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Updated: April 20, 2026 @ 7:45 pm
The Menlo School girls’ cross-country team Sunday realized the program’s first-ever Central Coast Section championship.
The Division IV team title headlined a banner day for San Mateo County runners at the CCS cross-country championships at Toro Park in Salinas.
County girls also claimed two individual gold medals. Carlmont junior Kaimei Gescuk took first place in the Division I race with a time of 18 minutes, 19.6 seconds, leading Carlmont to a second-place team finish and a berth in the state championships. In the Division III race, Mills senior Tessa Chen took first in 19:41.1, finishing ahead of El Camino freshman Noelle Diep’s second-place time of 19:51.2.
Menlo’s historic performance in the Division IV race was led by its junior tandem of Charlotte Tomkinson and Kyra Pretre. Tomkinson took sixth with a 19:16.1, ahead of Pretre’s seventh-place time of 19:25.9. Sophomore Marisa Castagna took 20th in 20:45.2; freshman Sophia Gallo took 21st in 20:49.9; sophomore Stella El-Fishawy took 27th in 21:18.3; sophomore Maddie Sanders took 31st in 21:45.1; and junior Katie Aufricht took 33rd in 21:55.1.
Half Moon Bay junior Kendall Mansikhani topped all county runners in the Division IV race with a fifth-place finish in 19:07.5.
In Division V, Nueva School junior Hanna Zarrinnegar took second place in 19:46.7, leading Nueva to a second-place team placement and a berth in the state championships.
In the Division V boys’ race, Nueva senior Caleb Dittmar took gold with a time of 16:41.8. Crystal Springs earned the Division V team championship for the fifth straight year, paced by senior Aiden Duncanson’s third-place time of 17:15.8 and junior Jake Symonds’ fourth-place time of 17:17.6.
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