Ventura's Sadie Engelhardt breaks meet record at the Woodbridge Classic

From staff reports

September 17, 2022 at 1:52 PM·4 min read

Ventura High's Sadie Engelhardt to set the national freshman record in the mile at a Sundown Series event at Azusa Pacifica University on Saturday.

Sadie Engelhardt confirmed her No. 1 national girls cross country ranking with a record-setting performance at the Woodbridge Classic.

The Ventura High sophomore bettered the meet record with a time of 15 minutes, 42.6 seconds for three miles Friday night in winning the sweepstakes race at Orange County's Great Park course.

The previous record was 15:43.5, set by Mira Costa's Dalia Frias last year at the Silver Lakes Course.

Right behind was Oaks Christian's Payton Godsey, who was second in 15:51.9, the third-fastest time in meet history.

Godsey is no stranger to success on the big meet stage. She was the 2021 CIF-Southern Section Division 4 cross country champion and placed fifth at the state championships. In track, she won the Division 4 section title for the 3,200, placed second at the Masters Meet and fifth in the state final.

Engelhardt was coming off a sensational freshman track season that saw her better national class records, move near the top of several all-time state lists and win the state 1,600 title.

The Woodridge meet rotates between four courses.

Until Friday, only one female runner — former Simi Valley legend Sarah Baxter — had bettered 16 minutes outside the Silver Lakes Course.

BOOM!! Ventura HS sophomore sensation Sadie Engelhardt smashes the Woodbridge Classic meet record win a stunning 15:42.6 performance, eclipsing Dalia Frias’ 2022 mark by less than one second! 📸: ⁦@mrpotatojimmy⁩ pic.twitter.com/1L2oTkn8hN
— Rich Gonzalez (@PrepCalTrack) September 17, 2022

Engelhardt's winning time was 22 seconds faster than the Great Park previous best.

Other top county girls sweepstakes finishers included Newbury Park's Ailish Hawkins (16:22.3) and Tiffany Sax (16:24.0), who were 17th and 18th, and Aelo Curtis of Ventura, who was 38th in 16:68. Sophie Grant of Newbury Park was 48th (17:06.7) and Oak Christian's Sarah Colebrooke (17:19.7) was 60th.

Aaron Sahlman of Newbury Park placed seventh in the Doug Speck boys Sweepstakes in 14:01.6. Ventura's Micah Grossman (14:33.0) and Royal's Noah De La Rionda (14:33.4) were 36th and 37th.

In the boys Rated final, Westlake's KC Barber placed fourth in setting a school record with a time of 14:31.9, breaking the previous mark by 21 seconds. Aaron Cantu of Newbury Park (14:40.6) was ninth. Liam Papavasiliou (15:01.3) and Baptiste Garderes (15:03.5) finished 29th and 32nd to help Thousand Oaks place fourth. Christopher Pellettiere (15:02.7) of Oaks Christian was 30th.

BOOM!! Ventura HS sophomore sensation Sadie Engelhardt smashes the Woodbridge Classic meet record win a stunning 15:42.6 performance, eclipsing Dalia Frias’ 2022 mark by less than one second! 📸: ⁦@mrpotatojimmy⁩ pic.twitter.com/1L2oTkn8hN
— Rich Gonzalez (@PrepCalTrack) September 17, 2022

Oak Park's Katarina Modrzejewski (18:10.7) was 49th in the girls Rated race. Agoura's Reese Tamburro (18:30.0) was 67th.

Thousand Oaks had five scorers in the top 30 to win the girls Gold Varsity B team title. Peytonne Evans (18:19.1) and Cassidy Kajita (18:28.3) were sixth and 10th. Other scorers were: Madeline Cooper, 16th, 18:35.3; Matilda Fitzgerald, 26th, 18:51.7; and Maggie De La Rionda (18:52.7).

In the girls Gold Varsity A race, Ventura's Caroline Von Gunten (18:44.9) was 25th.

Oaks Christian's Alexandra Reierson (18:57.7) was 26th in the girls Blue Varsity B division. Oxnard's Isabella Bietsch (19:15.8) was 35th and Olivia Sullivan of Royal (19:49.5) was 55th.

Samuel Adams of Oxnard was 20th (15:35.2) in the boys Blue Varsity race.

Camarillo placed third in the Red Varsity B final. Diego Montag (15:33.7) and Trevor Stimpson (15:50.4) were 17th and 28th.

Nicholas Weinerth (14:50.2) of Rio Mesa was the individual Red Varsity B race winner.

Elijah Rojas (15:46.1) of Simi Valley was 18th in the Red Varsity A race. Jonathan Castro (15:58.2) was 34th. Luke Sawyer (15:52.2) and Agarn Moyal (15:53.7) of Calabasas were 25th and 28th.

Kimberly Willard (18:04) of Camarillo was seventh in the girls Red Varsity B race. Simi Valley's Keira Kassi (20:01.2) was 47th in the Red Varsity A race.

This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: Ventura's Sadie Engelhardt breaks meet record at Woodbridge Classic

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