By STEVE GALLUZZO | Sports Editor
In a huge meet involving numerous City Section schools, the pressure was on the Palisades High boys and girls cross country teams to perform well at the annual Woodbridge Classic at Silverlakes Sports Park in Norco.
Leading the way for the boys was senior Brent Smith, who was seventh in the varsity boys Blue B (Division 1) race in a time of 15:21.2. Alec Stewart was one spot behind in 15:27.6 and Mason Cadden was 12th in 15:33.5. Rounding out the Dolphins’ lineup were Luca Tagliati (15:56.8), Hunter Steinman (16:22.6), Pablo Sandoval Rivas (16:49.3) and Brent Bailey (18:03.8). Palisades was fourth overall.
In the varsity boys Blue A race, Mark Barboza clocked 17:00.1, Joseph Pollack ran the three-mile course in 17:00.5, followed by Emmett Kallmeyer (17:47.2), Ryan Breitman (18:07.4), Scott Tobias (18:08.8) and Kevin Dominguez (20:07.5).
In the varsity girls Rated race, sophomore Miranda Schriver was 10th in 17:25.2 to lead the Dolphins. Sarah Bentley clocked 18:04.5, Brittany Darrow finished in 18:27.5, Jessica Bierschenk ran the three miles in 19:08.1, Skylar Smith ran it in 19:38.6, Sophia Klotz finished in 19:40.6 and Casandra Hernandez clocked 19:53.6 as the Dolphins took 11th place—five spots behind reigning City champion Granada Hills.
In the varsity girls Blue B (Division 1) race, Elisa Kim led Palisades in 20:21.2, followed by Holland Mueller (20:50.2), Grace Dean (22:12.5), Alicia Sigworth (22:19.8), Maya Datwyler (22:42.7), Rebekah Shane (24:50.2) and Natalie Schoemann (24:50.4).
In the sophomore Blue race Palisades was third among City teams behind El Camino Real and Granada Hills.
Phillip Venkov paced the Dolphins in 17:55.0, followed by Ivan Palma-Gomez (18:00.5), William Hamm (19:09.6), Noah Campbell (19:15.7), Ian Pavoni (20:08.0), Etai Abukasis (20:35.1), Rameza Yaghtin-Mirshek (22:20.2), Jared Cristall (23:27.0), Kian Darvish (25:07.0), Allen Schultz (25:29.0).
In the sophomore girls Blue race, Scarlett Klein clocked 21:57.3, followed by Tierney Smith (22:57.9), Ashlee Mailander (23:34.6), Natasha Mueller (24:32.9), Molly Tenenbaum (24:54.5), Skylar Rudolph (27:00.6), Aliyah Walker (27:27.7) and Alyssa Dean (28:54.6)
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