Oliver Hunter of Dana Hills wins Division 3 state cross-country title
On a cool Saturday morning at Woodward Park in Fresno, Dana Hills’ Oliver Hunter became his school’s fifth consecutive cross country champion by winning the Division 3 championship with a time of 14 minutes, 55.3 seconds.
“He trusted the process. He was all smiles,” coach Craig Dunn said.
Evan Noonan won three titles and Jai Dawson the other. Hunter was a little worried at the start of the season about being pushed and being in shape, but Dunn told him over and over again, “Trust the process,” and he was ready to do his best after winning the Southern Section Division 3 championship last week.
In Division 1 boys, Redondo Union won the team title and Clovis North’s Conor Lott held off King’s Maximo Zavaleta to win the individual title. Lott ran 14:43.2 and Zavaleta finished in 14:49.7. In the Division 1 girls race, Jaelyn Williams of San Diego Eastlake won in 16:28.1.
Irvine’s Summer Wilson won the Division 2 girls’ title in a record time of 16:20. Aelo Curtis of Ventura was second in 16:35.6. Sacramento Jesuit won its 11th boys title.
El Toro won the Division 3 girls title. Carol Dye of Santa Margarita placed third in 17:22.2.
JSerra won the Division 4 boys and girls titles. Vin Krueger of Oaks Christian was third in 15:10.5 for the boys.
In the Division 5 boys’ race, Viewpoint’s Olly O’Connor took the title in 14:52.7.
