Photo Gallery: Locals compete in CIF SS Cross Country championship races

La Salle’s Daniel De La Torre leaves the competition behind to win the CIF SS Cross Country Div. IV Boys Varsity championship with a time of 14:23 during a rainy morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Nov. 17, 2012 6:59 PM PT

WALNUT -- Win or qualify? That was the question before locals from Maranatha High, Mayfield Senior School, Pasadena Poly, San Marino and South Pasadena at Saturday morning’s precipitation-filled CIF Southern Section Divisional Cross-Country Championships run on Mt. San Antonio College’s considerably faster rain course. Except for La Salle senior Daniel De La Torre who won his second straight CIF-SS Division IV championship with a time of 14 minutes, 23 seconds.

Photo Gallery: Locals compete in CIF SS Cross Country championship races

La Canada High’s Anna Frederich runs in the CIF SS Cross Country Div. I Girls Varsity championship race during a rainy morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Crescenta Valley’s Gabe Collison finished 9th in the CIF SS Cross Country Div. I Boys Varsity championship race with a time of 14:18 during a rainy morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Pasadena Poly’s Evan Gancedo (#976) finished in 5th place in the CIF SS Cross Country Div. V Girls Varsity championship race during a rainy morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Maranatha’s Kyle Bueckert came in 3rd place in the CIF SS Cross Country Div. IV Boys Varsity championship with a time of 14:40 during a rainy morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Flintridge Prep’s Kate Evans (#493) ran in the CIF SS Cross Country Div. V Girls Varsity championship race during a rainy morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

San Marino runners ran in the CIF SS Cross Country Div. IV Boys Varsity championship race during a rainy morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

La Canada High’s Sonja Zwik (#664) runs in the CIF SS Cross Country Div. III Girls Varsity championship race during a rainy morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Pasadena Poly’s Michael Caughron (#968) came in 4th place in the CIF SS Cross Country Div. V Boys Varsity championship with a time of 15:01 during a rainy morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Crescenta Valley’s Megan Melnyk (#328) runs side by side with Simi Valley’s Sarah Baxter (#1193) in the CIF SS Cross Country Div. I Girls Varsity championship race during a rainy morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Flintridge Prep’s Aaron Sugimoto finished in 6th place in the CIF SS Cross Country Div. V Boys Varsity championship with a time of 15:04 during a rainy morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Crescenta Valley’s Cali King runs in the CIF SS Cross Country Div. I Girls Varsity championship race during a rainy morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)

Crescenta Valley’s Megan Melnyk (#328) runs in the CIF SS Cross Country Div. I Girls Varsity championship race during a rainy morning at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on Saturday, November 17, 2012. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)