The Palisades High cross country team has won each of its first two Western League meets and Head Coach Ron Brumel expects the Dolphins to keep winning. Against University, top girls’ runner Kristabel Doebel-Hickok jogged most of the way and won easily in 19:41 over the 2.9-mile course at Pierce College. The Dolphins took five of the top six places in both the boys and girls races to win by scores of 16-43. Last week against Venice, the Dolphins boys won 19 to 41 and the girls won 19 to 63. Doebel-Hickok did not run against Venice. Teammate Angela Perry Spahn won in 20:52. Freshman Sarah Shores was third in the Venice meet in 22:05. Sophomore Nicole Washington ran the course in 23:20, sophomore Cecilia McGaughran finished in 23:32, junior Etna Tiburcio clocked a 23:43 and senior Unique Shanklin was one second behind in 23:33. For the boys, Jann Stavro leads the way and fellow senior Jeff Boone has run under 18 minutes in every meet this year. Freshman David Hafford won the frosh/soph boys race against Venice in 19:11’a personal best by 38 seconds. Also showing promise is another freshman, Carlos Bustamante, who was eighth overall in the varsity race in 18:23. Doebel-Hickok, Stavro and Jason Kil will likely be held out of today’s meet against Hamilton. Girls Tennis The Palisades High girls tennis team continues to romp through Western League play without being challenged. The Dolphins shut out Fairfax 7-0 on Monday, with Katy Nikolova and Audrey Ashraf each winning their singles sets by 8-0 scores. Alex Kling and Yasmin Ghiasi won by the same score at No. 3 doubles for the Dolphins, who travel to Venice for a match today at 2:30 p.m. Girls Volleyball The Dolphins remained unbeaten in Western League matches with a three-game sweep over Hamilton on Monday. Palisades hosts University today at 3:30 p.m.
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