LJ xc: Girls win at SD Mesa Invite, boys 3rd

La Jolla sophomore Kyra Fisk makes her way

early in the Mt. Carmel/ASICS

Invitational Sept. 18.

(Photos by Ed Piper)

By Ed Piper

La Jolla's girls cross country team took first place at the San Diego Mesa College Invitational Fri., Sept. 30, over a course at NTC Park, Liberty Station.

Sophomores Kyra Fisk, Daphne Mayer, and Abigail Plezia ran 1-3-6 to dominate the finishers as the Vikings racked up 31 team points to out-distance second-place Francis Parker by 27 points. Their team scores were La Jolla 31, Francis Parker 58.

The Viking boys didn't show themselves to be too shabby, either, landing in third place with 101 points behind Francis Parker (28) and St. Augustine (57).

Junior Isaac Chu ran a time of 17:13.73 over the 5,000-meter (three-mile) course to finish sixth among 101 finishers. Ronald Way, a senior, took 10th place with 17:34.25.

Fellow sophomore  Daphne Mayer (left)

shown in action at the Mt. Carmel/ASICS

event.

Fisk led the way, clocked in 20:01.53. Mayer, who has continued to put up stellar times, finished in 21:09.76. Plezia's time was 21:37.20.

Also scoring for the Viking girls were senior Sasha Backus, 10th place in 22:09.18, and freshman Chloe Lund, 13th in 22:14.95.