Irvine senior Summer Wilson set a record in the CIF State Cross Country Championships on Saturday, and Dana Hills’ Oliver Hunter continued the school’s tradition of winning state titles.
Wilson finished in a time of 16 minutes, 20 seconds as she won the Division 2 race at Woodward Park in Fresno. She set a new course record for girls at the state meet.
Wilson broke the record of 16:31 set by Claudia Lane of Malibu in 2017.
Wilson, who last week won a CIF Southern Section championship, signed with Duke.
Hunter gave the Dana Hills boys five consecutive wins at the state championships. The Dana Hills senior won the Division III race with in 14:55.3.
Former Dolphins standouts Evan Noonan (three titles, 2022, 2023, 2024) and Jai Dawson (one title, 2021) began the streak.
JSerra boys won and girls won team championships Saturday.
The JSerra girls won a state championship for the fifth year in a row with their victory in Division 4. JSerra is only the third school to win five straight CIF State cross country titles.
Freshman Maya Pawlowicz was the first runner for the Lions to cross the finish line. She finished in seventh place.
The JSerra boys won the Division 4 title. The Lions finished second in Division 4 last year.
El Toro’s girls won the Division 3 team championship. The Chargers were state Division 2 champions last year.
Santa Margarita junior Carol Dye finished third in Division 3 at 17:22.2
In the Division 1 boys team standings, San Clemente was second to Redondo Union and Beckman was fourth.
Woodbridge junior Aidan Antonio finished third in the Division 2 race at 14:50.1 to lead Woodbridge to a second-place team finish. Jesuit was first.
Trabuco Hills senior Millie Bayles was third in the Division 1 race at 17:00.3 to lead the Mustangs to third place in the Division 1 team standings.
