Posted by Donal Pearce , December 05, 2013 at 10:19 PM

For the third time in four years, the girls cross country team from Great Oak High School was crowned the state champion in Division 1. The win came as the girls raced in the Nov. 30 competition at Woodward Park in Fresno.

The Wolfpack is now in Portland, Oregon to compete in the Nike Cross Nationals meet.  

The team earned the state champions title in 2010 and 2012, and have previously competed at the prestigious Nike meet.  

The Wolfpack boys this season finished 12th at the state meet.

The following highlights come from the Great Oak website:

• Girls team runs a D1 record of 89:28 to score 76 points and win its third state title in the last four seasons!
• Boys team runs a solid 80:58 to finish 12th with a very young crew!
• Jr. Nick Doan and sophomore Robbie Gleeson run sub 16 to lead the boys!
• Destiny Collins runs 17:09 to break the county record and takes third at state!
• Haley Dorris runs an awesome 17:34 and takes seventh!
• Ashley Helbig runs 17:51 for 12th, completing the record for the best trio of girls in state history!

Also, as shown here:

http://www.dyestatcal.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44789&do=news&news_id=196749

The Great Oak girls were only two seconds off the all-time course record time for the State Championship course at Woodward Park in Fresno. 

Team Scores (low score wins):

Girls Division 1

1)    76 Great Oak

2)    149 Davis Sr.

3)    154 Trabuco Hills

4)    157 Capistrano Valley

5)    188 Clovis North

6)    191 Buchanan

7)    194 San Clemente

8)    213 Yucaipa

9)    221 St. Francis (Sacramento)

10)   249 Vista Murrieta

Boys Division 1

1)    59 Arcadia

2)    88 Madera South

3)    132 Dana Hills

4)    145 Warren

5)    172 Loyola

6)    206 Bellarmine

7)    231 De La Salle

8)    241 Clovis North

9)    257 Davis Sr.

10)   280 El Toro

11)   290 Crescenta Valley

12)   298 Great Oak

Follow this link for a five-minute interview with coach Doug Soles as a voiceover to action footage from his teams at the state meet:

http://www.dyestatcal.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44789&do=videos&video_id=101587

Other area athletes competing at state included:

• Brianna Wilson, Linfield Christian – 14th place, Division 5 girls
• Andrew Russell, Linfield Christian – 59th place, Division 5 boys
• Vista Murrieta – 10th place team finish, Division 1 girls
• Taylor Taite, Murrieta Mesa – 9th place, Division 2 girls

Next up for the Great Oak girls is the Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) meet in Portland, Oregon this Saturday, beginning at 9:30 a.m.