2026 Girls Preview

 Is the Course Record In Jeopardy?

It's been a few years now since Mahalia Quintana of Woodland set the course record of 15:16 during a season that saw her win her second straight SJS Division 4 championship.  This year, we have three of the fastest girls in the section who may end up pushing each other under the record. 

Eleanor Hampton of Merced is the defending champion and is having a fantastic season.  She has run 17:40 for 5k this year as well as 17:17 for 3 miles to win her division at the Woodbridge Invitational.  Ava Urias of Pleasant Grove has the #1 5k time in the Sac Joaquin Section Division 1 and will be joined by teammate Addison Shaw of Pleasant Grove who earlier in the year won the large school race at the Frogtown Invitational.  Also, not to be counted out is Giana Mansouri of Elk Grove.  As just a freshman, she won Supercross back in 2023. She's having a great season so far, winning the large school division at the Kim Duyst Invitational and will be looking to book end her high school career by winning at Supercross as a senior to match her win as a freshman. 

Hampton is the Defending Champion and one of the top runners in the SJS

Urias has the fastest 5k in the SJS for Division 1

These ladies up front will likely be followed closely by a number of other girls who are all among the fastest in their respective leagues.  See the Girls Contender Preview

An Excellent Team Race is Shaping Up

Hughson is the defending champion in the girls division and will be led by Grace Benitez.  The Huskies have been running well this year, but are likely not the favorites.  Pleasant Grove of Elk Grove is coming off a HUGE win in the Division 1 race at Clovis.  

A very intersting match up will be the competition between Hughson, El Dorado, and Christian Brothers.  These teams are currently all ranked in the top 5 of the SJS division 4 and this meet may offer a sneak preview of the section championship meet.  

Lincoln of Stockton and Elk Grove are both having good seasons and should be in the mix for a top 5 finish.  Earlier this year, Elk Grove placed second in the large school division at Frogtown (behind Pleasant Grove) and Lincoln was 5th in their race at the Woodbridge Invitational, one place ahead of perennial SJS power, McClatchy. 

2026 Boys Preview

It's Going to be a Battle Up Front!

This year, we feature not one returning champion, but two!  Last year, Keegan Gehrke of Lincoln (Stockton) won our Varsity Gold race in a time of 13:28 (#12 on the all time record list).  He's back for another shot this year.  He will be joined by David Avila of Millenium who as a sophomore, won our Varsity Black race in a time of 13:36 (#14 on the all time course record list.  Will these two push each other to a new course record this year?  

Gehrke is last year's Gold Division Champ

Avila won the Black Division last year.

Avial and Gehrke will be joined up front by Cruz Solis of Pleasant Grove (6th in the Gold Division last year) and Luke Grosjean of Del Campo.  Solis recently ran 16:02 for 5k at the Clovis Invitational and Grosjean is won the Wildfire Invitational earlier in the season.  

These boys will be joined by many quality athletes from all over the Sac Joaquin, Central Coast and Central CIF Sections.  See our Boys Top Contenders Preview for some of the rest of the best athletes in the field.

Boys' Team Battle

North Monterey County of  Castroville returns this year looking to defend their title they won last year in a narrow vicotry over host Hughson.  Pleasant Grove, of Elk Grove, has two runners in our top 10 individual boys preview and return most of their scorers from a teamo were 3rd last year. They are the likely favorite to win in this division.   

The teams in this division are very evenly matched.  After Pleasant Grove, Hughson, and NMC we have strong teams from Roseville, Lincoln, Elk Grove, and Christian Brothers.  Central Valley of Ceres is improving quickly and is making their first appearance in the Gold Race.  They look to continue on their successes from earlier this season. 

Chis Alejandro Leads the Defending Champions, North Monterey Condors 

A Little Over 2 Weeks To Supercross.

 

VB Black Race Enters the Mud Pit

Updates Coming!

As we get closer to race day, I will be posting meet updates to this website.  I will also be sending out info on Athletic.net.

2025 Girls Preview

 It's Stacked This Year.

This year's edition of the supercross features a LOADED girls field.  A large number of previous top 10 finishers have returned this year to see if they can claim that number one spot.  This list includes: 

• Maitha Al Radai of Merril West - 4th in 2024
• Sydney Logsdon of Hilmar - 3rd in 2024
• Yasmin Mansouri of Elk Grove - 2nd in 2022
• Sophie Benham of Hughson - 2nd in 2024
• Gianna Mansouri of Elk Grove - 2023 Champion
• Addison Shaw of Pleasant Grove - 2024
  Champion
• Jymena Nguyen-Marquez of Grace Davis - 9th in 2023

The list above, does NOT include the prohibitive favorite for this year's race, Eleanor Hampton of Merced.  Hampton is one of the highest rated athletes to ever toe the line at Supercross.  So far this year she has run 17:23 for 3 miles to place 4th at Woodbridge and 17:25 for 5k to rate as the #1 runner in the Central California Conference. Last year, on the track, Hampton posted an impressive 11:03 to place second in the Sac Joaquin Section D3 Championship. The MEET RECORD of 15:17, set by Mahalia Quintana in 2021 is certainly in Jeopardy.  This year, we could see multiple girls surpass the time set by the 2021 Sac Joaquin Section Champion. 

Hampton will threaten the CR this year

Hampton will be pushed by 2023 champion, Gianna Mansouri of Elk Grove and 2024 Champion Addison Shaw of Pleasant Gove as well as Jymena Nguyen Marquez of Grace Davis and Sophie Benham of Hughson.  Benham is the current #1 runner in the Trans Valley League and Nguyen has been the #1 runner in the Western Athletic Conference all year. On the track, both have sub 5:30 credentials with Nguyen - Marquez posting a time of 5:17 last year to place second in the Sac Joaqin Section D4 Championship.  

Team Battle

The Mansouri sisters of Elk Grove
Lead this year's team favorite

The team battle looks like it is shaping up to be a hotly contested race between two teams from Elk Grove.  Pleasant Grove has been the top team in the Delta League all season and fetures 3 girls who could potentially place in the top 10: Addison Shaw, Samantha Brink, and Ava Urias.  Meanwhile, their cross town rivals, Elk Grove recently won the D4 race at the Clovis Invitational and are led by Gianna and Yasmin Mansouri, both of whom have placed in the top 2 at Supercross.  Elk Grove did not race at Supercross last year, but will be a favorite to take home the Team Champions Backpacks

Hughson may be looking to sneak in and upset their larger rivals.  The Huskies have been dealt some major injury blows this year.  An ankle roll at varsity camp resulted in a fracture and another top 5 runner was diagnosed with a congenital heart issue.  The Huskies still managed to place 2nd at last week's Clovis Invitational in Division 6. If Hughson can close the gap between Benham up front and their #5 girl, they could factor into the overall scoring.  

Nguyen and Al Radai battling earlier this season

2025 Boys Preveiw.

 It's Wide Open!

This year's boy's individual battle has no clear favorite. Instead, we have a whole gang of guys who've been running in the low 16 minute 5k range and have had some high finishes at invitationals, but none, so far have had a breakout moment.  Sounds like an opportunity for some competitive racing where the boys push themselves to the next level.  

On paper, the top 5k time coming into the race is owned by Beckett Aston of Templeton High.  Beckett ran 16:07 at the Waller Park "Goose Chase" Inviational earlier this year and has run 4:28 for 1600 on the track. .  However, as we all know, cross country courses can vary widely in their "speed rating" and there are a number of boys who have times close to Beckett.  

Alessandro Pimentel of Hughson has run 16:18 this year and has a 1600 best of 4:30.  Leandro Montoya of North Monterey County has run 16:17 at Clovis thisy year, and Isaac Barragan of Merced has a 5k best of 16:11 so far this season.

Perhaps the most intriguing candidate for the win is Jeyden Lemes of Del Campo.  Lemes comes into the meet with a 5k PR of 16:09 at the Kim Duyst Invitational, but also boasts a 400m track PR of 48.62, a mark that placed him 5th at the Sac Joaquin Section masters meet.  That is impressive range for the senior from Fair Oaks and he will certainly be dangerous if he's in contention when the race enters the stadium.  

Lemes of Del Campo boasts great finishing speed. 

Check out the boys' "Top 10 Contenders"

Boys Team Battle

For the boys teams, it looks like the battle for the champions' backpacks will be between: Merced, Pleasant Grove, and Hughson.  2 weeks ago, Merced placed 2nd in the championship division at the Amanda Garcia   Memorial Invitational.  Hughson has been the #1 team in the Trans Valley league all season and last weekend placed 7th at the Clovis Invitational, D6 race.  D4 Hughson has faced D3 Merced already at the "Screamin' Scott" Inviational.  In the unusual 4 x 1.5 mile relay format, Merced got the better of Hughson, with Barragan pulling away on the last leg.  Both teams are running without one of their top 5, but Hughson boasts impressive depth for a small school and may absorb the loss of a key runner a little better..

Meanwhile, Pleasant grove comes in with an impressive resume as well.  They have been the #1 team in the Division 1 Delta League.  They also recently won the open division at the Amanda Garcia Invitational.  PG is led by the duo of: Cruz Solis, and Dane DeMille, both of whom are featured among our top 10 contenders.  

Or....it could be someone completely different. 

The beauty of racing is that you never actually know who will win, who will PR and who will lay an egg until the gun actually goes off.  

We look forward to seeing you all out at Husky Memorial Stadium on Saturday.  

New Title Sponsor

Running Warehouse Has Agreed to Sponsor our Meet!

Thank you to our friends from SLO! Stay tuned for more information regarding prizes and awards this year. See you all in October. 

 

2025 Date Announced

 October 18, 2025!!!

2025 Frosh Soph Black Race - DOWN IN THE BOG!

Welcome to the 2025 Hughson Supercross.  One more year and we'll be 2 decades old!  Over the year's, we've tried to make this meet: fun, competitive, memorable, and one that you get done before noon.  We're doing pretty good on all those fronts, but with the growing fields, our last race is starting at 12:05 these days ;)

This page will be updated as we approach race day. Check back for meet previews and announcements as we get closer to the meet. 

We hope to see you all in October!