Garcia 30th at state meet

Fallbrook High School senior Noelle Garcia finished 30th among the 190 Division I runners at the CIF state cross-country meet November 29 at Fresno’s Woodward Park.

Garcia had a time of 18:35 on the 5,000-meter (3.1-mile) course.

“To my knowledge this is the second-best performance ever at the state meet by a Fallbrook High School girl,” said Fallbrook head coach Troy Hamlin.

While Garcia didn’t match the performance of Milena Glusac, whose four state meet appearances included state championships in 1991 and 1992, Garcia’s time was better than Tricia Mattson’s 18:48 which produced 16th place i...