Benicia High’s varsity cross country teams nearly swept last Wednesday’s Solano County Athletic Conference opener at Hanns Park in Vallejo, with the Lady Panthers easily winning their meet and the Panther boys falling two points short of first place.

Benicia had individual runners win both varsity races. Freshman Alexandra Menjibar took first place in the girls race with a time of 23 minutes and 59 seconds. Senior Luis Ramirez took first place in the boys race with a time of 18:13.

Benicia’s girls finished with 24 points to finish well ahead of second-place American Canyon. Benicia’s boys finished with 31 points, two points shy of Vanden (29 points).

Hannah Keala finished fourth for Benicia’s girls with a time of 25.07. Teammate Rachel Kravitz came in sixth (26.04), Rayna Fitzgerald (27.24) was ninth place and Asha Woodmansee (27.46) finished 11th.

Daylon Garcia came in second (19.01) in the boys race, with Jacob Hoenig taking fifth (19.52) and James Hanzel finishing 12th (21.14).

Benicia’s next SCAC cross country meet is this Wednesday at Rockville Park in Fairfield.

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