Cross Country: Harbor boys sweep; girls take three

IRVINE - In the first of three Sea View League cross country meets,

the Newport Harbor High boys team grabbed four wins over league foes,

while the girls earned three at Irvine Park Friday.

Harbor’s Chris McMillen led the Sailors as he came in second at 15:30.

Jesus Santana (15:43), John Peschelt (15:56), Ivan Romero (16:13) and

Joel Furman (16:14) also finished in the top-10 for Harbor.

For the girls, Amber Steen earned first place coming in at 17:44.

Sailors’ Erin Friedman (19:01) came in fifth and Lauren Paul (19:19)

finished ninth.

Newport Harbor, Aliso Niguel, Woodbridge, Laguna Hills and Irvine use

a scoring system to cater to the five-team league. In the first two

league meets, the runners’ finishes are transferred into dual matchups

and in the final meet, the team with highest finishes wins the meet.

The Harbor boys team is now 4-0, while the girls are 3-1.