Sea Kings earn title at Sunny Hills

Kevin Artz and sophomores Kenneth Wong and Jack Turner finished 1-2-3

to help lead the Corona del Mar High boys cross country squad to a

Division II team title in the Sunny Hills Invitational Saturday.

Artz, a senior, led the way with his individual championship,

finishing in 16:15, while Wong followed in 16:49 and Turner came

across in 17:27.

Brandon Borcoman (17:28) and Ryan Guthrie (17:29), finished seventh and eighth, respectively, and Garrett Prechel came in 10th

(17:40). J.C. Turner completed the Sea Kings’ impressive performance,

finishing 11th in 17:46.

“I’m more impressed than I expected to be,” CdM Coach Bill Sumner

said. “They finished close to each other, so I hope they continue to

drive each other forward.”

Chiboucas sets record

* SAGE HILL: The Lightning boys cross country record was twice

broken Saturday at the Woodbridge Invitational. Sophomore Zach Chandy

set the record with a 17:04 in the morning while senior teammate

Chris Chiboucas ran 17:03 in the afternoon. Chandy placed 16th in the

boys sophomore boys race -- which featured about 200 runners -- Sage

Hill Coach Nate Miller said. Chiboucas finished 23rd in the senior

boys division.

Mollie McGann placed 20th (21:23) in the frosh-soph girls race of

200 runners followed by Erica Faris (22:22), good for 41st.

Tim Lefler ran in 17:37 to finish 33rd in the sophomore boys

division while Tristan Cordier finished in 17:55 to place 60th in the

junior boys division.

Sage Hill returns to action Saturday at the Dana Hills

Invitational before its first Academy League meet Sept. 30 against

Capistrano Valley Christian.

Sailors 4th at invite

* NEWPORT HARBOR: Kenny Rakestraw led the Newport Harbor High boys

cross country team to a fourth-place finish among sophomores, which

included 20 teams, at the Woodbridge Invitational Saturday.

Rakestraw finished second in 16:23, a personal record by almost

more than 30 seconds faster than he finished last week. Junior Nick

St. Andre finished 13th among juniors, coming in at 16:26, while

senior Martin Bernard was 24th in his class, finishing in 16:59.

Sophomore Robert Khoury achieved a personal record, coming in 29th

in 17:36. Senior Michael Donald and sophomore Adam Mayfield both

recorded a time of 17:39. It was Mayfield’s personal record, nearly

90 seconds better than his previous best completed last year.

“I was pretty pleased,” Newport Coach Nowell Kay said. “Our top 10

guys ran their fastest times ever so we are going in the right

direction. We are way ahead of schedule from last year, which is very

encouraging. We just have to get a few guys healthy and we’ll be very

competitive.”

Two of Newport’s top runners, senior Nick Miller and sophomore Wes

Urtusuastegui, did not compete Saturday because of minor injuries,

but they should be ready for action next week, Kay said.