Photo Gallery: Crescenta Valley Cross Country Series

Candela Fernandez, of Burbank High School, runs on a straight away near the finish of the 5k in first place among female runners in the Crescenta Valley Cross Country Series at Crescenta Valley Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.

Candela Fernandez, of Burbank High School, runs on a straight away near the finish of the 5k in first place among female runners in the Crescenta Valley Cross Country Series at Crescenta Valley Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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The Crescenta Valley Cross Country Summer Series took place on August 6, 2014 at Crescenta Valley Park. The event aims to encourage people of all ages to run.

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Steve Prefontaine, of Burbank, in the final stretch to the finish of the 5k in first place in the Crescenta Valley Cross Country Series at Crescenta Valley Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Grayson Goss, of Bell-Jeff High School, approaches the finish line in first place in the 2k race with his cross country teammate Nikolas Becerra coming to the finish in second place in the Crescenta Valley Cross Country Series at Crescenta Valley Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Valerie Zavala, of Bell-Jeff, finishes in first place in the Crescenta Valley Cross Country Series at Crescenta Valley Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Candela Fernandez, of Burbank High School, jumps high to loosen up in the Crescenta Valley Cross Country Series at Crescenta Valley Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, August 6, 2014. Fernandez came in first place among the female runners.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Ayla Ataya, 6, of Glendale, with her father Mario behind her, finishes the 5k race in the Crescenta Valley Cross Country Series at Crescenta Valley Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Ayla Ataya, 6, and her father Mario Ataya, of Glendale, midway in the 5k race in the Crescenta Valley Cross Country Series at Crescenta Valley Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Ayla Ataya, 6, of Glendale, reaches high to the hand of her father Mario Ataya to high five after finishing in the 5k race of the Crescenta Valley Cross Country Series at Crescenta Valley Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Candela Fernandez, of Burbank High School, midway in the 5k race in the Crescenta Valley Cross Country Series at Crescenta Valley Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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The start of the 5k in the Crescenta Valley Cross Country Series at Crescenta Valley Park in La Crescenta on Wednesday, August 6, 2014.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)