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Legionnaires 11th among Division V girls at CIF cross country meet

Bonsall High School was able to field five girls for the CIF San Diego Section cross country meet Nov. 18 at Morley Field in San Diego, and the Legionnaires finished 11th among the 15 Division V schools which had the minimum five runners for a team score.

The Legionnaires had a team score of 301 points based on the finishing positions of the school's five runners. Liberty Charter placed tenth with 285 points. High Tech High North County had 322 points for 12th place.

"I'm just happy," said Bonsall coach Al Greene. "They were fantastic. I'm so proud of these kids."

Bonsall's first finisher, sophomore Abigayle Ford, placed 48th overall with a time of 23:33.1 on the 2.96-mile course. Her twin sister, sophomore Isabella Ford, had a time of 23:33.2 for 49th place. Bonsall's other three runners were all juniors: Sara LaRussa had the 62nd-place time of 24:20.3, Delainy Reinard finished 80th with a time of 25:33.1, and Sherlyn Tomas completed the course in 27:11.3 for 98th place among the 114 finishers.

"They were just excited to be here," Greene said.

The 2017 section meet was the first in which Bonsall had enough girls to place as a team. Bonsall High School joined the CIF in 2015, and only one girl finished that year's CIF San Diego Section meet. Four Bonsall girls – the Ford twins, LaRussa, and Reinard – competed in the 2016 meet which was on a 2.75-mile course.

At the beginning of the season Greene gave his girls three objectives: to treat races as competitions rather than practices, to strive for personal records, and to finish strong.

"They did that in spades," Greene said.

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