Arroyo Grande’s Christian Ricketts, San Luis Obispo’s Callum Bolger win at Mt. Sac Invite

San Luis Obispo High School’s Callum Bolger won the Division 4 Sweepstakes race Friday at the Mt. Sac Cross Country Invitational on Friday at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, while Arroyo Grande won the Boys Division 1 & 2 Sweepstakes team competition Saturday on the strength of a first-place finish by Christian Ricketts.

San Luis Obispo, Mission Prep and Arroyo Grande were among more than 300 high schools to participate in the two-day cross country invitational that ended Saturday.

Bolger finished with a time of 15:31, topping the field of 40 runners. San Luis Obispo’s Matt Brown finished in eight place with a 16:14 while Aaron Bloom finished 31st with a 16:56. Overall, San Luis Obispo finished in fifth place with a team total of 129 points.

Ricketts won the Division 1 & 2 race with a time of 14:59. Also for Arroyo Grande, Luis Jazo finished 13th (15:38), Van Taylor 16th (15:46), Jayson Maule 51st (16:31) and Spencer Eley 53rd (16:34).

“It was a good day for us with an individual and team win,” Arroyo Grande head coach Sean Ricketts said.

San Luis Obispo’s girls team finished 10th overall in the Division 4 sweepstakes race with 198 points. Samantha Simard finished in 23rd with a 19:59, while Alexis Steinmaus finished in 30th with a 20:32.

Mission Prep finished the Division 5 varsity race in 10th place with a team total of 191 points. Scott Scharlach finished ninth with a 17:41. The girls team finished the Red Division 5 varsity race in 14th place with 326 points.

This story was originally published October 22, 2016 at 6:56 PM with the headline "Arroyo Grande’s Christian Ricketts, San Luis Obispo’s Callum Bolger win at Mt. Sac Invite."