Garcia second in senior race at Laguna Hills Invitational

Noelle Garcia finished second in the Division I girls senior race at cross-country’s Laguna Hills Invitational September 13.

Garcia had a time of 18:05 on the 3.0-mile course to place second among the 85 girls in that race. The senior race winner, Jessica Chadwick of El Toro High School, had a time of 17:55.

“She ran a smart solid race from beginning to end,” Fallbrook coach Troy Hamlin said of Garcia.

Garcia was leading the race at the one-mile point before being overtaken by Chadwick. A total of 1,528 girls from all grades and divisions competed in the Laguna Hills Invitational, and Garcia’s...