El Modena No. 1 in Cross-Country

The El Modena boys’ cross-country team, which combined with the girls’ squad last season to become the first to win Southern Section titles two years in a row, is ranked No. 1 in Division III in the section’s preseason polls.

The El Modena girls’ team are ranked No. 2 in Division III behind Lake Elsinore Temescal Canyon.

Tustin, the top-ranked boys’ team in The Times Orange County’s preseason rankings, is No. 2 in Division III, while the top-ranked girls’ team, Dana Hills, is ranked No. 4 in Division II.

The Southern Section preseason rankings:

Boys

Division I--1. Palos Verdes Peninsula, 2. Glendale Hoover, 3. El Toro, 4. Santa Ana Valley, 5. Long Beach Poly, 6. Chino Hills Ayala, 7. Chino, 8. Saddleback, 9. Arroyo Grande, 10. Thousand Oaks.

Division II--1. Santa Maria Righetti, 2. Hemet, 3. Santa Margarita, 4. Rubidoux, 5. Anaheim, 6. Riverside La Sierra, 7. El Monte Arroyo, 8. Riverside Arlington, 9. Orange, 10. Mater Dei.

Division III--1. El Modena, 2. Tustin, 3. Newbury Park, 4. Barstow, 5. Rosemead Bosco Tech, 6. Brea Olinda, 7. Manhattan Beach Mira Costa, 8. Laguna Hills, 9. Littlerock, 10. Goleta Dos Pueblos.

Division IV--1. Ojai Nordhoff, 2. Corona del Mar, 3. Morro Bay, 4. Fillmore, 5. Beaumont, 6. San Marino, 7. La Canada St. Francis, 8. Santa Fe Springs St. Paul, 9. West Covina South Hills, 10. Costa Mesa.

Girls

Division I--1. Chino Hills Ayala, 2. Esperanza, 3. Irvine, 4. Ventura Buena, 5. Arroyo Grande, 6. Moreno Valley Canyon Springs, 7. Redlands, 8. Palos Verdes Peninsula, 9. Thousand Oaks, 10. Quartz Hill.

Division II--1. Yucaipa, 2. University, 3. Canyon Country Canyon, 4. Dana Hills, 5. Santa Margarita, 6. Foothill, 7. Riverside Arlington, 8. Sunny Hills, 9. Trabuco Hills, 10. Mission Viejo.

Division III--1. Lake Elsinore Temescal Canyon, 2. El Modena, 3. Glendora St. Lucy’s, 4. Goleta Dos Pueblos, 5. Newport Harbor, 6. Agoura, 7. Moorpark, 8. Westlake Village Westlake, 9. Atascadero, 10. San Gorgonio.

Division IV--1. Ojai Nordhoff, 2. Woodland Hills Louisville, 3. Morro Bay, 4. Corona del Mar, 5. La Canada Flintridge Sacred Heart, 6. West Covina South Hills, 7. Twentynine Palms, 8. Thousand Oaks La Reina, 9. San Dimas, 10. Estancia.

Division V--1. Orange Lutheran, 2. Lancaster Desert Christian, 3. Pasadena Poly, 4. Santa Maria St. Joseph, 5. Lancaster Paraclete, 6. Sierra Madre Maranatha, 7. Ventura St. Bonaventure, 8. Ojai Thacher, 9. Pasadena La Salle, 10. L.A. Marlborough.