WALNUT — Maximo Zavaleta made the turn for home Saturday morning inside Mt. San Antonio College’s Hilmer Lodge Stadium.

Riverside Poly’s Jace Deledonne enters Hilmer Lodge Stadium near the end of Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Division 1 Boys Cross Country Championships at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on November 22, 2025. (Photo by Miguel Vasconcellos, Contributing Photographer)

A second consecutive CIF Southern Section Division 1 individual championship was all but assured for King’s senior boys cross country standout.

But Zavaleta looked up at the clock and made one final burst toward the finish. And at the end, Zavaleta even did a sprinter’s lean when he crossed the line.

“The goal for this race to was get after it and try to go below 14 (minutes),” Zavaleta said. “I’ve done

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