Mt. SAC Hosts Cross-Country Preliminaries

Michael Haddan of Irvine Woodbridge, Mohamed Trafeh of Duarte, Liza Pasciuto of Murrieta Valley and Alison Costello of Anaheim Esperanza head the list of entries in the Southern Section cross-country preliminaries on Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College.

Erick Maldonado of Chino Don Lugo, the defending state Division I champion, is also expected to run. He hasn’t raced since mid-October after developing soreness in his lower left leg, but X-rays of the area taken Tuesday did not reveal a stress fracture.

The preliminaries start at 7:56 a.m. with a Division V boys’ race. The last race, a Division II girls’ heat, is scheduled to begin at 3:44 p.m.

John Ortega

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Josh Wooding of Riverside Poly, the 2002 Southern Section individual golf champion, has signed with USC. Wooding was a third-team AJGA All-American, finished sixth in the 2002 Junior World Championships and made the round of 16 at the U.S. Junior Championship. He is ranked No. 16 in the nation.

Kevin Larsen of Santa Barbara San Marcos, The Times’ 2002 boys’ golfer of the year, has signed with Georgia Tech. Larsen, an American Junior Golf Assn. All-American, is ranked No. 5 in the nation by Golfweek magazine.

Anthony Kim of La Quinta, the 2001 Southern Section golf champion, has signed with Oklahoma. Kim, a two-time AJGA All-American, had two runner-up finishes in national tournaments over the summer. He did not play high school golf last season and is ranked No. 8 in the nation.

-- Peter Yoon

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Ashley Freeman of Long Beach Wilson, who was third in the 400 meters at the state meet last spring, has signed with Stanford.

-- Mike Kennedy