), Brandon Hicks (Hoover), Eric Ortiz (DeMille), Luis Dominguez (Lindsey)
6th Grade Boys Team Results: 1) DeMille, 2) Marshall, 3) Monroe, 4) Hughes, 5) Lindsey, 6) Newcomb, 7) Jefferson, 8) Washington
Seventh Grade Girls’ And Boys’ Individual And Team Winners
Top 7th Grade Girls (R-L): Jessica Gonzales (winning time: 12:49/Hughes), Kathleen Carmona (Monroe), Jocelyn Dominguez (Lindsey), Sarahi Garcia (Hughes), Claire Oates (Stanford), Estefany Laguna (Lindsey)
7th Grade Team Results: 1) Hughes, 2) DeMille, 3) Rogers, 4) Monroe, 5) Lindsey, 6) Washington
Top 7th Grade Boys (R-L): Miguel Bautista (Winning time: 10:28/Monroe….new All-Time Course Record!), Jovani Gamboa (Tincher), Christian Vasquez (Tincher), Rodrigo Catellanos (Rogers), Jose Lopez (Bancroft), Ruben Lomas (DeMille)
7th Grade Boys Team Results: 1) DeMille, 2) Hughes & Lindsey, 4) Marshall, 5) Monroe, 6) Bancroft, 7) Hoover, 8) Robinson, 9) Washington
Eighth Grade Girls’ And Boys’ Individual And Team Winners
Top 8th Grade Girls (R-L): Kirstyn Nold (Winning time: 12:02/Monroe….new All-Time Course Record!), Chloe Van Grootheest (Stanford), Sierra Skelly (Stanford), Julia Welsh (Hughes), Monique Mongeau (Rogers), Tess Van Grootheest (Stanford)
8th Grade Girls Team Results: 1) Hughes, 2) Stanford, 3) DeMille, 4) Bancroft, 5) Monroe, 6) Lindsey, 7) Washington
Top 8th Grade Boys (R-L): Joe Burke (Winning time: 11:10/Stanford), Max Lindberg (Rogers), Tim Adler (Monroe), Jacob Orozco (Bancroft), Stewart Cabello (Rogers), Chris Solorzano (Hoover)
8th Grade Boys Team Results: 1) Rogers, 2) Lindsey, 3) Bancroft, 4) DeMille, 5) Hoover, 6) Hughes, 7) Marshall, 8) Monroe, 9) Tincher, 10) Newcomb, 11) Robinson
New Record Holders!
Monroe’s Kirstyn Nold set a new All-time Course Record in winning the 8th grade Girls’ Division…..while team mate Miguel Bautista shattered both the 7th grade & All-Time Course Record for the Boys’ with a stunning 10:28 winning time!