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Righetti's Naylea Calderon leads Orcutt Academy's Izzy Wasserman on the way to a second-place finish in the girls varsity race at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships on Oct. 30. Both runners competed at the State meet on Saturday at Woodward Park in Fresno.
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Santa Maria's Yair Torres, center, battles eventual winner Jackson Ballantine, of Santa Barbara, left, and San Marcos' Jacob Snodgrass, right, in the boys varsity race at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships last month. Torres is the lone runner representing Santa Maria High at Saturday's CIF State Championships.
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Haylea Calderon shakes hands with Casey Brooks, right, after she and Righetti's girls varsity team won the team championship at the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships on Wednesday at River Park in Lompoc.
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Boys start the varsity race Wednesday at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Girls start the varsity race Wednesday at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Cate School's Anna DiSorbo looks back at her competitors on her way to win the varsity race Wednesday at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Jackson Ballantine, of Santa Barbara, sprints to the finish line to win the boys varsity race Wednesday at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Santa Maria's boys varsity team poses with their plaque for winning the team championship at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Junior varsity boys run in the varsity race Wednesday at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Cate School's Anna DiSorbo runs past Kiwanis Lakeat River Park in Lompoc on her way to win the varsity race Wednesday during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Santa Maria's Yair Torres leads San Marcos' Will Snyder, left, in the boys varsity race at River Park in Lompoc, finishing second during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships on Oct. 30. On Saturday, Torres finished 35th in the CIF Central Section Division 2 State meet at Woodward Park in Fresno.
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Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Cabrillo's Kaden Jones runs in the varsity race Wednesday at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Lompoc's Mallory Branum runs in the girls varsity race last month at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Righetti's Naylea Calderon finishes second in the girls varsity race at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Righetti's Marait Moreno Gutierrez finishes the girls varsity race Wednesday at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Girls varsity race Wednesday at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Boys varsity race Wednesday at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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Righetti's girls varsity team poses with their plaque for winning the team championship at River Park in Lompoc during the Santa Barbara County Cross Country Championships.
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All that good, hard work paid off. Nipomo's girls cross country team ran to the CIF Central Section Division 4 championship at Woodward Park Thursday, outscoring second-place Oakhurst Yosemite 60-78.
Coming off its run to the CIF Central Section Division 4 championship, the next stop for the Nipomo girls cross country team will be the CIF State Cross Country Championships in Fresno Saturday.