Season recap: Solid all season, Nico Young enjoyed a postseason for the ages, even as part of it was disrupted by the Woolsey fire.
Young won the CIF Southern Section’s Division 2 individual title just days after most of his teammates were evacuated from their homes due to the quick-spreading wildfire. He set a Riverside City Course 3-mile course record with a time of 14 minutes, 24.2 seconds while leading Newbury Park to its first boys team championship.
He wasn’t done. The following week, he won the 5-kilometer Division II race at the CIF State Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno in 14:59 while again leading the Panthers to a championship, this time at the state level.
Newbury Park performed so well, in fact, it earned a berth into the Nike Cross Nationals meet in Portland, where Young again impressed with a fourth-place overall finish in 15:04.7.
Jackson Adelman, St. Margaret’s, So.
Cy Chittenden, Mira Costa, Sr.
Ethan Danforth, Canyon (Canyon Country), Sr.
Carrick Denker, Dana Hills, Jr.
William Frankenfeld, Long Beach Poly, Sr.
Simon Fuller, Dana Hills, Sr.
Cole Gamble, Mira Costa, Sr.
Alexis Garcia, Newport Harbor, Sr.
Dylan Gatua, West Ranch, So.
Cameron Hylton, Great Oak, Sr.
Mateo Joseph, Great Oak, So.
Ben McKenna, Aliso Niguel, Jr.
Lorenzo Orozco, Valley View, Sr.
Hunter Romine, West Ranch, Jr.
Ethan Ronk, Newbury Park, Sr.
Ryan Shields, Great Oak, Sr.
Ryan Smithers, Laguna Beach, Sr.
Tyler Tickner, Great Oak, Sr.
Josh O’Neill, Trabuco Hills, Sr.
Manan Vats, Crescenta Valley, Sr.
Chris Verdugo, Great Oak, Jr.
Dylan Wilbur, Crescenta Valley, Jr.
John Worthy, Great Oak, So.