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CV boys fall short in cross country against Livingston
Miranda leads CVs girls squad
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Andres Rojo and Central Valleys varsity cross country program will compete at Los Banos today. Rojo placed first during the Hawks 27-30 loss to the visiting Livingston Wolves last week. - photo by DALE BUTLER/The Courier

Central Valley's varsity cross country program began the Western Athletic Conference dual-meet portion of its schedule last week.

Central Valley's boys team fell three points short in losing 27-30 to visiting Livingston on Wednesday at Ceres River Bluff Regional Park.

Hawk Andres Rojo led all runners as he placed first overall with a time of 18 minutes, 24 seconds on the 3.1-mile course.

Rojo edged out Livingston's Abhishek Singh by just one second.

Sebastian Pena (19:27), Enrique Martinez (19:29), Chase Bogart (19:42) and Otoniel Hernandez (20:17) finished fourth, fifth, eighth and 12th, respectively, while contributing to Central Valley's point total.

Livingston's top-five finishers were Singh, Saloman Ramos (third, 19:13), Jose Servin (sixth, 19:31), Jonathan Cisneros (seventh, 19:41) and Francisco Mejia (ninth, 19:47).

Dana Miranda and Vanesa Contreras placed 2-3 during the Central Valley girls team's 23-37 loss to Livingston on Wednesday in Ceres.

Miranda and Contreras completed the 3.1-mile race in 24:15 and 25:19, respectively.

Emily Curiel (ninth, 27:20), Megan Suarez (11th, 27:50) and Alexa Arvizu (12th, 28:26) rounded out the Hawks' top five.