Brea Olinda’s Austin Tamagno prepared for next week’s Orange County Championships by finishing second in the sweepstakes race at the Clovis Invitational Saturday at Woodward Park in Fresno.
After a first mile that saw Tamagno and Dana Hills’ Jake Ogden among the lead pack at the mile marker, Tamagno and Stockdale standout Blake Haney put some distance between themselves and the lead pack at the two mile mark and were nearly stride for stride.
Haney managed to move out in the final mile and won in a time of 15:02. Tamagno was second in a time of 15:07, with Arcadia’s Phillip Rocha coming third in a time of 15:13.
Tamagno’s time of 15:07 was the fastest of the day among all county runners and the third fastest ever by a sophomore on the Woodward Park course.
Ogden (15:27) and teammate Gavin Diem (15:32) finished ninth and 10th respectively to pace Dana Hills (170 points) to a third place team finish.
Brea Olinda placed all five scoring runners in the top 70 and was fourth with 175 points.
Fountain Valley (306) was ninth in the race.
In the girls’ sweepstakes race, Simi Valley star Sarah Baxter finished first in a time of 17:00.
With Baxter leading the way, Simi Valley had five runners score in the top 20 and won the team competition.
Capistrano Valley had five runners score in the top 60 and placed fifth overall with 185 points.
Edison (351) was 13th, with Fountain Valley (392) was 16th.
Chargers junior Julia Sienski (18:21) had the fastest individual time among all county runners.
El Dorado’s Cassidy Towner (18:30) had the county’s second best time and finished second in the Division 2 race.
Crean Lutheran’s Lauren Maurer (18:39) was third among county runners and placed second in the Division 4 race.
