At Alisal High School, the coaching staff strives to help guide our student-athletes to be the best they can be in our sport and in the classroom. Our goal is to create a welcoming environment where everyone competes and learn to become life long runners.
2024 CIF State Championships: It had been 7 years since an Alisal athlete made it to State and 2008 since the last Alisal girl qualified. Yaretzi and Gustavo did not disappoint. Yaretzi started it out placing 80th out of 200 runners and shattered the Alisal course record by 41 seconds, running 19:06 for the 3.1 mile Woodward Park course. Gustavo followed up with a strong race finishing 51st out of 200 runners, running the 2nd fastest time in school history on the course in 15:48. He was only 20 seconds from the top 10 in the State. Great way for the both to represent Alisal.
2024 CCS Championships: The day started off right with our Varisty Girls finishing 6th in CCS Division 1, the 2nd highest finish in school history. They were led by State Qualifier, Yaretzi Cornelio, who also broke the school record, being the first girl at Alisal to run under 19 minutes at Crystal Springs. The Varsity Boys finished 9th in Division 1 and were led by State Qualifier, Gustavo Perez, who tied the 2nd fastest time in school history at Crystal Springs, finishing 5th in CCS and claiming a medal.
2024 PCAL Championships: They did it! Our Varsity Girls won the first ever league title in school history! They were led by individual Gabilan Division winner Yaretzi Cornelio and 1st Team All-Leaguer Angelica Murillo and 2nd Team All-Leaguers Alondra Rios, Luz Mejia, and Erika Castro. Our JV Girls and F/S Girls continued the trend by running perfect scores and winning their 4th and 5th straight league titles, respectively. Our F/S Boys got back to their winning ways by taking their 8th league title in the last 9 years. Our Varsity Boys and JV Boys took a strong 2nd place.
2024 Mt. SAC Invitational: Highlight of the meet was Gustavo Perez winning the Varsity Boys Divison 1 Race. It put him on the map with the rest of the state as he took the lead at the Switchback and never looked back. Other medal winners were Fernando Herrera in the Varsity Boys, Yaretzi Cornelio in the Varsity Girls, Hector Araujo in the JV Boys, Adelaida Cortez in the JV Girls, Raul Martinez in the Sophomore Boys, and Alondra Rios and Betty Camargo in the Sophomore Girls.
2024 Woodbridge Invitational: The Varsity Boys and Girls made a trip to Irvine, CA for the first time to run a 3 mile XC course at night and under the lights! Gustavo Perez, Fernando Herrera and Axel Perez took home medals for the boys, while Yaretzi Cornelio and Angelica Murillo brought home the hard wear on the girls' side. It was such a fast course that it led to 3 of our runners breaking school records. Both Gustavo and Fernando broke the 3 mile school record, with Gustavo taking honors. Yaretzi broke her own school record by 20 seconds! Our Trojans are starting the season at a very high level.
2023 CCS Championships: Our season came to a close as our boys finished 6th and girls 8th in CCS Division 1, without any individual qualifiers. However, there were some great performances, as 4 of our 7 boys ran PRs, including Erik Luna who cracked the Top 25 in school history on the course. Our girls were led by Luz Mejia and Yaretzi Cornelio as both ran the exact same time to make the Top 25 in school history as well.
2023 PCAL Championships: Back to Back! Our Varsity Boys have won their 2nd straight league title in the Gabilan Division! This is now 4 championships in the last 6 seasons! They were led by 1st team all-leaguers Fernando Herrera, Gustavo Perez, Jason Medina, Erik Luna, and Gerardo Venancio, as well as 2nd team all-leaguer Axel Perez. Our Varsity Girls moved up a spot from last year and finished 3rd overall in league! Progress and a bright future with the majority returning next year. Our JV and F/S Girls had dominating wins making it 3 years in a row and 4 years in a row respectively. Our JV Boys had an extremely close race that came down to the last 400 meters and they came up with the win making it 3 years in a row. All good things must come to an end as our 7 year winning streak for the F/S boys came to a close. They ran a tough race, but came up short, tying for 2nd overall in league. Amazing year for the Trojans!
2023 Mt. SAC Invitational: Our Sophomore girls dominated the competition bring home the first ever victory from Mt. SAC. The JV boys, not to be outdone by the girls, followed up with their own 1st place finish.
2023 Salinas City Championships: We swept all 6 divisions for the first time in school history, claiming our spot as the fastest team in Salinas. Individually, Fernando Herrera led the varsity boys' team with individual city champion honors.
8/8/2025: First Day of Official Practice (Must be completely cleared)