Hamilton cross country, one of the teams pictured here at a past Mt. Sac Relays event, traveled to Julian to participate in the Citrus League cluster meet Thursday, Sept. 22. Valley News/Runnerspace photo
Hamilton High School is in the CIF Southern Section’s Arrowhead League for cross country, but the Bobcats made a trip down State Route 79 to Julian to participate in the Citrus League cluster meet Thursday, Sept. 22, and had the first two girls’ finishers.Both the boys and the girls ran on a 5,000-meter (3.1-mile) course at Cuyamaca State Park. Hamilton senior Stephanie Martinez-Anaya won the girls race with a time of 28:00 while Bobcats senior Jay Rodriguez had the second-place time of 28:51. The third-place finisher, Julian sophomore Rylee Bennin, completed the course in 30:17.Cross country team scores add the positions of a school’s top five finishers; the sixth and seventh runners are not scored but can add points to other team totals. A minimum of five runners is require
