Runners battles for the lead during the CIF Southern Section Division 2 girls cross country championships at Riverside Cross Country Course in Riverside Saturday, November 17, 2018. Photo by FRANK BELLINO, Contributing Photographer.
The Palos Verdes girls cross country team finished second in the Division III race at the CIF State Championships on Saturday at Woodwark Park in Fresno.
PV finished with 133 points with Vista Del Lago topping the field with 125.
The Sea Kings, who won the CIF Southern Section title last week, was led by Savannah Scriven (18:31.6) and Samantha Steman (18:34.8). Those times were good for fifth and sixth-place, respectively .
South Torrance finished 10th in the team standings and West was 15th, led by Megan Gonzalez's 11th-place finish.
In the Division III boys race, West Torrance finished in third place and Palos Verdes was fifth.
The Warriors had three runners (Jake Parker, Nehme Awad and Joshua Murray) finish with times inside the Top 20 scoring order.
PV's Nathan Lantz finished 14th overall (15:53.3).
In Division I, Mira Costa, led by freshman Dalia Frias scored a third-place finished. Frias finished eighth overall (17:53.3). The Mira Costa boys team was 11th.
Also, El Segundo girls posted a third-place finish in the team standings in the Division IV race.
Senior Nicolette Fulcomer and James Matloz recorded the 17th and 18th-best scoring times, finishing in 24th and 25th-place, respectively, to lead the Eagles.
Chadwick girls finished 13th in Division IV.
Peninsula's Ewan MacFarlane was 30th in the Division II race with a time of 15:49.