The Dos Pueblos girls cross country team and Charger sensation Sergey Sushchikh tamed the hills of Ventura’s Arroyo Verde Park to win titles at the second Channel League meet on Thursday.
Sushchikh shattered the course record, winning the 3-mile race in 15 minutes, 33 seconds. The old record was 15:50.
“The crazy thing is that he didn’t even look like he was struggling or breaking a sweat, a sign of his incredible conditioning,” said DP coach Leslie Roth.
The DP girls put together a strong performance and got a solid race from Caylee Daniel to win the team competition. The Chargers scored 42 points, beating Buena (49), San Marcos (61), Ventura (66) and Santa Barbara (131).
DP finished second to Ventura in the first league meet.
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“The girls really came together as a team today, they ran smart and executed when they saw the opportunity,” an excited Roth said. “Our best performance — and definitely the best of her career — was from Caylee Daniel, who ran like a beast and finished in eighth place.”
Daniel ran 21:01.02.
“To put her race in perspective, she finished in 19th place at the first league meet and was 1:30 faster than last year on the same course,” said Roth.
DP’s top finisher was Erin Campbell in third in 20:22, which was a minute faster than her time last year.
Sophie Pollack took fourth in 20:40 (30 seconds faster than last year), Sarah Jamieson was 12th (21:25; 1:30 faster than last year) and Miya McHugh 15th (21:33). DP showed its depth as sixth and seventh runners, Lara Schwalenberg (21st, 21:48) and Cheryl Wilson (23rd, 21:49) finished in the top 25.
“Needless to say, it feels great to be back on top,” said Roth.
Ventura sophomore Hannah Kirkegaard won for the second time, clocking in at 19:24.19.
Kateyln Rheinschild was San Marcos’ top finisher, taking fifth in 20:51.14. Kaitlyn Kuehn was 10th (21:02.08) and Rocio Pacheco 11th (21:19.94).
“We are still in line to make it to CIF, if we just keep working hard and hold off Ventura and Buena,” said San Marcos coach Lawrence Stehmeier.
The Royals are tied for second in the standings with Ventura at 5-3 and Buena is 4-4.
For Santa Barbara, Kelley Drechsler was the team’s top finisher in 18th place in 21:40. Mia Owens (20th, in 21:46) ran a personal best, said Dons’ coach Olivia Perdices.
Sushchikh finished 22 seconds ahead of Santa Barbara’s Briggs Deardoff, who ran 15:55.26.
“That’s a great race for him, it was 50 seconds off his previous best on that course,” Perdices said. “It took a course record to beat him today.”
Deardorff held off Ventura’s Doug Petrie (15:59.55) and Easton Tackett (16:06.84) in the late stages of the races.
“Those guys have nipped him the last couple of races. It was big to hold those guys off,” said Perdices.
She also lauded sophomore James Scheuermann, who placed 14th in 17:19.71.
“That was a huge performance from James. It’s the best he’s ever finished in a league meet,” said Perdices.
For DP, Bryan Fernandez finished sixth (16:22), one minute faster than last year. Max Davis was eighth in 16:32, Alfred Scott ninth in 16:33 and Ben York 13th in 17:09. Jacob Bartholomew was 17th and Dylan Zukin 20th.
“Despite their close knit pack and top 20 finishes, the boys couldn’t overcome Ventura,” said Roth.
The Cougars scored 29 points and are on top of the league with a record of 8-0. Dos Pueblos took second with 37 points (record 6-2), followed by Buena 84 (4-4) Santa Barbara 93 (2-6) and San Marcos 131 (0-8).
San Marcos coach Lawrence Stehmeier said all seven of his runners ran a course best. Jake Elliott was the Royals’ best finisher in 21st place in 17:40.26. Freshman Ryan Elliott had a personal record of 17:56.37.
“As a coach I am thrilled that they all went out and put everything that they had on the course,” said Stehmeier.
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Channel League Meet No. 2
Arroyo Verde Park
Boys 3 Mile Run CC Varsity
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Sushchikh, Sergey SR Dphs 15:33.30 1
2 Deardorff, Briggs 12 SB Dons 15:55.26 2
3 Petree, Douglas SR Ventura High School 15:59.55 3
4 Tackett, Easton SR Ventura High School 16:06.84 4
5 Salmonsen, Kyle SR Ventura High School 16:19.72 5
6 Fernandez, Bryan SO Dphs 16:22.43 6
7 Herrea, Edwin JR Ventura High School 16:25.14 7
8 Davis, Maxwell SO Dphs 16:32.76 8
9 Scott, Alfred SR Dphs 16:33.86 9
10 Baker, Garrett SR Ventura High School 16:36.29 10
11 Martinez, Alex SR Buena High School 16:40.05 11
12 Roberts, Ian JR Ventura High School 16:56.66 12
13 York, Benjamin SO Dphs 17:09.54 13
14 Scheuermann, James 10 SB Dons 17:19.71 14
15 Parsons, Daniel JR Buena High School 17:21.84 15
16 Sears, Alec SR Buena High School 17:22.35 16
17 Bartholomew, Jacob SR Dphs 17:26.27 17
18 Taylor, Nathaniel 12 SB Dons 17:27.76 18
19 Montes, Martin SO Buena High School 17:28.89 19
20 Zukin, Dylan JR Dphs 17:31.80 20
21 Elliot, Jake SR San Marcos 17:40.26 21
22 Giammichele, Kieran JR Ventura High School 17:41.71 22
23 Linton, Paydyn JR Buena High School 17:43.23 23
24 Randall, True SR Buena High School 17:44.98 24
25 David, Philip SR San Marcos 17:46.39 25
26 Lux, Jared 10 SB Dons 17:48.27 26
27 Wright, Isaac JR San Marcos 17:54.08 27
28 Sorensen, Ryan FR San Marcos 17:56.37 28
29 Eads, Charlie SR Buena High School 18:04.05 29
30 Rutten, Helek SR San Marcos 18:08.19 30
31 Funk, Parker SR San Marcos 18:15.65 31
32 Solorzano, Joaquin SR San Marcos 18:40.10 32
33 Woods, Eric 10 SB Dons 18:46.12 33
34 Rios, Victor 12 SB Dons 20:37.02 34
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Ventura High School 29 3 4 5 7 10 12 22
Total Time: 1:21:27.54
Average: 16:17.51
2 Dos Pueblos High School 37 1 6 8 9 13 17 20
Total Time: 1:22:11.89
Average: 16:26.38
3 Buena High School 84 11 15 16 19 23 24 29
Total Time: 1:26:36.36
Average: 17:19.28
4 Santa Barbara High School 93 2 14 18 26 33 34
Total Time: 1:27:17.12
Average: 17:27.43
5 San Marcos 131 21 25 27 28 30 31 32
Total Time: 1:29:25.29
Average: 17:53.06
Girls 3 Mile Run CC Varsity
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Kirkegaard, Hannah SO Ventura High School 19:24.19 1
2 Shah, Aliya SO Buena High School 20:01.86 2
3 Campbell, Erin SR Dphs 20:22.40 3
4 Pollack, Sophie SR Dphs 20:39.74 4
5 Rheinschild, Katelyn SR San Marcos 20:51.14 5
6 Shelton, Paige FR Ventura High School 20:52.31 6
7 Uchuion, Sherry SR Buena High School 20:58.32 7
8 Daniel, Caylee SR Dphs 21:01.02 8
9 Kenney, Shannon SO Buena High School 21:01.35 9
10 Kuehn, Kaitlyn SO San Marcos 21:02.08 10
11 Pacheco, Rocio SO San Marcos 21:19.94 11
12 Jamieson, Sarah JR Dphs 21:24.81 12
13 Collazo, Bianca SO Ventura High School 21:26.70 13
14 Hosch, Katie FR Buena High School 21:27.21 14
15 McHugh, Mariah SR Dphs 21:33.46 15
16 Fisher, Jewel FR San Marcos 21:35.54 16
17 Jalaty, Jessica SR Buena High School 21:36.04 17
18 Drechsler, Kelley 11 SB Dons 21:40.52 18
19 Thwing, Annie JR San Marcos 21:44.76 19
20 Owens, Mia 11 SB Dons 21:46.16 20
21 Schwalenberg, Lara SR Dphs 21:49.30 21
22 Hooke, Emily SO Ventura High School 21:49.77 22
23 Wilson, Cheryl JR Dphs 21:50.31 23
24 Kearney, Megan FR Ventura High School 21:52.66 24
25 Roman, Iulia JR San Marcos 22:03.35 25
26 Gomez, Amanda JR Buena High School 22:18.83 26
27 Simes, Adrienne SR San Marcos 22:35.88 27
28 Lucas, Jessica SR Ventura High School 22:54.70 28
29 Goodnature, Sabrina JR Buena High School 23:10.82 29
30 Cusimano, Olivia 12 SB Dons 24:02.58 30
31 Wolf, Lauren 9 SB Dons 24:20.46 31
32 Upton, Ellen 9 SB Dons 25:13.41 32
33 Dall, Emily 12 SB Dons 27:10.31 33
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Dos Pueblos High School 42 3 4 8 12 15 21 23
Total Time: 1:45:01.43
Average: 21:00.29
2 Buena High School 49 2 7 9 14 17 26 29
Total Time: 1:45:04.78
Average: 21:00.96
3 San Marcos 61 5 10 11 16 19 25 27
Total Time: 1:46:33.46
Average: 21:18.70
4 Ventura High School 66 1 6 13 22 24 28
Total Time: 1:45:25.63
Average: 21:05.13
5 Santa Barbara High School 131 18 20 30 31 32 33
Total Time: 1:57:03.13
Average: 23:24.63
