The Crescenta Valley Falcons finished runner-up to reigning league champion Arcadia in both boys’ and girls’ races, 26-29. And, 27-30, respectively, while the Bulldogs took third in each event Thursday.
Crescenta Valley’s Megan Melnyk races to the finish line in second place in the first Pacific League girls cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
The Pacific League boys cross country teams take off at the start in the first Pacific League boys cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
in the first Pacific League girls cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Crescenta Valley’s Gabe Collison midway in the race in the first Pacific League boys cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Crescenta Valley’s Gabe Collison runs to the finish in the first Pacific League boys cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Crescenta Valley’s Nick Beatty runs to the finish in the first Pacific League boys cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Burbank’s Elliot Choe runs ot the finish in the first Pacific League boys cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Burroughs Ricky Mendez runs to the finish in the first Pacific League boys cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Burbank’s Connor Thompson runs to the finish in the first Pacific League boys cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Hoover’s Vladimir Climasevschii and Pasadena’s Michael Donaldski run to the finish in the first Pacific League boys cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Glendale’s Paulo Vasquez, Brian Shieh and Liam Spires run together to the finish in the first Pacific League boys cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Midway in the race, Arcadia’s Veronica Yamane leads Crescenta Valley’s Megan Melnyk in the first Pacific League girls cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Crescenta Valley’s Erika Johnson runs to the finish line in the first Pacific League girls cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Crescenta Valley’s Haley Witzeman runs to the finish in the first Pacific League girls cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Burbank’s Arlette Movsesyan races to the finish in the first Pacific League girls cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Burbank’s Daisy Ignacio races to the finish in the first Pacific League girls cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Hoov’er’s Lucik Minassian races to the finish in the first Pacific League girls cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Glendale’s Caroline Cubero runs to the finish in the first Pacific League girls cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Burbank’s Elliot Choe runs with the back midway in the race in the first Pacific League boys cross country race of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)
Estevan De La Rosa, of Arcadia, runs to the finish to shatter the course record with a time of 14:03:88 at the first Pacific League cross country meet of the season at County Park in Arcadia on Thursday, September 26, 2013. (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)