It was a first place overall finish for the Oakdale varsity cross country boys on Saturday, Nov. 7 as the captured the Division 3 title at the CIF Sac-Joaquin Sub-Section meet hosted at Frogtown, the Calaveras County Fairgrounds.

The three-mile D3 race featured 190 runners.

Individual Results: Weston McGhee, 16:24, 3rd place; Quinn Baca, 16:50, 8th; Trevor Powell, 16:54, 10th; Ezekiel Perez, 17:09, 19th; Coltyn Renault, 17:59, 46th; David Benning, 18:06, 53rd; Brayden Silva, 18:23, 61st place.

“We were not a full strength on the varsity boys side as we held out our number three and number five runners because of minor injuries,” head coach Guy Fowler said. “Our younger boys stepped up to fill the void.”

Along with the varsity boys taking top honors, the varsity girls were fourth overall in their Division 3 race, which featured 130 runners.

Individual Results: Addison Wylie, 19:51, 8th place; Kylie Fast, 20:12, 11th; Taylor Reams, 20:19, 19th; Tenley Wylie, 20:23, 20th; Elise McGhee, 21:58, 35th; Kinsley Alves, 22:48, 49th; Zeidy Cornejo, 23:37, 57th place.

“All we had to do is finish in the top 10 as a team to qualify for the section finals and we did that today. We, as most teams did, did not run all out; it was about conserving for the section finals,” noted Fowler. “The next meet we need to finish in the top three to qualify for state and both teams have a shot at it. It is going to be exciting.”

That race, the CIF-SJS finals will be hosted in Folsom on Saturday, Nov. 14.