On Oct. 11, Monte Vista Christian School senior Kylie Brunelli finished first out of 168 runners in the Medium Blue race at the 45th annual Asics Clovis Invitational at Woodward Park in Fresno.
Brunelli ran the 5,000-meter course in 18:56.4 — a personal record.
She improved her time at the CIF State Championship last season by 1:02.
Mustangs coach Erik Beckmen said she’s having a dream season, crediting the hard work she put in after the last cross country season with this year’s results.
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Evie Marheineke
Santa Cruz speedster Evie Marheineke, a senior at Archbishop Mitty in San Jose, has verbally committed to compete in cross country and track at UCLA.
On Oct. 23, her mom Marie reported: “We just had her official visit last weekend. We literally had to race from her race to the airport and jetset to LA! So exciting!”
Alessia Carbone
On Oct. 17, Archbishop Mitty competed in the West Catholic Athletic League #2 meet at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale where Evie finished first in the 5k in 18:24.
Teammate Alessia Carbone, a junior who lives in Scotts Valley, placed 20th with a time of 20:54 — a personal best.
Next up is the WCAL championships at Crystal Springs in Belmont on Nov. 6.
TOP PHOTO: Kylie Brunelli of Aptos makes other runners chase her.